White House Eyes Reopening Closed Oil Refineries
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- The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, as gasoline prices climb amid the Iran war.
- A White House official confirmed to The Hill in a Thursday email that the administration "would like to see refineries acro..." — with the statement cut off in the available source text.
Why it matters: The administration is turning to restarting shuttered refining capacity — including a contested Virgin Islands facility — as a direct response to war-driven gasoline price spikes, rather than relying solely on production or strategic reserves.
