But the reason the oil industry didn't build any new refineries for two decades was that they weren't needed.
The new refinery began trial production on December 25, 2008.
China has agreed to build them three new refineries but that will take time.
No new refineries have been built for nearly 30 years.
We haven't built a new refinery in this country for over 10 years.
Plans for the construction of new refineries are under development.
Plans for the construction of a new refinery are under development.
There hasn't been a new refinery built in 30 years.
Only one project to build a new refinery is currently under way.
It has not built a new refinery since the late 1970's.