Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

HOUSTON/ORANJESTAD - Citgo Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday it is holding talks with the government of Aruba on its oil refinery operating contract, a day after Aruba disclosed it would form a committee to decide the fate of the plant.

ORANJESTAD - The government of Aruba said on Monday it will form an advisory committee to decide the future of a 209,000-barrel-per-day refinery that remains idled amid sanctions to operator Citgo Petroleum’s parent company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

BRASILIA - Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, is close to winning a seven-year battle with eight Latin American countries over the .amazon internet domain.

ABN Amro, heeft vandaag de CISO's van bedrijven uit uiteenlopende branches uitgenodigd voor een overleg dat moet leiden tot een gezamenlijk optreden tegen de dreigingen.

STATIA  - NuStar Energy LP has agreed to sell the crude oil storage terminal in St. Eustatius for US $250 million to investment firm Prostar Capital, the companies said Friday. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2019.

THE NETHERLANDS - Het Delftse techbedrijf Bluerise heeft donderdag uitstel van betaling aangevraagd en is inmiddels failliet verklaard.

WILLEMSTAD - Curacao’s state-owned Isla oil refinery, which is operated by Venezuelan state-run company PDVSA, has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on PDVSA, the Caribbean island’s government said in a statement on Thursday.

MOSCOW -- Russian oil giant Rosneft said Friday it intended to ask law enforcers to ban Reuters in Russia over its report suggesting that Rosneft had helped Venezuela to bypass U.S. sanctions.

WILLEMSTAD--The Committee for Financial Supervision CFT on Monday advised the Kingdom Council of Ministers to give an instruction to Curaçao to balance its budget.

WASHINGTON - The United States has instructed oil trading houses and refiners around the world to further cut dealings with Venezuela or face sanctions themselves, even if the trades are not prohibited by published U.S. sanctions, three sources familiar with the matter said.

WILLEMSTAD--Liberty Latin America (LLA), a spin-off unit of Liberty Global focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, has made a deal to acquire 87.5 per cent of Curacao-based United Telecommunication Services (UTS), confirming recent reports.

LISBON - Maritime contractor Bernhard Schulte Ship management (BSM) is considering to stop managing Venezuelan state-oil company PDVSA’s tankers by the end of this month or in April following U.S. sanctions against the country, BSM said on Thursday.

UNITES STATES/CARACAS - The top U.S. buyers of Venezuelan oil are in the unusual position of trying to return millions of barrels of crude they need but cannot accept because of U.S. sanctions on the South American nation and its state-run energy firm PDVSA.

CARACAS - Plans by the German operator of a portion of the Venezuelan state oil company’s tanker fleet to return 10 vessels because of unpaid fees prompted a unit of state-run PDVSA on Tuesday to declare a maritime emergency, according to a document from the state-run firm and sources.

ROTTERDAM/WILLEMSTAD - Count, het handels- en logistieke bedrijf van de Rotterdamse investeerder Peter Goedvolk, heeft opnieuw interesse in het exploiteren en beheren van de olieraffinaderij Isla op Curaçao.

WILLEMSTAD- A Curacao refinery has received a court order requiring shippers to discharge a cargo of Venezuelan oil seized by maritime companies due to debts owned by Venezuela’s state-run company PDVSA, Refineria di Korsou said in a statement on Monday.

ORANJESTAD - Aruba is asking the United States to lift financial sanctions blocking a Citgo Petroleum Corp oil refinery from financing an overhaul project, which has led to job cuts on the Caribbean island, the nation’s prime minister said on Monday.

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten has to make its decision on the sale of United Telecommunications Services (UTS) soon and sell its minority shares at the same time as Curaçao, or risk having its shares diluted.

ORANJESTAD - The 209,000-barrel-per-day Aruba refinery, operated by a unit of U.S. Citgo Petroleum, is putting a $685 million refurbishment on hold due to sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States last month, the company said on Monday.

WILLEMSTAD– Zakenman Michael Rocke in Trinidad is de partij die in partnership met Tilgent Capital Trust in Florida het noodlijdende Insel Air op Curaçao wil overnemen.