U.S. Oil Refining Eyes Big Expansion Amid Shale Spike
March 03, 2014 at 14:01 PM EST
As of early 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration , there were 143 operable oil refineries in the U.S. – less than half the number there were in 1982. But that decline appears to be ending. The new oil boom in the Dakotas, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere is reportedly