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Hovensa refinery, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands |
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| Country | United States Virgin Islands |
| Province | St. Croix |
| City | Christiansted |
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| Operator | Hovensa LLC |
| Owner(s) | Hess Corporation, Petroleos de Venezuela |
| Commissioned | 1966 |
| Capacity | 500,000 bbl/d (79,000 m3/d) |
Hovensa is a petroleum refinery located on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The refinery is a joint venture between Hess Corporation and Petroleos de Venezuela that mostly supplies heating oil and gasoline to the U.S Gulf Coast and the eastern seaboard with the crude mainly sourced from Venezuela. At a capacity of about 500,000 barrels per day (79,000 m3/d) it is in the top 10 largest refineries in the world.[1][2][3]
Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation started refinery construction in January 1966 having purchased the property from Annie de Chabert and in October same year the refinery started operating.[4] In 1974, the capacity of refinery was expanded up to 650,000 barrels per day (103,000 m3/d). Hovensa LLC, which took over the refinery operatorship, was established in 1998.