Vicksburg Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Ergon
- Website: www.ergon.com
- Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Capacity: 1.25 million tons/annum & 25,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A small scale specialist naphthenic process oil producer
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation
- Hydrotreater
- ROSE propane de-asphalting unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- ERI currently processes wax-free naphthenic heavy crude oils from various fields in the North Sea that contain high quantities of naphthenic acids and sulfur.
- These crudes are especially corrosive, and there are a limited number of refineries capable of processing them without dilution with more expensive, less acidic crude.
- Crude oil is shipped in 80,000-ton tankers to the Ergon-St. James, Inc., terminal located in Louisiana near St. James. The facility, located 162 miles upstream of the mouth of the Mississippi River, holds the crude in storage tanks before it is shipped up to Vicksburg in barges
Products Produced
- Naphthenic process oils, Multiple grades of liquid asphalts
Ongoing Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 1978 - Company formed and refinery project started
- 1981 - Vacuum distillation column commissioned
- 1988 - First Hydrotreater commissioned
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