Rhodes, Mike
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Honeywell UOP president and CEO Rebecca Liebert has been named by Profiles in Diversity Journal as a winner of its 15th annual Women Worth Watching Awards.
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Asia refining margins fell despite strong regional demand.
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Courtney McShane has joined Willbros Group Inc. as director of business development for the Marcellus Shale region and Eastern Seaboard.
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Dr. Alexander Horch has been named as the new head of development at HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH.
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The impact of Canadian and French refinery outages caused margins to fall slightly in the Atlantic Basin and Europe, despite stronger gasoline demand and higher inventories.
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Amec Foster Wheeler Plc named Halliburton executive Dr. Jonathan Lewis as chief executive officer (CEO), effective June 1.
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US refinery margins recovered as product markets were supported by strong domestic gasoline demand and temporarily tight sentiment fueled by the switch to summer-grade gasoline.
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Elliott Group has made changes to its executive team. Michael Lordi has been named as chief operating officer (COO), succeeding Art Titus, who is retiring after nine years.
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US product markets weakened despite strong domestic gasoline demand.
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Marathon Petroleum Corp. has named Gary Heminger, the company's president and CEO, to succeed Thomas Usher as chairman of the board, in addition to his current duties.
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- ExxonMobil completes annual maintenance at Joliet (U.S.) refinery 5/15
- China's CNCEC to build 300,000-bpd Al-Faw refinery in Iraq 5/15
- Itochu to buy green ammonia from HIVE's $5.9-B Coega facility 5/15
- Higher refinery costs could increase summer gasoline prices says US EIA 5/15
- Nextchem completes acquisition of GasConTec, adding new low-carbon hydrogen/methanol to portfolio 5/15