Aruba oil imports vs world demand

[JohnCarlisleApeiron]

https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/petro...

How the hell has Aruba, about the size of the isle of Wight, managed to have an oil import bigger than many sovereign states?

Do they refine and export a lot?

Ta

JCA



Bloody hell, just looked at this and what are they doing in Gibralta' to be burning this lot per cap?

https://www.worldometers.info/oil/oil-consumption-...

Ship oil?

Edited by JohnCarlisleApeiron on Sunday 14th March 19:13

[rxe]

At a guess, these are edge cases of consumption.

Gibraltar refuels some rather large boats and ‘planes, but doesn’t have many people living there. It wouldn’t take many large boats arriving to send the consumption per capita through the roof.

[Beati Dogu]

It'll likely be cruise ships for Aruba I would think. Maybe a little sanctions busting for nearby Venezuela.

[CraigyMc]

Beati Dogu said:

It'll likely be cruise ships for Aruba I would think. Maybe a little sanctions busting for nearby Venezuela.

Citgo (part of PDVSA) owns an oil refinery on Arbua, but US Venezuela sanctions basically screwed it. The refinery was handed back to the local government last year, they are looking for a partner to run it for them.

Historically, Aruba had a couple of refineries, both run by US oil companies.