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Energy & power plants · Santiago de Cuba

Texaco Refinery (Santiago)

Confiscated refinery — first expropriated (1960)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only🚫 OFAC SDNConfiscated · no active suit
Scale
$50.1M certified
Status
Confiscated 1960
Sector
Energy & power plants
Province
Santiago de Cuba
Coordinates
19.980, -75.860
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Now Hermanos Díaz refinery site.
Controlling entity

State oil & gas monopoly: refineries, the Matanzas supertanker base, onshore oil JVs. Counterparty to confiscated-refinery Title III exposure (Exxon/Belot).

Helms-Burton · confiscated property
Confiscated · no active suit
Original owner (1960)
Texaco Inc.
1972 certified value
$50.1M
Current claim-holder
Chevron
Certified (FCSC)
Yes — certified claim
Title III status

none active

Sources: FCSC