OBSERVERS DOUBT GOP PLAN WILL RESULT IN NEW REFINERIES ON CLOSED BASES

Key Republicans' plans to increase and diversify the nation's oil refining capacity in part by siting new refineries at shuttered military bases are unlikely to succeed given expected local opposition and other factors, according to BRAC redevelopers, refining industry sources and other observers. Supporters of the plan argue that because many military sites are already contaminated, building a refinery may be a good use of the land. But many observers say that because few, if any, of the closed bases...