Thursday, January 17, 2008

Texas-sized refinery


The Motiva refinery plant reflects off a commemorative shovel during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Motiva refinery expansion in Port Arthur on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. The $7 billion expansion will increase the refinery's capacity to be the largest in the United States.

© Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News

Abdulaziz F. Al-Khayyal, senior vice president of industrial relations for Saudi Aramco, signs commemorative shovels during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Motiva refinery expansion in Port Arthur. The project is funded by Shell and Saudi Aramco.



Work continues at the existing Motiva plant during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Motiva refinery expansion. This is the single largest capital investment in the history of Texas.



Ziad Labban of Saudi Refining (left) talks on a phone while Ahmed Subaey of Saudi Aramco (right) encourages another executive during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Motiva refinery expansion in Port Arthur.


Please read "Foreign oil companies building Texas-size refinery..." by Elizabeth Souder and Jim Landers.

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