It’s SMOC’s fault!
It’s not the first time that the unions were paid and send by Maduro’s Khmer Rouge in their sponsored red PDVSA shirts to demonstrate on the Wilhelmina Square against the seizure of SMOC and the others. I add More...
Ruling on claim environmental organizations on oil refinery set for May 2
WILLEMSTAD - The ruling on the summary proceedings of the oil refinery Isla against the environmental organization SMOC, 25 local residents and Humanitarian Aid Foundation takes place on 2 May. Yesterday the summary More...
PDVSA cancels plans to import U.S. crude oil for Curaçao refinery amid cash crunch
WILLEMSTAD - Petroleos de Venezuela SA, which relies heavily on U.S. oil to run its refinery in Curacao, canceled plans to import American grades in April and May as sellers demanded payment ahead of delivery. The More...
Isla trade unions are protesting against lien placed by environmental groups
WILLEMSTAD - The trade unions representing the oil refinery employees have called up their members to protest against the lien placed by the Humanitarian Care Foundation, SMOC and 25 residents this morning on the More...
Once again environmental groups place a lien on oil refinery
WILLEMSTAD - Humanitarian Care Foundation, Clean Environment Foundation (SMOC) and 25 local residents have once again place a 75 million guilders lien on the oil refinery Isla and the Build Own and Operate (BOO) More...
PDVSA refineries In Venezuela, Curaçao ran at 31% capacity in 1Q
CARACAS, WILLEMSTAD - Venezuela's oil refineries worked at 31 percent of their combined 1.62 million-barrel-per-day capacity in the first quarter, well below 2017 levels, according to an internal document from state-run More...
MDPT disagrees with Standard & Poor’s
WILLEMSTAD - Clift Christiaan, chairman of the Multi-Disciplinary Project Team, which is the organization that is in charge of finding a strategic partner for the oil refinery, disagrees with the Standard & More...
Journal of Environmental Protection: Isla, Mortality and SO2
WILLEMSTAD - A few days ago, Pulster et al. published their article “Exposure Assessment of Ambient Sulfur Dioxide Downwind of an Oil Refinery in Curaçao” in the Journal of Environmental Protection. Considering More...
Credit rating agency S&P more negative about Curaçao’s outlook
WILLEMSTAD - Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S & P) has become more negative about the prospects for the creditworthiness of Curaçao. The rating agency believes that the economic and budgetary uncertainty More...
Detained PdVSA oil cargo released in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - Venezuelan state-owned PdVSA reached a settlement that released a cargo of crude and bunkers that had been held in Curaçao since December 30. The Panama-flagged Proteo tanker, a Lakemax vessel with More...
