Martinez Refinery
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Also known as the Golden Eagle Refinery
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Marathon Petroleum
- Website: https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/
- List of Marathon Petroleum Refineries
- Location: Martinez, California, USA
- Capacity: 8.3 million tons/annum & 166,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- Martinez Refinery is a very complex facility and the second-largest refinery in Northern California
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation Unit
- Delayed Coker
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
- Hydrocracker
- Catalytic Reformer
- Desulphurisation
- Naphtha
- Gasoline
- Diesel
- Gasoil
- Sulphur Recovery
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Processes crude oils from California, Alaska and foreign sources
Products Produced
- the refinery produces a high proportion of motor fuels, including cleaner-burning Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, as well as conventional gasoline and diesel
- The refinery also produces heavy fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum coke
Projects
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Other Information
- Valero was forced to divest the refinery following its merger with Diamond Shamrock
History
- 2001 - Valero acquired the refinery as part of Diamond Shamrock
- 2002 - Tesoro acquired the Golden Eagle refinery
- 2003 - Completion and start-up of CARB project
- 2018 - Marathon Petroleum acquired the refinery when it bought Andeavor
Links
- Martinez Refinery
- Valero to Acquire Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
- Valero and Tesoro Reach New Terms of Agreement for Sale of Golden Eagle Refinery and Related Retail Assets
- Tesoro Petroleum Corporation Increases CARB Production at Golden Eagle Refinery
- CSB Releases Analysis Showing February 2014 Release of Sulfuric Acid at Tesoro Refinery in Martinez, California, Resulted from Inadequately Tightened Fitting
- Tesoro Corporation Begins Restart of Martinez Refinery and Updates First Quarter Guidance
- Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Andeavor Combination to Create Leading U.S. Refining, Marketing, and Midstream Company
