http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/06/13/news/latest_news/7c3944108b8586ee862572f90065c2de.txtExcuse if this has been posted before but the good people of SD are drooling all over themselves over the news of a refinery being built in their state..
A Texas-based energy firm planning to build the first U.S. oil refinery in more than 30 years said today that Union County is a finalist for the $8 billion project.
The refinery, which Hyperion Resources Inc. described as a "green energy technology center,'' would create as many 10,000 construction jobs and employ 1,800 after its completion in four years
'The refinery would turn about 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Canada into ultra-low sulfar gasoline and diesel fuel. Richard Benda, secretary of the South Dakota Department and Tourism and State Development, said the output would meet the combined demands of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Described as the most "environmentally sound energy center in the country,'' the refinery would protect the environment by using cutting-edge technology that would keep carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
"This is not your grandfather's refinery,'' Benda told an audience of more than 200 who packed a community room at the courthouse.