Galveston Bay Refinery

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
• Vacuum Distillation, 237,000
• Delayed Coker, 33,000
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 175,000 + 8,000
• Hydrocracker, 60,000
• Catalytic Reforming, 63,000 + 75,000
• Solvent Deasphalting, 17,000
• Alkylation,
• Hydrotreating
  • Naphtha, 114,000
  • Gasoline, 47,000
  • Kerosene, 79,000
  • Diesel, 59,000
  • Residual, 70,000
  • Heavy Gasoil, 105,000
• 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

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes a wide range of crude oil

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.
• Products can be shipped via the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline

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

Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. BP Issues Final Report on Fatal Explosion, Announces $1 billion Investment at Texas City
3. BP agrees to pay more than $13 million and abate violations in settlement agreement with US Department of Labor
4. Marathon Petroleum to Purchase BP's Texas City Refinery and Related Logistics and Marketing Assets
5. Purchase of BP's Texas City Refinery and Related Assets Closes