Wilcox Oil Company Superfund Site

• Location: near Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma
• Township and Range: N 1/2, NW 1/4 Section 29, Township 16N, Range 9E and SW 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 20, Township 16N, Range 9E
• Latitude/Longitude: 35.842328, -96.384387
• Site Type: Abandoned Refinery
• Area: Approximately 150 acres
• National Priorities List: Final Listing Date - December 12, 2013
• Current Status: Remedial Investigation
• Local Information Repository: City of Bristow Public Library, 111 West 7th Street, Bristow, OK 74010, phone (918) 367-6562, Library website

• Lead Agency: EPA
• Office: DEQ, Land Protecton Division, (405) 702-5100
• DEQ Site Project Manager: Todd Downham, (405) 702-5136 or Kelsey Bufford (405) 702-5184
• DEQ Press Contact: Skylar McElhaney, (405) 702-7167

The site consists of the former Lorraine/Wilcox Refinery located in Creek County, Oklahoma.  The property was utilized by two different refineries with overlapping boundaries from 1915 to 1965.  Wilcox operated as a crude oil refinery from the 1920s until 1963.  A skimming and cracking plant was constructed in 1929.  The main components of the plant consisted of a skimming plant, crakcing unit, and re-distillation battery with vapor recovery system and treatment equipment.  Wilcox expanded when it acquired the Lorraine Refinery in 1937, which was located adjacent to Wilcox.  The two refineries comprise 125 acres.  The site includes remnants of former oil refining operations and tank farms.

• Sources of Contamination: Contaminated soil, cooling ponds, and numerous tank bottoms
• Contaminants of Concern: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals
• Surface Water Impacted: Sand Creek
• Groundwater Impacted: Impacts unknown, the site underlain by the Barnsdall Formation