Refining

New data has revealed a shortage of senior candidates in the energy sector looking for non-executive director (NED) positions.

Juan Carlos García has been named as the new Director of Oil and Gas at SENER.

An upcoming connection between the NuStar pipeline and the Cenex Pipeline has been designed to strengthen supply to CHS customers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, US.

Atlas Copco Energy Group has successfully completed its first major service project in Saudi Arabia using the Tentec range of bolting equipment.

The lifting of EU and US sanctions on Iran under the JCPOA poses both opportunities and uncertainties for the oil and gas sector.

KBR Inc. has announced its SOCAR-KBR joint venture was awarded a significant project management consultancy contract for the Heydar Aliyev Baku oil refinery modernisation project in Azerbaijan.

CHS will grow its refined fuels supply capabilities through pipeline agreements with NuStar and Cenex and continued investments.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. has named Bruce A. Fleming to the newly created role of Executive Vice President of Strategy and Growth.

Penspen has been awarded a project management consultancy contract by ADMA-OPCO for Das Island projects.

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded multiple Algerian refinery contracts. The three refineries will each have a capacity of 5 million tpy of Algerian crude oil.

The World Petroleum Council (WPC) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) are working to create a new report, ‘Promoting Women: A strategic approach to Gender Equality in Oil & Gas’.

Hydrotex has launched two new high performance barrier fluids for industrial use mechanical seals.

Ecopetrol has announced a strategic plan for the Barrancabermeja refinery for 2016 – 2020.

Gladieux has selected IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology for its ultra low diesel project at its Huntington transmix processing facility.

Westport has signed an amendment to the previous merger agreement with Fuel Systems.