me6@privacy.net wrote in message news:<2s14k0degcr5ihttmpj6g9jmvb751suhmb@4ax.com>...
> >The pictures are taken near Baby beach in Aruba. Baby Beach is
> >located in the "bad" part of Aruba where there is a refinery and many
> >smoke stacks.
>
> What kind of refinery is in Aruba!!
>
> Never heard of it
Now you do. Do you only spent time in the casinos while in Aruba?
This refinery goes way, way back. During WWII, it supplied the bulk
of jet fuel for the Allied war effort against the Axis. It is ironic
that some of the pipe fittings were made by the Nazi. A few large
diameter pipe fittings which bear the swastika mark are still in
display in the main office in the refinery. It was one of the largest
refineries, if not the largest in the western hemisphere at that time.
Lago Oil Company was an Exxon affiliate for a very long time until it
was shut down for economic and political reasons in 1986. It created
not too small economic depression in Aruba. Many local employess were
forced out of the island to find employment elsewhere. In 1989,
Coastal negotiated with the Aruba government to reopen the refinery.
In 2000 or 2001, it was acquired by El Paso Corporation. Valero
bought it from Elpaso in early 2004.
The refinery refines Mexican crude for the most part to my
understanding. |
