Vicksburg refinery
Vicksburg is a very small, base oil refinery located along the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Ergon.
The refinery processes heavy naphthenic crude oils that it imports from around the world and receives by barge from an import terminal at St James.
The refinery focuses on making naphthenic base oils.
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 15.0
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 27 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 18 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 3 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 21 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 13 MMscfd
Base oil plant - 23 kpd
Asphalt plant - 10 kpd
Refinery history
Refinery history
1978 - Built be Ergon