New oil refinery first for 30 years

Glenn McGinnis hikes up a dusty ridge off Interstate 8 near Wellton, Arizona, to show off a barren patch of scrubland that may become home to a rarity: the first US oil refinery to be built in almost three decades.

There will be more hills to climb. McGinnis, 55, chief executive officer of Phoenix-based Arizona Clean Fuels LLC, must secure two dozen government permits for the $2.5 billion project, close a deal for crude from Mexico and pull together investors.