Reports of a small oil refinery at Port Chilkoot are once again in the news.
According to informed sources, representatives of Southwestern Petroleum, a Los Angeles based firm, will meet this week with Frank Murkowski, state commissioner of commerce, to arrange for an 8,000 barrel per day allotment of oil from the state.
Should the allotment be granted, the company would then build a 10,000 barrel per day refinery on the 50-acre tract now owned…