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* 1931 - Texas City Refinery commissioned | * 1931 - Texas City Refinery commissioned | ||
* 1962 - Texas City Refinery Acquired by Marathon Oil Company (then The Ohio Oil Company) from Plymouth Oil Company | * 1962 - Texas City Refinery Acquired by Marathon Oil Company (then The Ohio Oil Company) from Plymouth Oil Company | ||
| + | * 2005 - A major explosion killed 15 workers at BP's Texas City refinery and injured many more. | ||
| + | * 2012 - Marathon Petroleum agreed to acquire BP's Texas City refinery | ||
| + | * 2013 - Marathon completes the acquisition from BP | ||
* 2018 - The refineries are merged into one unit | * 2018 - The refineries are merged into one unit | ||
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Revision as of 15:19, 1 March 2020
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Marathon Petroleum
- Website: https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/
- List of Marathon Petroleum Refineries
- Location: Galveston Bay, Texas, USA
- Capacity: 3.6 million tons/annum & 585,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A world class refining complex with a crude oil refining capacity of 585,000 barrels per calendar day (bpcd), it was created by the merger of Marathon Texas City Refinery and Marathon Texas City Refinery II
- It is one of the largest refineries in the USA
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- catalytic cracking,
- alkylation,
- reforming,
- aromatics extraction,
- sulfur recovery
- An on-site co-generation facility currently has 1,055 megawatts of electrical production capacity and can produce 4.3 million pounds of steam per hour
Terminal Capacity
Crude Supply
Products Produced
- gasoline, distillates, aromatics, heavy fuel oil, dry gas, fuel-grade coke, refinery-grade propylene, chemical-grade propylene and sulfur
- Products are distributed via pipeline, barge, transport truck, rail and ocean tanker.
Projects
Other Information
History
- 1931 - Texas City Refinery commissioned
- 1962 - Texas City Refinery Acquired by Marathon Oil Company (then The Ohio Oil Company) from Plymouth Oil Company
- 2005 - A major explosion killed 15 workers at BP's Texas City refinery and injured many more.
- 2012 - Marathon Petroleum agreed to acquire BP's Texas City refinery
- 2013 - Marathon completes the acquisition from BP
- 2018 - The refineries are merged into one unit
