达拉斯地区的初创公司 Element Fuels Holdings 提议建造近 50 年来第一座全新的美国炼油厂，该公司 6 月 6 日表示，将重新启动在德克萨斯州南部建造一座大型工厂的工作。

企业家 John Calce 旗下的 ARX Energy 和 JupiterMLP 初创公司此前已至少两次提出德克萨斯州布朗斯维尔的项目，其中一次导致申请破产。该项目最初由一家控股公司所有，该公司还拥有 Centurion Terminals。

Element 正在寻求为第一阶段筹集资金，这将使炼油厂能够将约 50,000 桶/天至 55,000 桶/天的石脑油原料加工成汽油。 Calce 表示，该公司估计初始阶段将耗资约 12 亿美元。

Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first all-new U.S. oil refinery in nearly 50 years, on June 6 said it was relaunching efforts to build a large plant in South Texas.

The Brownsville, Texas, project has been proposed by entrepreneur John Calce at least twice before by his ARX Energy, and JupiterMLP startups, with one leading to a bankruptcy filing. The project was originally owned by a holding company that also owned Centurion Terminals.

Element is looking to raise funds for the first phase, which will allow the refinery to process about 50,000 bbl/d to 55,000 bbl/d of naphtha feedstock into gasoline. The company estimates the initial phase will cost about $1.2 billion, Calce said.