The first new oil refinery to be built on U.S. soil in half a century is set for construction in Texas, the president announced Tuesday.

With 131 refineries currently in operation, the United States has long been the global leader in oil processing capacity, but ...

After decades of stagnation in the U.S. refining sector, a significant shift may be underway. The newly announced oil ...

Trump announced a historic $300 billion oil refinery project in Brownsville, Texas, the first new U.S. refinery in nearly 50 years, promising thousands of jobs.

A new oil refinery planned for Brownsville could bring thousands of jobs and a major energy investment to the region. But it could also pose risks to the region’s environment and water supply.

The highly complex refineries located on the U.S. Gulf Coast could resume processing heavy Venezuelan crude oil in the years following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, possibly pushing out ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.