Lube refinery

Ergon - West Virginia, Inc. Newell Refinery

Ergon - West Virginia, Inc. · Ergon, Inc. (privately held; via Ergon Refining, Inc. and the Energy & Specialty Solutions segment) · Newell, WV

Operating PADD1 IRS refinery no. R-55-WV-0146 lubricants asphalt

Aerial view of the site Imagery: USDA, USGS The National Map (public domain)

bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026: 22,300
pipelines it injects into: 0
delivery points reachable: 0
terminals on those points: 0
events on record: 5

Capability

Crude distillation 22,300 bpd operable, 22,300 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.

Upgrading

Catalytic reforming — low pressure	4,500
Vacuum distillation	8,600 sd

Treating — meets sulfur specs

Hydrotreating — diesel	9,500 sd
Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed	7,700 sd
Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil	6,900 sd

Production capacity · barrels per stream day

Asphalt road oil · 700 b/sd Hydrogen · 3 MMcf/d Lubricants · 6,000 b/sd Sulfur · 1 short tons/day

Crude slate

Crude grades are not confirmed by name. Ergon describes the plant's base oils as paraffinic, made by high-pressure hydrotreating, solvent dewaxing, vacuum distillation and residuum solvent de-asphalting. A 2018 state permit application says a new feedstock tank would allow the purchase of a new type of feed to replace declining availability of the current crude stock. The 2026 state permit covers unloading waxy crude feedstock, solid at room temperature, from heated rail cars.

Base oils

Group I · 1,900 b/d Group II · 2,900 b/d Total 4,800 b/d

Paraffinic, not naphthenic: Ergon's own page says the Newell refinery (acquired from Quaker State in July 1997) uses high-pressure hydrotreating, solvent dewaxing, vacuum distillation and residuum solvent deasphalting to make highly refined paraffinic Group II neutral base oils, waxes, Group I bright stock and petroleum resins, with crude capacity up to 23,500 b/d. Ergon's Hurricane Ida statement describes EWV as the producer of Ergon's Group I and Group II paraffinic base oils. Restarted mid-June 2021 after a 2021-05-29 fire; force majeure lifted 2021-07-09.

API group	b/d	As published	Basis	In effect	Source
Group I ★	1,900	1,900 b/d Trade-press figure from a Dec 2012 Lube Report article on the $78 million Newell expansion; the article said the expansion would give only a 'modest boost' to specialty oil output, so the figure may be low today. No operator or permit figure found.	estimate	2012-12-05	Lubes'n'Greases (Lube Report) low
Group II ★	2,900	2,900 b/d Same Dec 2012 Lube Report article; same caveat as the Group I row.	estimate	2012-12-05	Lubes'n'Greases (Lube Report) low

Process route: Hydrocracking + catalytic dewaxing, Solvent refining
Feedstock: Internal vacuum gas oil
Brands: HyGold
Owners: Ergon, Inc. 100%

Grades offered

Group	Grade	cSt @100 °C	Brand	Source
Group II	Paraffinic Group II neutral base oils	—	HyGold	Ergon high
Group I	Group I bright stock	—	HyGold	Ergon high

Base oil events and projects

2021-07-09 Other newell-fire-2021
Refinery operational since mid-June 2021; force majeure lifted effective 2021-07-09 as paraffinic base oil and wax inventories were replenished and sales resumed on a ratable monthly basis. Gasoline production still affected pending naphtha unit repairs. announced 2021-07-07 · actual 2021-07-09 Ergon high
2021-06-01 Force majeure newell-fire-2021
Following a fire at the Newell refinery on 2021-05-29, EWV declared force majeure on paraffinic process oils, waxes and fuels; inventories were already critically low after a planned turnaround and delayed startup. Ergon's naphthenic refinery was not affected. announced 2021-06-01 · actual 2021-06-01 Ergon high

Not established from public sources: Group I / Group II capacity rests on a 2012 trade-press article (1,900 / 2,900 b/d); no operator, WV DEP permit or filing figure was found, and EIA-820's 6,000 b/sd lubricants figure is larger than the sum (4,800 b/d), so the split may be outdated. Ergon's pages do not name Newell-specific grade names (neutral cut numbers) or confirm which brand the paraffinic grades carry; HyGold is listed as 'naphthenic and paraffinic' on ergonspecialtyoils.com, so it is recorded as the brand with that caveat. Process route mapped to 'hydrocracking_dewaxing' + 'solvent_refining' because Ergon lists high-pressure hydrotreating plus solvent dewaxing and solvent deasphalting; no catalytic dewaxing/hydroisomerization is stated. Feedstock 'internal_vgo' inferred from the integrated 23,500 b/d crude refinery. No source opened states shipping modes. No posted-price notices specific to Ergon's paraffinic grades, and no events after 2021, were found. 1 value is held back because only a paid source supports it.

Crude in & products out

Direction	Mode	Route	Point / origin	Products	Source
crude in	pipeline	Magnolia Crude Pipeline (per graph; not independently confirmed this session) Ergon's own company page for EWV describes products and processing technology but does not name any inbound crude pipeline. WebSearch was unavailable this session, so this graph edge could not be independently checked against a named source.	Not confirmed	crude	inferred
crude in	rail	Ergon - West Virginia rail car unloading station (waxy crude) The 2026 state air permit covers a 30-car rail car unloading station on a new spur west of the refinery for waxy crude feedstock, which is solid at room temperature and is steam heated in the cars before unloading. The permit allows 76,650 thousand gallons a year, about 5,000 barrels a day, and bars receiving refined products by rail. The permit does not confirm that the station was in service when it was issued in July 2026.	Origin not stated	crude	source
products out	truck rack	Ergon - West Virginia, Inc. Newell Refinery truck rack (IRS T-55-WV-3183) The rack is on the refinery site and the IRS terminal record is the refinery itself. The 2026 state air permit allows truck loading of gasoline and diesel at 134,904 thousand gallons a year each, plus kerosene, No. 6 fuel oil and lube oil and heavy products. Gasoline loading is controlled by a thermal oxidizer.	Refinery gate, 9995 Ohio River Boulevard, Newell, WV	gasoline distillate fuel oil lubricants	source
products out	barge	Ergon - West Virginia Marine Loading Dock The 2026 state air permit allows barge loading of gasoline, light crude oil, diesel, kerosene and lube oil and heavy products, 460.7 million gallons a year in total. Light crude oil is the largest line at 306,600 thousand gallons a year, about 20,000 barrels a day. A 2018 permit application says ethanol and premium gasoline are received by barge.	Ohio River at the refinery, Newell, WV	gasoline distillate lubricants crude	source
products out	truck rack	MPLX Midland (per graph; not independently confirmed this session) Likely refers to Midland, PA in the tri-state Ohio River area near Newell rather than Midland, TX, but no source retrieved this session confirms an EWV relationship with an MPLX terminal there.	Not confirmed		inferred
products out	truck rack	Transmontaigne Partners LP (per graph; not independently confirmed this session) TransMontaigne operates a national terminal network and a relationship is plausible, but not confirmed by any source reached this session.	Not confirmed		inferred

Docks

The docks at this facility and, where a ship agent or port publishes it, the largest vessel each berth takes. Channel conditions change; these figures are a guide, not clearance to sail.

Ergon - West Virginia Marine Loading Dock · products out

River barge dock at the refinery, owned by Ergon - West Virginia, Inc.
Permitted barge loading of 460.7 million gallons a year in total: gasoline, light crude oil, diesel, kerosene and lube oil and heavy products.
Light crude oil loading is permitted to 306,600 thousand gallons a year, about 20,000 barrels a day.
A 2018 permit application says ethanol and premium gasoline are received by barge.
Gasoline and light crude loading is controlled by a marine barge loading thermal oxidizer.
No draft, length, berth count or river mile is given.

Source: WV DEP Title V permit R30-02900008-2026, read 2026-10-11.

Pipeline reach

No tariff origin point is linked to this refinery yet.

Substitutes

No other refinery shares a tariff system with this one in our data.

Events

2026-07-13 regulatory
West Virginia DEP approved the renewal of the refinery's Title V operating permit, R30-02900008-2026. The earlier permit was issued February 9, 2021 and modified on August 31, 2021, November 23, 2021 and October 15, 2025. The renewal covers a project to unload waxy crude feedstock from rail cars on a new spur west of the refinery. source
2024-08 regulatory
Ergon-West Virginia applied (Aug 2, 2024) to WV DEP for a modification permit to install and operate a COGEN unit for on-site power; significant Title V modification received Aug 13, 2024, minor mod June 24, 2025 (final Title V documents posted Aug 2025). source
2023-11-01 ownership
Ergon acquired EnLink Midstream's Ohio River Valley crude/condensate operations (purchasing, trucking, terminaling, barging, stabilization), which deliver a significant portion of Newell's crude supply. source
2021-07-09 Other base oil
Refinery operational since mid-June 2021; force majeure lifted effective 2021-07-09 as paraffinic base oil and wax inventories were replenished and sales resumed on a ratable monthly basis. Gasoline production still affected pending naphtha unit repairs. source
2021-06-01 Force majeure base oil
Following a fire at the Newell refinery on 2021-05-29, EWV declared force majeure on paraffinic process oils, waxes and fuels; inventories were already critically low after a planned turnaround and delayed startup. Ergon's naphthenic refinery was not affected. source

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