Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. CARSON, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: In an aerial view, Marathon ...

Trump announced a $300 billion refinery project backed by Reliance Industries. The plant was planned for Brownsville, Texas, processing U.S. shale oil. Trump said it would be the first new U.S.

How is West Texas Intermediate different from say Saudi crude or Venezuela sour? What is light, sweet crude? Why does the type of oil matter? At a refinery, crude oil ultimately gets converted into ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — For the first time in nearly 50 years, a new oil refinery will be built in the United States, in Brownsville, Texas. President Donald Trump announced the plans for the new ...

Because of an archaic refining infrastructure, America’s oil industry is in the curious position of shipping much of what it extracts to foreign refineries for processing, while importing what it can ...

Texas Tech professors explain why gas prices are so high despite Texas being a major producer, fracking and oil economics.

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) operates 13 refineries with 3 million barrels per day of crude distillation capacity, including the largest single refinery in the U.S. at Galveston Bay with 631,000 barrels ...

U.S. refineries are fully capable of processing shale oil but were built around heavy, sour crude after tens of billions in capital upgrades — running too much light crude sidelines that expensive ...

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. The ...