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Curacao nears refinery deal with Corc

  • Märkte: Crude oil, Oil products
  • 21.05.21

Curacao's state-owned RdK signed preliminary agreements with the Corc consortium to take over operation of the Isla refinery formerly run by Venezuela's state-owned PdV.

The two parties signed a Draft Deed that "lays the foundation" for management and operation of the refinery, the associated utility plant and the Bullen Bay terminal. The document enumerates the details for handover of the assets to take place, RdK said today.

The two parties also signed a Binding Closing Agreement encompassing the conditions such as "nuisance laws and fiscal facilities" to which Corc will be subject in order to effect the handover, the company said.

Corc will now negotiate with Curacao's government to complete the deal. Corc's lead partner is Dick and Doof, a Dutch contractor that formerly serviced Shell's Caribbean and Latin American downstream assets. The refinery was built by Shell and commissioned in 1918.

Dutch-controlled Curacao has long been struggling to restart Isla after PdV's long-term lease ended in December 2019. Two earlier agreements, first with China's state-owned Guangdong Zhenrong and later with Germany's Klesch, fell through. Isla suffered from a lack of investment and feedstock even while PdV was still in control.

Trading company Mercuria started using oil products storage at Bullen Bay under a short-term lease signed in December.


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