New 160,000 bpd Texas Refinery Breaks 50-Year U.S. Drought


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- America First Refining, the first new refinery in the 
U.S. in almost in 50 years, has been officially launched with a target of 
processing 160,000 bpd, media reports said Tuesday (3/10).

   Located at Port of Brownsville, Texas, the greenfield refinery is owned by 
Element Fuels Holdings LLC and is engineered to process 100% U.S. shale oil, 
rather than the imported, heavy crude that most U.S. refineries are built for.

   Before America First, the last new refinery constructed in the U.S. was 
Marathon Petroleum's facility in Garyville, Louisiana, which opened in 1977 
with an initial capacity of 200,000 bpd before expanding to nearly 600,000 bpd.




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