Garyville Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Marathon Petroleum Corporation
• Website: http://www.marathonpetroleum.com/
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• Location: Located on the Mississippi River, midway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 436,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• Refinery operations include crude fractionation, catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, coking, hydrotreating, reforming, alkylation and sulfur recovery.

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Primarily heavy sour crude oils
• Crude is supplied via the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)

Products Produced

• The product slate is comprised primarily of gasoline and distillate fuels.
• The refinery is connected to the Bengal Oil Products Pipeline

Ongoing Projects

• MPC completed a major $3.9 billion expansion of Garyville in late 2009 which has increased the refinery’s capacity by 208,000 bpd.
• For details see Garyville Refinery Project
• A new project is planned, the Garyville Refinery Residual Oil Upgrade Expansion Project

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History

• 1976 - The Garyville refinery, was the last major grassroots refinery built in the U.S.
• 1999 - Bechtel awarded contract for delayed coker
• 2004 - Air products signs hydrogen contract
• 2006 - The refinery is awarded an ENERGY STAR certificate
• 2009 - In the fourth quarter of 2009, Marathon completed an expansion project, which increased the Garyville refinery's capacity by 180,000 bpd.
• 2014 - Marathon announces plans for a major upgrade

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. ENERGY STAR Plant Profile, Louisiana Refining Division
3. Air Products to Supply Motiva and Marathon Refineries with Hydrogen from New Louisiana Production Facility
4. MAP Awards Delayed Coker Job To Bechtel Project To Build World´S Largest Two-Drum Coker In Louisiana
5. Marathon Petroleum Announces Progress Toward Potential $2.2 Billion To $2.5 Billion Project In Louisiana

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