U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Jamnagar plant in Gujarat, owned by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani and the world’s largest single-site refinery. The facility has a crude processing capacity of 1.4 million barrels per day. The United States is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Reliance Industries for refining energy from the Western Hemisphere, with Rubio describing India as a “refining superpower.” Reliance has become the biggest buyer of Venezuelan crude outside the United States, and Washington is encouraging New Delhi to increase purchases of Venezuelan oil to replace Russian barrels. Additionally, President Donald Trump announced in March a historic $300 billion deal for the construction of America’s first new oil refinery in fifty years, supported by investment from Reliance.
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