Green Fuels Operating breaks ground on $400-MM refinery in Oklahoma (U.S.)
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Duncan, Oklahoma, for Green Fuels Operating’s planned $400-MM refinery project in Stephens County. The new refinery will redevelop a former refinery site that operated from the 1920s until its closure in 1983, marking the first major industrial investment there in more than 40 years after extensive environmental cleanup and redevelopment efforts led by local officials and regulators.
The facility will initially process 30,000 barrels per day, with expansion potential to 50,000 barrels per day, producing fuels including gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, kerosene, asphalt and naphtha. The refinery is expected to operate continuously and create 75–80 permanent full-time jobs, along with hundreds of indirect regional positions in skilled trades, engineering, and operations.
Officials including Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell and Congressman Tom Cole praised the project as a major economic win for rural Oklahoma and one of the state’s most significant private energy investments in decades. The project also stands out nationally as a rare new refinery development at a time when the number of U.S. refineries has steadily declined over the past several decades.
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