Refining

Veolia has named William J. "Bill" DiCroce as the new President and CEO of Veolia North America.

Movement of transportation fuels between the US Gulf Coast and East Coast regions represents the largest movement of such products in the US.

ConocoPhillips has announced the retirement of Jeff Sheets as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer after more than 35 years with ConocoPhillips.

Albemarle Corporation reported 4Q15 earnings of USUS$174.3 million, or USUS$1.55 per diluted share.

The US Department of Energy has released a request for information on critical materials, including fuel cell platinum group metal catalysts.

Calumet performed well in 2015, as demonstrated by improved operational reliability at its facilities and higher sales of refined products

Phillips 66 Partners and Phillips 66 have announced the acquisition of 25% interest in the sweeny fractionator one and Clemens caverns storage facility.

The base oil market is projected to reach US$41.68 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 0.95% from 2015 to 2020.

The contract was awarded by Dong Ying Haike Ruilin Chemical Co. Ltd for use at the Dong Ying Port Economic Development District.

While recent international discussion between OPEC and non-OPEC countries have improved oil prices, Iran has objected claiming an output freeze would be ‘illogical’.

Construction of the coker unit at the CHS refinery in McPherson began in March 2013 and took nearly 2.8 million man-hours to complete.

Twin Eagle Sand Logistics LLC has announced that it has commenced commercial operations at the Permian Rail Park.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd has detailed its financial results for 2015, stating a NPAT of US$26 million.

Jim Dumesic at UW-Madison, has scaled up the production of his biomass process for large scale application into biorefineries.

2015 sales rose by 3% in local currencies to CHF5.807 billion and operating cash flow improved significantly to CHF502 million.