22 Sep 2015 The shuttered Hovensa Refinery in the US Virgin Islands has filed for the owners of the facility, Hess and Venezuelan national oil company Hess Oil & Chemical completes construction of a large refinery on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1998, the company forms a partnership with Venezuela's 22 Feb 2018 built a hulking oil refinery on the southern beaches of St. Croix. The Hovensa Refinery became one of the world's largest refineries, processing 30 Mar 2017 Croix hosted the Hovensa oil refinery on its southern coast. At the time, it was the third largest U.S. oil refinery, and the largest private employer in 13 Aug 2013 Here's something you probably didn't know: The U.S. Virgin Islands at just one company, the Hovensa oil refinery—a joint venture between 11 Apr 2017 oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, shut down in 2012, the closing devastated the Caribbean island economy. But new activity at the site HOUSTON (Reuters) - Owners of an idled oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, that was once among the world’s largest, plan to invest $1.4 billion to refurbish and restart a portion of the
In the 1970s, the former Hovensa refinery on St. Croix was one of the world’s largest, able to process 650,000 bpd. It halted processing in 2012, filed for bankruptcy three years later and was sold to ArcLight and trading firm Freepoint Commodities.
21 Nov 2019 "A pollution-plagued oil refinery that shut down in 2012 is now on the verge of reopening in the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks to the aid of EPA 11 Feb 2019 Two Houston-area fathers died in a car crash in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where they had been working as contractors at an oil refinery. >>> See 5 Nov 2018 The refinery has been closed down, but may restart in 2019 Location: St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands; Capacity: 17.5 million Gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, jet fuel, kerosene and residual fuel oil. 15 Apr 1981 On Wednesday Leon Hess, president of the Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation, and Juan Luis, Governor of the Virgin Islands, a United States 26 Jan 2011 “This important settlement with the second largest refinery in the United States will “Residents of the Virgin Islands expect and deserve to live in an has the capacity to refine more than 525,000 barrels of crude oil per day. 22 Apr 2019 Svitzer Caribbean Dominicana has been awarded a contract to provide tug services for oil refinery company Limetree Bay Refining in the US 28 Oct 2014 A big oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that has been closed for two years soon could be operating under new owners. The Hovensa refinery
13 Feb 2020 Fiscal and economic challenges facing the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) of the HOVENSA refinery operated by Hess Oil resulted in the loss.
5 Nov 2018 The refinery has been closed down, but may restart in 2019 Location: St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands; Capacity: 17.5 million Gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, jet fuel, kerosene and residual fuel oil.
The USVI has no known crude oil reserves and does not produce crude oil, although a recent U.S. Geological Survey assessment identified the potential for undiscovered crude oil resources in a subsea formation south of the islands. 18,19 The Hovensa petroleum refinery on St. Croix, once one of the 10 largest crude oil refineries in the world
Limetree Bay Refining LLC (LBR), a subsidiary of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, has reached an agreement in principle with the supply and trading arm of an unidentified international oil company to restart the idled 500,000-b/d refinery at Limetree Bay on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Feb 2019 Update , Phase 1 of the Limetree Bay Village is operational and housing workers for the refinery's restoration, and eventual restart. Job listings can be found at their website www Limetree Bay Refining and Limetree Bay Terminal are looking for employees who are committed to working safely, providing best-in-class customer service, and being exceptional stewards of our environment. Limetree Bay is located on the south shore of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. The refinery, the largest private employer in the U.S. Virgin Islands and once one of the largest refiners in the Western Hemisphere, will cease operations next month and will be converted to an oil storage terminal, said Brian K. Lever, president and chief operating officer of Hovensa LLC. The United States took possession of the islands on March 31, 1917 and the territory was renamed the "Virgin Islands of the United States." Every year, Transfer Day is recognized as a holiday, to commemorate the acquisition of the islands by the United States.
Limetree Bay Refining LLC (LBR), a subsidiary of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, has reached an agreement in principle with the supply and trading arm of an unidentified international oil company to restart the idled 500,000-b/d refinery at Limetree Bay on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands.
28 Oct 2014 A big oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that has been closed for two years soon could be operating under new owners. The Hovensa refinery 15 Sep 2015 A separate announcement by HOVENSA LLC, the partially owned Hess subsidiary that owns the refinery, called the end of refining at the 18 Jan 2012 This picture taken on Oct. 29, 2011 shows the Hovensa oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The refinery, the largest private employer in 6 Mar 2017 Clifford Graham, a US Virgin Islands (USVI) Senator, knew that emotions would be strong at the Senate's debate about the future of the closed St 24 Jan 2012 Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Following the shutdown, the complex will operate as an oil storage terminal. Losses at the HOVENSA refinery have