Refining

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. has named D. West Griffin as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Turner & Townsend has appointed Aileen Jamieson as the company’s Global Director of Downstream.

According to the latest report from the EIA, crude oil prices increased in 2016, but are still below 2015 averages.

Fluor Corp. has been awarded an EPC contract for ENAP’s Biobío refinery in Chile.

NEL has announced its novel method for calculating Reynolds numbers will help the oil and gas industry reduce the financial burden of heavy oil measurement.

MGX Minerals has announced it has successfully extracted lithium from oil wastewater.

Air Liquide has commissioned an underground hydrogen storage facility in Beaumont, Texas, US.

The HollyFrontier Corporation has announced an update on its fourth quarter (4Q16) refinery maintenance plans.

General Atomics has announced its Gulftronic electrostatic separators have been selected for the Hyundai Oilbank Refinery in the Republic of Korea.

Neste Jacobs has announced it will maximise production at the Forchem Oy tall oil distillation plant with NAPCON Controller.

Demand for equipment used in midstream oil and gas applications in the US is projected to decline to US$10.5 billion in 2019.

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. have begun the use of Puradyn filtration systems in Kuwait City.

Linde and Praxair have announced their intention to merge, retaining the Linde name.

Axens has been awarded a contract for its PolyFuel® technology at a refinery in Romania.

Chevron Products Company has signed a long term agreement with WEX Bank to issue and operate Chevron and Texaco branded commercial fleet cards commencing in January 2018.