Nixon Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Blue Dolphin Energy Company
  • Website: http://www.blue-dolphin.com/
  • Location: Nixon, Texas, USA
  • Capacity: 0.75 million tons/annum & 15,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

  • A small simple refinery

+++ Refining Units

  • [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]]

+++ Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

  • The Nixon Refinery will process light, sweet crude oil
  • The Nixon Refinery is surrounded by high quality local crude production and benefits from direct pipeline access to crude

+++ Products Produced

  • Products will include diesel and jet fuel, as well as naphtha and atmospheric

tower bottoms

+++ Ongoing Projects

  • The refinery is currently being recommissioned

+++ Other Information

  • -

+++ History

  • 2003 - Refinery mothballed
  • 2006 - Refinery acquired by Lazarus Holdings
  • 2008 - SMF Energy Corporation acquires a share in the refinery

+++ Relevant Links

  1. Blue Dolphin Provides Nixon Refinery Operational Update
  2. SMF ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES INTENT TO MERGE AND CONSOLIDATE WITH REFINERY COMPANY