The owners of HOVENSA have filed separate lawsuits in federal court, seeking more than $236 million from the Virgin Islands government, money the companies contend they are owed in tax refunds. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., or HOVIC, first filed suit in federal court in the Southern District of New York on Christmas Eve, and then filed an almost identical lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Virgin Islands on Monday, seeking $83,554,763 from the V.I. government that the company contends it is owed for the 2006 and 2007 tax years.