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Shell to turn Gulf refinery into US' biggest

EXPANSION The Anglo-Dutch oil firm said it would create almost 5,000 jobs and add 1.7 percent to US capacity with a US$7 billion project on the Texas Gulf Coast

AP , DALLAS

The last new refinery in the US was Marathon Oil Corp's plant in Garyville, Louisiana, which opened in 1976.

Houston-based Marathon recently announced a US$3.2 billion project to raise capacity to 425,000 barrels per day, an increase of 180,000 barrels per day.

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