April 20, 2016 - Dorf Ketal announces the appointment of Ms. Aileen Valera to the position of Senior Technical Services Manager, Heavy Fuel Oil & Branded Fuel Business. Ms. Valera brings over 16 years of technical and marketing experience in the petroleum industry at Chevron, Petron and Afton Chemical including participation in the development of oil product national standards and regulations. Most recently, her responsibilities at Afton Chemical included provision of technical service to refineries and marketing divisions of oil companies in the Asia Pacific region.

“Aileen’s experience working for major oil companies and suppliers to major oil companies will greatly benefit Dorf Ketal customers,” stated Dr. Miltos Papachristos, CEO and President Dorf Ketal Global Fuels Additives business. “Her knowledge of product formulation development, product approvals, and positioning of branded fuels, lubricants, bitumen and specialties provides a strong foundation for growing our business through excellent customer service.”

"Global Fuels Additives is a strategic growth market for Dorf Ketal and power generation, marine and branded fuels are new market segments for us," commented Mr. Sudhir Menon, Chairman and Managing Director of Dorf Ketal. "These markets are characterized by technical innovation, customer technical service and the industry knowledge to quantify the value for the customer. We are making excellent progress in strengthening our position in these markets."