Refining

Pond has announced the appointment of a new Executive Vice President of its oil and gas division.

Flint Hills Resources has announced it will use Honeywell's Connected Plant technology to ensure optimal refinery operation.

CB&I has announced that it has been awarded a contract for an ethane cracking furnace project.

As part of the agreement, the entities have announced the establishment of Fujairah Terminals, a new operational arm wholly owned by Abu Dhabi Ports.

HCS Group GmbH (HCS) has signed a five-year off-take agreement on renewable isooctane with Gevo Inc.

Clean Chemistry has announced it has been issued new patents for water treatment technology, including novel oxidant chemistries for water processing.

According to the US EIA's Today in Energy, US refineries are running at record-high levels.

Stefan Basenach has been named as the head of HIMA Paul Hildebrandt’s new Process business unit.

The US Department of Agriculture has invited Velocys to submit a Phase II Application to obtain a loan guarantee for a biorefinery.

Dr Béla Kelemen has been appointed as President of the European Petroleum Refiners Association.

PDVSA has announced that the Isla refinery continues to recover successfully following an incident on 21 May.

Dangote has announced it has awarded DuPont Clean Technology with contracts for its new oil refinery in Nigeria.

Kirby Corporation has announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Stewart & Stevenson LLC.

MMEX Resources Corp. has announced it has secured a US$3 million equity agreement, and plans to start a Permian Basin refinery with a 10 000 bpd initial unit.

Grace has announced it is licensing its process technology to Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co. in Dalian, China.