Buckeye Partners LP has over the past three months put in place two major deals that will make it a major player in the Caribbean oil storage market. Last month it agreed to take an 80 per cent stake in Bahamas Oil Refining Co International (Borco) from affiliates of First Reserve Corp for $1.36bn. It has also made an offer to Vopak to buy the other 20 per cent, although it is understood that Vopak is keen to hang on to its strategic investment in the facility. Borco is the fourth largest oil and petroleum products storage terminal in the world and the largest petroleum products facility in the Caribbean with current storage capacity of 21.6m bbl (3.4m m~3). "This acquisition is a natural fit for Buckeyes core business and significantly expands our market reach by adding a global logistics hub to our portfolio of assets," says Forrest E Wylie, chairman and CEO of Buckeye. "Borco is a premier marine storage facility with a world-class customer base that complements our fast-growing terminalling and storage business."
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机译：Buckeye Partners LP在过去三个月中完成了两项重大交易，这将使其成为加勒比海石油存储市场的主要参与者。上个月，该公司同意以13.6亿美元的价格从第一储备公司的分支机构手中收购巴哈马国际炼油公司（Borco）80％的股份。该公司还向沃帕克提出收购其他20％股份的要约，尽管据了解，沃帕克热衷于继续对该设施的战略投资。 Borco是世界第四大石油和石油产品存储码头，也是加勒比海地区最大的石油产品设施，目前的存储容量为2160万桶（340万立方米）。 Buckeye董事长兼首席执行官Forrest E Wylie表示：“此次收购很自然地适合七叶树的核心业务，并通过在资产组合中增加全球物流中心来显着扩大我们的市场范围。” “ Borco是一流的海上仓储设施，拥有世界一流的客户群，可补充我们快速增长的码头和仓储业务。”
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