Canton Refinery

Summary Information

Ownership: Marathon Website: http://www.marathonpetroleum.com/ Location: Southeast of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Capacity: 3.9 million tons/annum & 78,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth:

Brief Description

A small medium complexity refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Catalytic cracking, catalytic polymerization, 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 61 percent of its oil for refining comes from domestic sources such as Light Louisiana Sweet crude, 10 percent from Canada and 29 percent from "other foreign sources." Marathon plans to process crude from the nearby Utica Shale Oil and Gas Field, transporting it by barge and truck Products Produced Gasoline, diesel, asphalt, heavy fuel oil, propane, and sulfur Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1931 - Commissioned by Allegheny-Arrow Oil Company 2006 - The Canton refinery was awarded the ENERGY STAR award 2012 - Completion of a new truck rack capable of unloading 12,000 bpd of crude Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Utica Oil May Yield Gasoline ENERGY STAR Plant Profile, Ohio Refining Division Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Harvest Pipeline Company Sign Letter of Intent for Truck-to-Barge Project on Ohio River