It's the first greenfield refinery (where no other refineries exist) since the 70s but hardly the first refinery. It's good that it's going forward, though. It's needed.
on March 12, 2026, 10:01:24, in reply to "Remember how the Republicans freaked out about Biden "draining the strategic petroleum reserve"?"
It's a $3.5-4B refinery. A $300B refinery would absolutely be newsworthy. Insanely so. Like a $300B stadium for the Bears.
The $300B value is the projected value of the crude that will be processed there over the next 20 years.
They also describe it as, "the first new oil refinery built in the United States in nearly 50 years."
No.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=29&t=6
The newest refineries currently operating in the United States
Year built Location
2021 Galveston, Texas Texas International Terminals
2021 Kern, California Talley Asphalt Products
2018 Channelview, Texas Targa Resources
2016 Corpus Christi, Texas Magellan Midstream Partners
2015 Corpus Christi, Texas Buckeye Partners
2015 Houston, Texas Petromax Refining
2014 Galena Park, Texas Kinder Morgan
Oh... Also...
This project was first approved in 2014. Under Obama.
Permits were issued in 2024. Under Biden.
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