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West Texas Refinery Set to Break Ground in November
The nation’s first new oil refinery in decades could be coming to West Texas.
It’s a plan to cash in on growing oil production, but some doubt it will actually happen.
Jack Hanks is the man behind the plan. He’s CEO of MMEX Resources, at an empty patch of desert near Fort Stockton, Texas, where Hanks plans to build a 10,000 barrels-a-day refinery. He noted an old railroad is nearby.
“Primarily, we’re interested in exporting refined products to western Mexico, or around on the railroad back to the Texas Gulf areas,” Hanks said.
Read more: http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2017/10/23/243921/west-texas-refinery-set-to-break-ground-in-november/
