Oxbow - Calcining Services

The Port Arthur facility began operations in 1935 and has the capacity to produce 700,000 short tons per year of anode and industrial grade calcined petroleum coke. Port Arthur is also the site of the Company’s primary laboratory and testing facility. Located on the U.S. Gulf Coast, the Port Arthur facility receives raw petroleum coke from Gulf Coast and international oil refiners and serves domestic and international anode and industrial grade calcined petroleum coke markets by truck, rail, barge or ship.

The Enid facility operates three kilns and has the capacity to produce 500,000 short tons per year of anode and industrial grade calcined petroleum coke. Enid’s three kilns were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the mid-1990s, the Company modernized and automated its crushing facilities at Enid to more effectively serve the U.S. industrial grade calcined petroleum coke market. The Enid facility acquires its raw petroleum coke primarily from mid-continent oil refineries and serves the U.S. anode and industrial grade calcined petroleum coke markets. Enid has the capability both to directly receive and ship raw petroleum coke and calcined petroleum coke by truck or rail. Additionally, transfers to barge can be made from rail and truck.

The Baton Rouge facility currently has the capacity to produce 700,000 short tons per year of anode and industrial grade calcined petroleum coke. Built in the mid-1960s, the facility has the capability to receive raw petroleum coke by truck, rail, barge or ship from both U.S. and international oil refiners. Located two miles from the Mississippi River, the facility is able to ship calcined petroleum coke by truck, rail, barge or ship to both U.S. and international anode and industrial grade calcined petroleum coke customers.