Vickers Petroleum

Vickers Petroleum Company
IndustryOil
Founded1918 (1918)
FounderJack A. Vickers, Sr.
Defunct1980 (1980)
FateSold to Total Petroleum, Mobil Oil and Petro-Lewis
HeadquartersWichita, Kansas
Key people
ProductsPetroleum products

Vickers Petroleum Company was an oil company founded by John A. (Jack) Vickers, Sr. In 1918, Vickers established a refinery in Potwin, Kansas to process the output of recently discovered oil fields in Butler County.

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