Oil seizure aggravates Venezuela-Curaçao tensions
WILLEMSTAD - The seizure of a crude cargo in Curacao's Bullen Bay terminal has further aggravated tensions between Venezuela and Dutch Caribbean islands that have long provided refining and logistical support to More...
Oil tanker PDVSA seized in Curaçao
Various shipping companies are demanding a hefty $ 30 million from PdVSA for outstanding invoices. WILLEMSTAD - The Panamanian oil tanker Proteo is not allowed to depart from Bullenbaai. The ship is on the chain. More...
The management and control or maybe even the future ownership of the deep seaport at Bullenbay
WILLEMSTAD - The government of Curaçao is contemplating to grant a concession to a state-owned corporation of China to build, own and operate an LNG-terminal at Bullenbay, but has not yet decided in which legal More...
A refinery at Bullenbaai; Not so fast!
For the past couple of years, and more intensively during the last, there has been a lot of public discussions about reconstructing the Isla refinery in the Bullenbaai area; next to COT, the Curaçao Oil Terminal. More...
GZE subsidiary builds LNG terminal
WILLEMSTAD - Titan Petrochemicals Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Guangdong Zhenrong Energy (GZE), will build the LNG terminal at Bullen Bay. This is according to Aubrich Bakhuis, acting chairman of the Multi-Disciplinary More...
Venezuela’s oil imports slump on payment woes, economic meltdown
Houston - Venezuela has not been able to import all the crude and fuel it needs this year to cover shortfalls at oilfields and refineries as state-run PDVSA struggles to pay suppliers on time, according to trade More...
Investors interested in gas terminal
WILLEMSTAD - Over seventy companies are interested in the plans to develop a so-called 'liquid natural gas "terminal at Bullenbaai. This was announced by the Multidisciplinary Project Team (MDPT) recently. These More...
BP receives its first Venezuelan crude cargo under swap deal in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - Britain’s BP Plc this month received a Venezuelan crude cargo from Venezuelan state-run PDVSA. The first since the companies agreed on a swap arrangement to settle pending payments for U.S. oil shipments. BP More...
Oil tankers in limbo as PDVSA fails to pay BP
WILLEMSTAD - Four tankers carrying over 2 million barrels of U.S. crude are stuck at sea and cannot discharge at Bullenbaai because Venezuela’s PDVSA has not yet paid supplier BP Plc. The cargoes are part of More...
British BP ships U.S. crude to PDVSA’s terminal in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - British BP has shipped a U.S. crude cargo to PDVSA's terminal in Curaçao, the third one that the firm has sent since winning a tender along with China Oil last month to provide the Venezuelan state-run More...
