Shell and Saudi Arabia's national oil company Saudi Aramco have agreed to divide assets owned by their 50-50 joint venture Motiva on 1 April 2017; the separation, announced in March 2016, was initially expected to be completed in October 2016.
In the proposed division of assets, Saudi Aramco would retain the Motiva name, assume sole ownership of the 600,000 bbl/d Port Arthur refinery in Texas, retain 26 distribution terminals, and have an exclusive license to use the Shell brand for gasoline and diesel sales in Texas, the majority of the Mississippi Valley, the South-east and Mid-Atlantic markets. Shell would assume sole ownership of the 235,000 bbl/d Norco refinery in Louisiana (where Shell operates a chemicals plant), the 230,000 bbl/d Convent refinery in Louisiana, nine distribution terminals, and Shell branded markets in Florida, Louisiana and the Northeastern region.
Companies still have to agree on Shell's demand for US$2bn from Saudi Aramco as a compensation for splitting up Motiva. Their 50-50 refining and marketing joint venture Motiva was formed in 1998 to carry out operations in the United States since 2002.
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