There are similar local refining partnerships with Exxon, Total of France and Sinopec of China, while Shell has the most substantial joint venture with Aramco outside Saudi in its Motiva Enterprises operation in the US.
Above all, the GCARD process enables us to keep our ear to the ground, to listen to our clients, and to continually refine the partnerships we need to put in place to make sure that farmers can access the tools and services they need to prosper, and produce healthy food sustainably.
A major investor there was Caltex — Chevron and Texaco's 50-50 refining and marketing partnership in the Far East.
It attributed the good showing to high energy prices and record results in its United States refining and retailing partnerships.
These goals were refined over the partnership's four-year history in response to logistical and professional challenges (see following sections).
The two companies came together to create an American market for heavy, sour crude oil, now the foundation of record refining margins, but the partnership suffered as Venezuela's government veered left under President Hugo Chávez.
The pair can further refine their on-field partnership - after all, a centre-forward is only as good as his service.
Although the types of actions varied across the case studies because of the different goals, the action plans were all developed, refined, and modified in partnership with beneficiaries and others in their institutions.
The two executives continued to refine the details of the partnership over additional meetings, including at her favorite coffee shop on the Upper East Side of Manhattan - where Ms. Stewart discovered that Mr. Johnson doesn't drink coffee.
In partnership with oil refiner Valero and trash-to-fuel upstart Terrabon, it's working on techniques to turn plant matter (like yard clippings) and food waste into gasoline.
