Trump announces opening of oil refinery in Texas

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the ‌opening of an oil refinery ‌in Brownsville, Texas and thanked Indian energy company ​Reliance for its investment.

Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, saying the America First Refining project would "fuel U.S. Markets, ‌strengthen our National ⁠Security, boost American Energy production, deliver Billions of Dollars in ⁠Economic impact, and will be THE CLEANEST REFINERY IN THE WORLD."

Trump said it ​was a $300 ​billion deal, ​but it was not ‌immediately clear if he meant that was part of a bigger deal with India.

In 2024 Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first ‌all-new U.S. oil refinery ​in nearly 50 years, ​said it ​was relaunching efforts to build ‌a large plant in ​Brownsville.

A website ​for America First Refining lists previous news releases for Element Fuels.

(Reporting by ​Kanishka ‌Singh, Jasper Ward and Timothy Gardner ​in Washington; Editing by Costas Pitas ​and Stephen Coates)