Refining

On Friday 9 October The House of Representatives voted to lift the ban on oil exports.

According to the EIA, increased regulation will continue the decline in residual fuel oil demand.

KBR has announced that on 30 September 2015 it finalised two previously announced partnerships with BCP.

Glori Energy Inc., an energy technology and oil production company, has announced the appointment Kevin P. Guilbeau as Executive Chairman of the Board.

KPI and Gunvor Group have confirmed that they have reached the final stage of KP Europoor refinery sale negotiations.

Coor Service Management has signed a new contract with Aker Solutions to deliver integrated facility management services to several sites in Norway.

The YWE award honours women changing the face of energy in second annual awards programme.

TransCanada Corp. has launched an Open Season to obtain binding commitments from interested parties for transportation of crude oil on Cushing Marketlink.

Wood Group has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Bechtel to provide an automation solution for TCO’s crude storage capacity project, Kazakhstan.

Endress+Hauser has announced its autumn and winter 2015 schedule of instrumentation training courses.

Wood Group announces the appointment of Robin Watson as CEO, effective 1 January 2016.

Sanchez Energy has entered into a Midstream Joint Venture in South Texas to construct a gas processing plant.

Parkland has announced its plans to extend its retail footprint in North Dakota.

Total RC is standardising on manifolds produced by the Instrumentation Products Division of Parker Hannifin.

US refineries are preparing for Hurricane Joaquin which forecasts suggest will travel up the East Coast.