Detroit Refinery

Related Pages

Marathon Refineries

• Marathon Texas City Refinery II
• Detroit Refinery Project
• Marathon Texas City Refinery
• Canton Refinery
• Detroit Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Marathon
• Website: http://www.marathonpetroleum.com/
• Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Capacity: 5.3 million tons/annum & 106,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

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Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• catalytic cracking,
• hydrotreating,
• reforming,
• alkylation
• sulfur recovery

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• A wide range of crude oils from light sweet to heavy sour
• The refinery is served by the Toledo Oil Pipeline

Products Produced

• Gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, kerosene, asphalt, propane, propylene, sulfur, roofing flux and heating oil

Ongoing Projects

• In 2008, MPC began construction on a heavy oil upgrade project to enhance supply security by sourcing additional crude oil from Canada and to add 400,000 gallons per day of additional transportation fuels to the market.
• See Detroit Refinery Project

Other Information

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History

• 1930 - Built by the Aurora Gasoline Company
• 2007 - The refinery was awarded the ENERGY STAR

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Fact Sheet
• ENERGY STAR Plant Profile, Michigan Refining Division

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