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After decades of stagnation in the U.S. refining sector, a significant shift may be underway. The newly announced oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, could become one of the first major ...

Locating oil starts with geologists and geophysicists who send sound waves into the Earth and measure the echoes that bounce back. From this, they can work out the depths and densities of different ...

Azikel Group says refinery upgrades raised investment to $1 billion and delayed operations as construction nears completion.