Limetree Bay Refinery
 Limetree Bay Refinery (Former Hovensa) St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands | |
  Location of Limetree Bay Refinery in Saint Croix | |
| Province | St. Croix |
|---|---|
| City | Christiansted |
| Coordinates | 17°42′16″N 64°45′19″W / 17.70444°N 64.75528°WCoordinates: 17°42′16″N 64°45′19″W / 17.70444°N 64.75528°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Limetree Bay Refining |
| Owner(s) | Limetree Bay Refining LLC |
| Commissioned | 1966 |
| Capacity | 500000 |
| No. of oil tanks | 136 |
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Limetree Bay Refinery (known also as Hovensa) is a petroleum refinery company located on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
For most of its operating life, Limetree Bay Refinery supplied heating oil and gasoline to the U.S. Gulf Coast and the eastern seaboard, with the crude mainly sourced from Venezuela. Previously, it had sourced its crude feedstock from a number of other countries including Libya. At a capacity of about 500,000 barrels per day (79,000 m3/d) as of 2010, it was in the top 10 largest refineries in the world.[1][2][3]
Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation started refinery construction in January 1966, having purchased the property from Annie de Chabert, and in October of the same year, the refinery started operating.[4] In 1974, the capacity of the refinery was expanded up to its peak at 650,000 barrels per day (103,000 m3/d). Hovensa LLC, which took over the refinery operatorship, was established in 1998.[citation needed]
Limetree Bay refinery was seeking to restructure nearly $2 billion in debt. The refinery was under a bankruptcy process according to Chapter 11. Limetree Bay refinery was shut down because of the EPA Order issued under Section 303 of the Clean Air Act. [1] [2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Omar Shuts Down Hovensa". Downstream Today. AFX News Limited. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ↑ "Hovensa Refinery Reopens". Downstream Today. AFX News Limited. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ↑ Daker, Susan (2009-06-30). "Hovensa Defers Capital Projects, Trims Workforce". Downstream Today. Dow Jones Newswires. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ↑ Collins, John (2002-04-18). "Instability In Venezuela Being Watched Closely". Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
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