This Week in Chemical Engineering - Fuels & Petrochemicals Spotlight: September 4, 2018 | AIChE

This Week in Chemical Engineering - Fuels & Petrochemicals Spotlight: September 4, 2018

Don't miss out on the latest business and technology news for chemical engineers, featuring select items in relation to Fuels & Petrochemicals.

Upcoming ship fuel rules could lift oil prices

The International Maritime Organization's new rules requiring ships to use lower-sulfur fuel could boost oil prices by up to $4 per barrel when they take effect in two years, according to a survey of 13 analysts. "Of our $90-a-barrel Brent price forecast by early 2020, we'd argue that $5 to $10 a barrel will come from IMO 2020," says Martijn Rats, a Morgan Stanley analyst.

Tesla resumes Gigafactory 1 solar panel expansion

Tesla has resumed installation of clusters of solar panels at its Gigafactory 1 in Nevada. The 13 million-square-foot facility, which Elon Musk says will be completely renewable-powered by the end of next year, aims to have what could be the largest rooftop solar array in the world when construction is complete

Canadian court reverses Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion approval

Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected the federal approval of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, saying the National Energy Board's environmental review wasn't thorough. "The unjustified exclusion of marine shipping from the scope of the project led to successive, unacceptable deficiencies in the board's report and recommendations," Judge Eleanor Dawson said.