South Hampton Celebrating 50 Years

Take a brief look through our company.

  • 1955 - Began Company. Produced 750 bbls/day reforming natural gasoline into motor fuel
  • 1961 - Added specialty lines
  • 1963-1972 - Built world's first hydro-dealkylation unit & molecular sieve unit
  • 1972-1982 - Refined crude oil, producing gasoline, diesel, & other commodity products
  • 1975-1984 - Began operations through ship & barge docks, pipelines, and process equipment in Vidor, TX - 300 employees
  • 1982-1983 - Oil bust - 10 employees
  • 1985 - Regrouped & began producing high purity solvents. Produced 1500 bbls/day
  • 1988 - Produced LVT solvent for Conoco, Aromax for Chevron
  • 1994 - Produced 2300 bbls/day in PenHex unit
  • 1998 - Expanded toll processing unit - white oils fractionation
  • 1999 - Added toll processing unit - aromatics fractionation
  • 2000 - Added hydrogenation unit - aromatics
  • 2005 - Producing 3000 bbls/day in PenHex unit - 100 employees
  • 2005 - Doubled white oils capacity