Refining

Chevron Corp. has elected John B. Frank to its board of directors.

Praxair has signed a new long-term contract with BASF in the US Gulf Coast.

Aramco Overseas Company B.V. has entered into an arrangement to acquire Gunvor’s stake in a terminal in Rotterdam.

On 7 November, Conval will celebrate the 50th anniversary since the company was founded.

SUEZ has broken ground on a new laboratory in Texas for R&D in the oil and gas industry.

SNC-Lavalin and Chevron have signed a master services agreement for systems completion support on Chevron’s major projects.

Chevron Lummus Global starts-up a vacuum residue upgrading plant using its VRDS technology at the Huizhou Refinery.

Vitol US Holding Co. has agreed to acquire Noble Americas Corp.

Velocys has signed a site option agreement with Adams County, Mississippi, for its first US biorefinery.

The agreement covers exploration, production, transportation, refining and sales of hydrocarbons.

Phillips 66 announces a 3Q17 cash distribution of US$0.646 per common unit.

Copperbeck Energy Partners LLC has announced an equity commitment from Tailwater Capital.

Materia Inc. has entered into a license agreement with Evonik Industries related to olefin metathesis catalysts.

ExxonMobil has started production on the first of two new polyethylene lines at its plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas, US.

Blasch Precision Ceramics has announced the appointment of Uday N. Parekh as Senior Global Director, Energy and Chemicals.