New York—Low crude prices have rekindled interest in reviving two mothballed refineries in the Caribbean, the massive Hovensa plant on the US Virgin Islands and Valero’s 235,000 b/d Aruba refinery. A source familiar with the Aruba deal said Friday a memorandum of understanding was inked between the government of Aruba and Citgo, a unit of Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, to restart the plant. “The memorandum was signed on September 22 in Houston between Citgo CEO Nelson Martinez and [the] minister of energy and environment of Aruba, Mike de Meza,” the source said.
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机译：纽约-低原油价格重新燃起了人们对恢复加勒比地区两个封存精炼厂，美属维尔京群岛上的霍文萨工厂的规模以及瓦莱罗235,000桶/日阿鲁巴精炼厂的兴趣。一位熟悉阿鲁巴协议的消息人士周五表示，阿鲁巴政府与委内瑞拉国有石油公司PDVSA的子公司西哥签署了谅解备忘录，以重启该厂。消息人士说：“该备忘录于9月22日在休斯敦签署，由Citgo首席执行官Nelson Martinez和阿鲁巴能源与环境部长Mike de Meza签署。”
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