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Proposed $4B Brownsville Refinery Receives Go-Ahead
Element Fuels Holdings has received all the necessary permits and is now primed to develop a $4 billion hydrogen-powered refinery within the Port of Brownsville (photo). The Element complex is designed to produce and recycle hydrogen using advanced technologies that will generate and deliver significantly cleaner, higher-quality fuels, including high-octane gasoline and electricity for commercial and consumer consumption. The facility will supply approximately 100% of the refinery’s fuel requirements, eliminating CO2 emissions.
These types of facilities don’t come around very often. A permit for a greenfield refinery of this size and scope has not been granted in the United States since the 1970’s.
The project, expected to be operational in 2027, is designed to process exclusively high-gravity domestic shale oil. Element has contracted with McDermott to provide engineering design services for the facility.
The Element complex is being built on more than 240 acres within the Port of Brownsville, a deepwater port in South Texas.
