[mamelukesabre]

texas isn’t the market either.

[thackney]

Some of Texas is the market. Those refineries also feed a large chemical and plastics industry that already exist next to those refineries.

The distribution system is already in place. Why would ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and others want to build new refineries when they have existing ones already in place?

This can just replace some of our oil imported from overseas and use the facilities and distribution system already installed.

Refineries have a rather large service industry to support them outside the plant fences. Those companies already exist near the refinery complexes.