difficulty supplying crude oil as third parties attempt to legally seize oil shipments in lieu of payment by Venezuela. PDVSA acquired a minority stake in the Jamaican state-owned oil refinery in 2006. PDVSA has offices in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, China, Cuba, Spain and Netherlands. Former Hovensa LLC refinery, United States Virgin Islands – - closed in 2015. Hovensa was jointly owned by PDVSA and Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO), Bahamas – PDVSA was the sole owner of this oil storage terminal in the Caribbean until April 2008. The new owners were Royal Vopak (20%) and First Reserve Corporation (80%). It is doing business as Vopak Terminal Bahamas. They in turn sold the facility to Buckeye Partners in 2011. Ruhr Oel, Germany – PDVSA was a 50% owner of Ruhr Oel GmbH, the other half belonging to BP's German unit Aral AG. PDVSA sold its part to Russia's Rosneft in October 2010. See also Corporación Trebol Gas C.A. History of the Venezuelan oil industry Petrocaribe Nervis Villalobos Notes External links Energy companies established in 1976 Oil and gas companies of Venezuela Government-owned companies of Venezuela Venezuelan brands Ven Non-renewable resource companies established in 1976 Venezuelan companies established in 1976 Companies based in Maracaibo Holding companies of Venezuela Multinational companies headquartered in Venezuela