The chimney stacks along the St. Nicolaas beach on Aruba no longer belch smoke into the luminous tropical air. After 60 years of refining more than 6.5 billion bbl. of crude, including 1 out of every 16 bbl. of aircraft fuel used by Allied forces in World War II, Exxon's Lago refinery, once the largest in the world, will shut down this week. The closing marks the end of an era in the world oil industry and spells trouble for the 70-sq.-mi. Caribbean island. The refinery has provided Aruba with more than half its annual income for better than two generations....
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