Thursday, July 2, 2015
PBF Energy Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.) said June 18 that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Chalmette Refining LLC, including its 189,000-bbld refinery in Chalmette, La., from joint-venture owners ExxonMobil and PDV Chalmette LLC, a subsidiary of state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela SA. The agreement includes related logistics and chemical assets. With the $322-million acquisition, PBF Energy will increase its throughput capacity to more than 725,000 bbld.