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First New Gulf Oil Refinery in 50 Years Proposed

The Port of Brownsville said March 11 that a company called America First Refining plans to build what officials describe as the first new oil refinery on the U.S. Gulf Coast in nearly 50 years, a project expected to process domestic shale crude and create hundreds of jobs in South Texas. Port officials announced the proposed facility during a press conference at the port’s administrative offices. According to port officials, the ... [+]