U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) the opening of an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas and thanked Indian energy company Reliance for its investment. Mr. 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.” “Thank you to our partners in India, and their largest privately held Energy Company, Reliance, for this tremendous Investment,” the post read. He 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. Published – March 11, 2026 04:01 am IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation From The Hindu Archives, March 11, 1976: STD on 8 routes inaugurated U.S. military destroys at least 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels ‘near Strait of Hormuz’