I was not aware of that. So there is no country that would let Exxon build a refinery in trade for good paying jobs and permission to export the fuel to the open market?
Oil comapanies are building new refineries in other countries.
UAE firms expect to build $4b export refinery in Morocco
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Oil_and_Gas/10127308.html
15 firms to bid for refinery
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NzY4MTQ5NzQ4
New refinery to turn long-time importer Cuba into oil exporter
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_3480.shtml
Eight firms to compete for Jizan refinery project - KSA
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093153980
Surgut Plans New Refinery
http://www.energyintel.com/DocumentDetail.asp?document_id=202928
Qatar Petroleum to build $7b refinery in Panama
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093153471
Rosneft plans to increase refinery by its own plants to 91 mil tons a year
http://www.akm.ru/eng/news/2007/may/22/ns1965014.htm
New refinery at Jamnagar 6 months early
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=18c2e535-e1b1-41d7-896f-9041bd59a7ca&&Headline=New+refinery+at+Jamnagar+6+months+early