A Houston-based startup company with backing from India's Reliance Industries hopes to complete the first new American refinery in half a century.

U.S. President said India's largest private energy company Reliance Industries is investing in a $300-billion refinery project in Texas.

As energy security and the optimisation of hydrocarbons have become global priorities, the role of refineries – a key element in turning an extracted substance into something valuable – has grown in importance. Refining crude oil supports the ...

After raising $60 million, Westwin Elements built its pilot plant in Lawton, Okla., a miniature 40-acre plant that produced the nation’s first high grade nickel powder, the company claimed.