NEWCASTLE, Wyo.—A Houston company has bought a small refinery in northeast Wyoming with plans to boost production.
Black Elk Refining LLC purchased the refinery in Newcastle from Denver-based Hermes Consolidated Inc. The refinery’s name will remain Wyoming Refining Co.
Black Elk is a newly formed joint venture between energy investment firm Chambers Energy Capital and EOR Energy Services Inc., an oil technology engineering firm. Both companies are based in Houston.
James Runyan with Wyoming Refining tells the Casper Star-Tribune () the company plans to boost production by between 2,000 and 4,000 barrels a day.
The refinery currently produces about 12,500 barrels of petroleum products a day and is one of the smallest in the U.S. in terms of production. The refinery produces butane, propane, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil and gasoline.
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Information from: Casper Star-Tribune – Casper,
