Refining

Recovering oil prices, increasing exploration and production activities and surging investments in the refining industry are anticipated to boost global demand for industrial valves.

Commodities declined in August, according to Credit Suisse Asset Management, but energy was the best performing sector, up 3.56%.

Sasol's global operations have continued to perform well, with its Secunda Synfuels Operations reporting record production volumes.

EVX Midstream Partners, LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to build a crude oil gathering system in the Eagle Ford oil window.

Global oil demand growth is slowing at a faster pace than initially predicted, according to the IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) for September.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by a major North American refiner for the technology license and engineering design of a new alkylation process unit.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd will deliver a broad range of new technologies that simplify LNG plant facilities, reduce costs and increase environmental performance.

Brookline will be the exclusive placement agent and principal financial advisor to Meridian in connection with the project financing of its Davis refinery in Belfield, North Dakota.

Suncor, through its Petro-Canada brand, has announced its continued support for an additional eight years as a premier partner of the Canadian Paralympic Committee.

GP Strategies has entered into a multi-year agreement with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) for training services to support KNPC's Clean Fuels Project.

Fortune magazine has named Debra L. Reed, Chairman and CEO of Sempra Energy, to the magazine's "Most Powerful Women in Business" list.

Williams will consolidate the number of operating areas within the company from five to three: Atlantic-Gulf, West and Northeast Gathering & Processing.

GE and Hayward Gordon have signed an agreement for the distribution of anaerobic digestion nozzle mixing systems in North America.

Changes in the difference between North American and European crude oil prices are likely contributing to converging profits.

The global process analysers (liquid and gas) market is expected to reach US$4.98 billion by 2020.