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Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc. ( CORCO) was an oil refinery established in the towns of Peñuelas and Guayanilla in Puerto Rico in the second half of the 20th century. At one point, the company was ranked among the 500 largest in the United States by Fortune Magazine. [1] In 1978, it supplied 80% of all petroleum products consumed in ...
Caribbean Petroleum Corporation ( CAPECO) is an oil company in Puerto Rico which owned an oil refinery in Bayamón having a capacity of 48 thousand barrels per day (7.6 × 103 m 3 /d). In addition, it operated more than 200 service stations in Puerto Rico under the Gulf brand name. On October 23, 2009, an explosion took place in the refinery ...
The 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire, also known as the CAPECO explosion, was a fire that began with an explosion on October 23, 2009, and was extinguished on October 25 at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) oil refinery and oil depot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. [2] While the fire and subsequent explosion occurred close to the city of ...
Puma Energy is a Swiss multinational mid- and downstream oil company, majority-owned by Singapore-based Swiss company Trafigura. [1] Its operations span around 40 countries across five continents and encompass the supply, storage, refining, distribution, and retail of a range of petroleum products. [5] [6] [7]
The economy of Puerto Rico is classified as a high income economy by the World Bank and as the most competitive economy in Latin America by the World Economic Forum. The main drivers of Puerto Rico's economy are manufacturing, primarily pharmaceuticals, textiles, petrochemicals, and electronics; followed by the service industry, notably finance, insurance, real estate, and tourism.
Petroleum products supply 63% of Puerto Rico's electricity generating capacity; ... Total Fossil Fuels 5.52 14.78 Petroleum 3.37 6.76 Natural Gas 1.23 4.99
C. Caribbean Petroleum Corporation. Commonwealth Oil Refining Company. Categories: Oil and gas companies of Puerto Rico. Oil companies of North America. Oil companies of the United States.
The Morris J. Berman oil spill occurred on January 7, 1994, when the Morris J. Berman, a single-hull 302-foot-long barge, with the capacity to carry more than 3 million gallons of oil, collided with a coral reef near San Juan, Puerto Rico, [2] causing the release of 750,000 gallons of heavy grade oil. [2] The spill affected the tourism and ...