Aruba Receives Refinery, Development Proposals

(Argus, 31.Jul.2020) — The government of Aruba received proposals to refurbish its refinery and develop alternative industries on the brownfield site. RdA, the state-owned asset holder, received 29 proposals out of 57 initial registrations for the first option of refurbishing the 235,000 b/d San Nicolas refinery, which was formerly owned […]

Aruba Offering Oil Storage After PDVH Exit

(Argus, 4.May.2020) — The Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba is offering to lease oil storage after terminating an ill-fated refining project with PdV Holding (PDVH), the opposition-controlled US subsidiary of Venezuela’s national oil company PdV. The lease offer comes at a time of severe tightness in onshore and floating oil […]