Article: Venezuela - Caribbean Storage.

PDVSA owns the key Borco storage and blending facility in the Bahamas. This is the centre from which PDVSA exports low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO), on which the US Gulf Coast has been depending heavily. The facility was damaged in October 2005 by Hurricane Wilma. As a result, PDVSA declared force majeure on all sales from Borco, where up to 7m barrels of LSFO were trapped.

Borco is also the central unloading point for cargoes from North-West Europe and South America.

The hurricane destroyed one jetty and damaged another two, preventing tankers from loading or discharging. The Borco shutdown came amid unusually high and rising LSFO demand, as hurricane damage ...

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