Listen: RGV Business Journal breaks down Brownsville refinery investment, scale, and potential impact
Listen: The Journal breaks down Brownsville's oil refinery.
Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza
Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza

The Journal’s Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza — who previously covered refineries, LNG, and petrochemical development in Louisiana — brings her expertise to examine the proposed project in Brownsville.

She sat down with Spencer Cihak of KEDT in Corpus Christi to discuss how projects of this scale come together — from financing and logistics to what they could mean for water, energy demand, and the environment.

Listen to the full conversation — and see how this project could transform South Texas.


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