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Industry Ponders Natural Gas Applications 160 years of innovation theengineer.co.uk March 2016 | £3.70 FIRST FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION Fossil future Industry ponders natural gas applications N • 1 O 6 I 0 T Y A E V A O R N S N I O F & E G N N G I I R N E E Mono mania Taking aim Space spin-off How a Liverpool-based SME HVM Catapult technology Ultrasound technology is leaving bigger supercar chief Dr Phill Cartwright developed to monitor manufacturers outlines his vision for astronauts comes in its wake »31 the future »34 back down to Earth »49 58 »Careers feature Britain’s booming automotive sector has a pressing skills shortage TE_010316 1 02/03/2016 18:42 Your One-Stop Shop for Process Measurement and Control Products • 100,000 products online • Easy online ordering • Same day shipping on instock items • Full technical support Platinum Series Series High accuracy, fast responding,respo low cost temperature and process controllers Flow and Environmental Products Large selection of flow and environmental devices including handheld, ultrasonic, controllers and much more PXM309 series Available in absolute or gauge pressure and sealed to IP65 /IP67 We are here to serve you With our manufacturing know-how and extensive warehousing around the world, OMEGA offers the most impressive range of products in the industry. 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Oil and gas 08 Technology Thin-rubber membranes form on geological timescales, from the remains of have the ability to mimic bat wings organisms millions of years old; yet they take only a fraction of a second to burn. 10 Technology Real-time imaging As we report in our cover feature this issue (p26), technique wins award petrochemical major Shell estimates we have just under two-and-a-half centuries of reserves of natural gas remaining in the ground. This is a blink of the eye in opinion comparison to the age of the planet, but way more than a human lifetime and far enough into the future in terms 16 Viewpoint Sorin Popa, Stent Tek of business to ensure that the activities of the company – and the oil and gas industry 18 Mailbox Your letters to the editor in general – doesn’t have to make any hasty moves to recast its business models. 20 Paul Jackson Big Bang Fair And yet the way Shell deals with gas may surprise some readers. It isn’t just a fuel to be burned. The company definitely sees it as a more versatile resource than that 34 Interview Dr Phill Cartwright, HVM and is actively looking at ways of upgrading it; approaching it as the chemical industry Catapult technology chief would a basic feedstock, and turning it into heavier hydrocarbons that form the basis of more valuable products: cleaner liquid fuels, lubricants, ingredients for cosmetics, 37 Scifi eye The future of robotic limbs detergents and food packaging. Attendants at Shell’s media event in Amsterdam were even told of plans to use similar processes to turn carbon dioxide in the air back features into usable hydrocarbons. 26 Cover story New technologies for extracting and processing natural gas “ Oil and gas are from organisms 31 Feature Liverpool-based SME leaves millions of years old; yet they only supercar manufacturers in its wake 39 Feature Leonardo da Vinci exhibition take a fraction of a second to burn” shows a truly gifted engineer Elsewhere in this issue, we look at how a small British company is building on 42 Advanced manufacturing its success in designing one of the most eye-catching and innovative sports cars in the world (p31), and gain an insight into how the first of the UK’s Catapult Centres 49 Medical is developing technologies for high-value manufacturing, seen as key to the future 55 Preview MACH success of our engineering base. 58 Careers Automotive We also bring you a review of an exhibition at the Science Museum London giving an insight into the giant of the 15th century Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, 65 Archive Channel tunnels best known as an artist but actually one of the first professional engineers in the 66 Digest This issue’s crossword modern sense. 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