Catlettsburg Refinery

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Summary Information

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 has been able to process crude from the Utica Shale Oil and Gas Field, since a condensate splitter was added
  • 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 ===

- === 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
  • 2015 - condensate splitter commissioned, increasing the refinery’s capacity to process condensate from the Utica shale region

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. NEW ASHLAND PETROLEUM UNIT WILL PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE AT CATLETTSBURG REFINERY
  3. Shaw Group Awarded Third Clean Fuels EPC Contract by Marathon Ashland for Catlettsburg, Kentucky Refinery
  4. Air Products to Build and Operate New Hydrogen Plant at Marathon Ashland Petroleum's Catlettsburg, Kentucky Refinery
  5. Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Andeavor Combination to Create Leading U.S. Refining, Marketing, and Midstream Company