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This Sandbar in Grenada Feels Like a Dream You Can Actually Step Onto

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There are places in the Caribbean that feel almost imagined until you arrive — Sandy Island is one of them. The difference is, on Sandy Island, things still feel like a dream even after you get there. A white sandbar floating off the coast of Carriacou (one of three islands in Grenada), just wide enough […]

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Interview with US Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christensen on Health Care, HOVENSA

Above: US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen (Photo: WH) By Alexander Britell The US Virgin Islands is in one of the most challenging periods in its history, in large part due to the closure of the HOVENSA oil refinery earlier this year. The refinery, the largest in the Caribbean, was the territory’s single-largest […]

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St Lucia Waits on Potential Sale of Hess Oil Storage and Transshipment Terminal

Above: the Hess terminal in St Lucia (Photo: Hess) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is taking a wait-and-see approach on the potential sale of the Hess crude oil refined products and storage terminal at Cul de Sac. Hess informed Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony of the decision to sell the facility earlier this […]

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Following HOVENSA Closure in St Croix, Valero Suspends Refining in Aruba

Above: the Valero refinery in Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the closure of the HOVENSA refinery in St Croix last month, another Caribbean refinery will be shutting down. Valero Energy Corporation announced that refining operations at its 235,000-barrel-per day refinery in Aruba would be suspended. “We appreciate the diligent and incredible efforts of […]


St Lucia Waits on Potential Sale of Hess Oil Storage and Transshipment Terminal

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh and Danish Ambassador Peter Takso-Jensen By the Caribbean Journal staff Discussing a host of issues including green energy, climate change and business opportunities, US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh met with Danish Ambassador to the United States Peter Taksoe-Jensen in Washington last week. The two officials, who were […]

US Virgin Islands Mulls Post-HOVENSA Energy Options With Federal Officials

Above: the discussions in Washington (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff With the closure of the HOVENSA refinery in February, the US Virgin Islands lost its main source of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and propane. The change led the territory, which is not connected to any larger power grid, to discuss the possibility of […]

USVI Delegate Pursues Economic Disaster Declaration After HOVENSA Closure

Above: Delegate Donna Christensen (centre) By the Caribbean Journal staff Donna Christensen, the US Virgin Islands’ delegate to the US Congress, is pursuing an Economic Disaster Declaration for the territory after the closure of the HOVENSA oil refinery, its single-largest employer. “I know that is what the car industry got, and while this is on […]

After HOVENSA Closure, US Virgin Islands Governor Seeks Federal Assistance

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh, Jr speaks with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary Anthony Babauta before a meeting in Washington (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh is seeking federal help to deal with the impact of the closure of HOVENSA oil refinery. De Jongh […]

US Virgin Islands Governor: "Even Without HOVENSA, St Croix Will Recover"

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh speaking to the St Croix Chamber of Commerce By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the announced closure of the HOVENSA refinery in St Croix, the Caribbean’s largest, the US Virgin Islands is focusing on continuing to build the foundation for a sustainable and more diverse economy, according to Governor […]

US Virgin Islands Plans Response to HOVENSA Refinery Closure

Above: the HOVENSA refinery By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands has a plan to assist the thousands of people who will lose their jobs when the HOVENSA oil refinery, the largest in the Caribbean, closes. It was announced that the plant would close on Jan. 18. “Our worst nightmare is now a […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Holds Talks with HOVENSA Owners

By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh met yesterday with officials of soon-to-be-shuttered refinery HOVENSA and its owners: HOVIC, a subsidiary of the Hess Corporation and PDVSA, VI, a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, SA to discuss the controversial closure. The HOVENSA refinery is the largest oil refinery in the […]

Largest Caribbean Oil Refinery to Close

Above: the HOVENSA refinery in St Croix By the Caribbean Journal staff The HOVENSA oil refinery in St Croix, US Virgin Islands, will be shut down, the company announced today. The refinery, which is one of the 10 largest in the world and the largest in the Caribbean, is a joint venture between the Hess […]