Catlettsburg Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Marathon Petroleum Corporation
- Website: http://www.marathonpetroleum.com/
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- Location: Northeastern Kentucky, USA
- Capacity: 10.6 million tons/annum & 212,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A large medium complexity refinery that processes a wide range of crudes
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- catalytic cracking,
- alkylation,
- reforming,
- isomerization,
- sulfur recovery,
- hydrotreating
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- A wide range of both sweet and sour crude oils
- Domestic & Canadian crudes are processed including Ultra Heavy & Sour
- Marathon plans to process crude from the Utica Shale Oil and Gas Field
- Some of the crude is delivered via the Capline Oil Pipeline
Products Produced
- Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, asphalt, propane, propylene, heavy oil, cumene, benzene, toluene, and sulfur.
Ongoing Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 1924 - Ashland Refining Company (parent company Swiss Oil Corporation) purchased the 1,000 bpd per day refinery
- 1993 - Continuous Catalyst Regenerator Naphtha Reforming Unit (CCR) commissioned
- 2003 - Air Products signs contract to Build and Operate New Hydrogen Plant
- 2004 - Kerosene desulphurization unit project launched
Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- NEW ASHLAND PETROLEUM UNIT WILL PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE AT CATLETTSBURG REFINERY
- Shaw Group Awarded Third Clean Fuels EPC Contract by Marathon Ashland for Catlettsburg, Kentucky Refinery
- Air Products to Build and Operate New Hydrogen Plant at Marathon Ashland Petroleum's Catlettsburg, Kentucky Refinery
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