Catlettsburg Refinery
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Marathon Petroleum
- Website: https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/
- List of Marathon Petroleum Refineries
- Location: Northeastern Kentucky, USA
- Capacity: 13.9 million tons/annum & 277,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
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
- Refinery Webpage
- NEW ASHLAND PETROLEUM UNIT WILL PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE AT CATLETTSBURG REFINERY
- Shaw Group Awarded Third Clean Fuels EPC Contract by Marathon Ashland for Catlettsburg, Kentucky Refinery
- Air Products to Build and Operate New Hydrogen Plant at Marathon Ashland Petroleum's Catlettsburg, Kentucky Refinery
- Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Andeavor Combination to Create Leading U.S. Refining, Marketing, and Midstream Company