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America First Refining (AFR) received investment from Reliance, selects Fluor as FEED contractor

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Kokel, Nicolas
4/9/2026 6:48 AM



America First Refining did not emerge from a press release. The company's roots trace to at least 2014, when CFO Ken Douglas joined what was then an early-stage clean fuels and power generation concept. The project developed quietly over nearly a decade under the name Element Fuels Holdings LLC, which formally announced the Brownsville refinery project in June 2024 — at which point the site was already fully permitted and ready for financing.

Read the detailed company profile here.

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