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Marsden Point refinery

New Zealand to boost refining capacity

Marsden Point invests to defend against imports

NEW ZEALAND REFINING will spend NZ$425m (US$354m) upgrading its Marsden Point plant, where it will install a continuous catalyst regeneration platformer enabling it to process an extra 3m bbl/y of crude, an increase of around 8%.

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Night Sky

Spacebound bacteria a surprise power source

B. Stratosphericus almost doubles fuel cell output

RESEARCHERS in the UK have identified an unlikely source for efficient power generation – Bacillus stratosphericus, a strain of bacteria normally found floating on the fringes of space.

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govt

Fellow briefs MPs on emission risks

Transformative tech needed to meet climate targets

THE UK’s energy intensive industries must develop and implement costly new technologies if the country is to meet legislated emission targets, IChemE’s inaugural parliamentary Fellow has said in a briefing note to MPs.

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