St. Paul Park, Minnesota
The St. Paul Park refinery, built in 1939, was acquired by Ashland Inc. in 1970 from Northwestern Refining and became fully owned by Marathon in 2005. It is one of only two refineries in Minnesota. The refinery has a capacity of 74,000 barrels per day.
The refinery receives all of its crude supply via pipeline and processes predominantly Canadian
and upper Midwest produced crudes. Refinery operations include crude fractionation, catalytic cracking, hydrotreating, reforming, alkylation, sulfur recovery and a hydrogen plant.
The product slate consists of gasoline, distillate, asphalt, heavy fuel oil, propane, propylene and sulfur. The refinery also makes low sulfur gasoline and ULSD. The refinery is certified as a Minnesota VPP site, receiving Rising Star status, and expects to satisfy the requirements for STAR status in 2010.
Safety and Environmental Awards
- The refinery sponsors a “Prairie Park Restoration” wildlife habitat that protects wildlife and plant life native to Minnesota.
- Received the Certificate of Commendation from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for exemplary performance of its wastewater treatment facility
- Received the National Petroleum Refiners’ Association Gold Award for safety excellence from 1997 to 2004.
- Received Meritorious Governor's Safety Award for excellence in workplace safety and health from the Minnesota Safety Council in 2005.
Community
Employees contribute to their community through the United Way, Red Cross blood drives, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and by hosting local science students. In addition, the refinery organizes and sponsors an annual golf tournament that raises money for the Gillette Children's Hospital and the United Way.
