Prime Minister: Valero isn’t coming back
Topic: EnergyAruba’s PM is the one person in charge with Energy affairs, therefore closely monitoring the latest news regarding the future of the old refinery located in St. Nicolas.
According to him, Valero Energy Corp. isn’t reopening the refinery as initially thought by many, including by Valero Aruba. Meanwhile Valero Corp. officials have mostly kept quiet and [...]
Gasoline this year: 36% hike
Topic: EnergyThe unrelentlessness hike of gasoline prices continues on the island. Since the start of this year gasoline prices in Aruba rose with 36%. Month to month hike is at 5.6%.
The fluctuation of gasoline prices in Aruba continue to be a major problem, that doesn’t seem to be addressed sufficiently. The simple island logic “we are [...]
Latest: Valero Refinery Aruba To Shut Down
Topic: EnergyValero Corp. outperformed competition 2004-2008 – blue line in above image
Today Valero Refinery Aruba shocked many people locally with the announcement of the closure of the refining operations in St. Nicolas for at least three months, starting July 2009.
If you are familiar with Valero Aruba this shouldn’t come as a surprise. Valero has been seeking [...]
Gasoline Only Rose This Year in Aruba
Topic: EnergyGasoline prices continue on a steady rise in 2009. In fact, gasoline prices in Aruba haven’t dropped once this year. Off course local “experts” will try to justify the hike with all sorts of “smart” calculations, flawed comparisons to neighboring islands, transportation costs, insurance increases and other typical justification.
This time around there was more local [...]
Next Gasoline Price Hike Imminent
Topic: EnergyEnergy stocks on the rise [image by Google Finance]
Gasoline prices in Aruba change once a month, and Wednesday, June 10, is the next scheduled change.
Prices in the US has risen constantly the last weeks and since the last gasoline change in Aruba last month, the energy averages in US stock exchanges has gone up as [...]
arubalife.net in the midst of redesign
Topic: MiscellaneousCurrently arubalife.net is in the midst of a redesign. We’re are working behind the scenes to improve user experience by making the design much more apealing and simpel.
After design improvements are finished, we’ll proceed to take care of the content. That’s the most important part. We’re planning on toning down our tourism content, and focus [...]
