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Business Title: Largest U.S. refinery now belongs to Saudi Arabia Largest U.S. refinery now belongs to Saudi Arabia Charles Kennedy,
Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco appear to be getting a divorce, breaking up their joint venture in U.S.-based refining assets. The two companies joined together to create Motiva Enterprises LLC in 1998, a 50-50 joint venture that operated three refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. But Shell and Saudi Aramco have seen their interests head in different directions. "It is now time for the partners to pursue their independent downstream goals," said Abdulrahman Al-Wuhaib, a senior vice president of Saudi Aramco’s downstream unit. Reuters reported that the relationship started to fray after Motiva announced a $10 billion expansion of the Port Arthur refinery, doubling its capacity to 603,000 barrels per day, making it America’s largest refinery. It produced gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. A leak shortly after the expansion was completed in 2012 led to ballooning costs, exacerbating tension between Shell and Aramco. A 2015 workers strike also sparked anger between the two companies. The two companies signed a nonbinding letter of intent, a plan that would divide up Motiva’s refineries between them. The refineries have a combined capacity of 1.1 million barrels per day and are all located close to each other. The breakup will allow Saudi Aramco to take over the Port Arthur refinery and 26 distribution terminals, and Aramco will also hold onto the Motiva brand name. Shell will take over the other two refineries, Convent and Norco, both located in Louisiana. Shell said that it would operate the two refineries as one plant with a combined throughput of 500,000 barrels per day. The split will hand the largest U.S. refinery to the state-owned Saudi oil company. The Wall Street Journalspeculates that it could also pave the way for some sort of listing of Aramco’s assets in a public offering, something that Saudi officials have alluded to for several months. Few expect Aramco to list its upstream production assets in Saudi Arabia; downstream assets are much more likely to be offered up. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Largest U.S. refinery now belongs to Saudi Arabia And so? потому что Бог хочет это тот путь #2. To: U don't know me (#0) Largest U.S. refinery now belongs to Saudi Arabia When you consider they were co-owners of a couple of US presidents,this is no big deal. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them. #3. To: sneakypete (#2) When you consider they were co-owners of a couple of US presidents,this is no big deal. Just a couple? it is only under BO that the special supplier of oil status of the Saudi has been broken and the US has become self sufficient. the sooner the US cuts itself free from the Saudi empire the better
#4. To: paraclete (#3) the sooner the US cuts itself free from the Saudi empire the better On that,we agree. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them. #5. To: U don't know me (#0) No problem. It is easy to impose sanctions for some humanitarian reason and the place plus money is yours.
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