The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn?
- Posted on April 8, 2026
- By Financial Times
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In brief
A significant discrepancy has emerged regarding Reliance Industries' proposed refinery investment in Brownsville, Texas, with claims ranging from $300 billion to $40 million. The ambiguity intensifies as the Indian conglomerate has provided no official stock exchange filing to substantiate the project's scale or timeline. This raises critical questions about the deal's authenticity, financial commitments, and potential impact on energy infrastructure development in the United States.
The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn?
Reliance Industries has made no announcement to the stock exchange about the project in Brownsville, Texas
