Refinery’s new operator faces major challenges
WILLEMSTAD - Curacao recently selected Saudi Aramco's US refining subsidiary Motiva Enterprises as the preferred bidder to manage and operate the Isla refinery after PdV's long-term lease expires, with a possible More...
Motiva Enterprises preliminary picked to run Curacao refinery
WILLEMSTAD, HOUSTON - Motiva Enterprises has preliminarily been chosen by the government of Curacao to operate the 335,000-barrel-per-day Isla refinery, replacing Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA. The refinery has More...
BOO operational again soon
WILLEMSTAD - The Build Own and Operate (BOO) plant will soon start up again. Five of the six boilers that produce steam for the refinery are not in service. Two boilers will be operational again this month, the More...
RdK selects preferred bidder for long term lease oil refinery
WILLEMSTAD - In a press release, the Refineria di Kòrsou, Curaçao Refinery (RdK) indicated it has selected a preferred bidder, a preferred candidate, to further negotiate for the acquisition and modernization More...
Internal investigation at Curaçao Refinery; Director on mandatory leave
WILLEMSTAD - The Supervisory Board (RvC) of the Refineria di Kòrsou N.V. (RdK), or Curaçao Refinery requested the statutory director of this company, Mr van Kwartel and two other employees, on November 14 to take More...
Curaçao close to finding strategic partner for refinery
WILLEMSTAD - The government of Curaçao is close to signing preliminary agreements with at least two US and European companies to resuscitate its 220,000 b/d Isla oil refinery that has been virtually abandoned by More...
ConocoPhillips gets $345 million in cash and commodities from Venezuela’s PDVSA
HOUSTON - U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips on Thursday said it received $345 million in cash and commodities last quarter from Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA under a settlement that came after Conoco seized some More...
Oilchart International issues clarification after media reports over reopened Curaçao ‘waste’ fuel product investigation
BRUSSELS, WILLEMSTAD - As the Public Prosecutor’s office in the Netherlands takes steps to reopen an investigation into the company’s involvement with a historical Curaçao government scheme to recycle asphalt More...
Action oil refinery employees on hold
WILLEMSTAD - It threatened to be chaos for a moment. The staff of the oil refinery was ready to lay down their work as a sign of protest. They cannot accept the fact that the refinery is not operating at the moment. Thanks More...
Search for a strategic partner for oil refinery progressing according to plan
WILLEMSTAD - All the efforts of the public company Refineria di Korsou (RdK), the Curaçao Refinery is concentrated on finding a strategic partner for the refinery after the current contract with the Venezuelan More...
