Texas City, Texas

The Texas City refinery was built in 1931 and was acquired by Marathon (then The Ohio Oil Company) in 1962 from Plymouth Oil Company. It is located on Galveston Bay, off the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel. The refinery has a capacity of 76,000 barrels per day.

History

Refinery operations include crude fractionation, catalytic cracking, alkylation, reforming, aromatics extraction and sulfur recovery. A sweet crude refinery, the product mix includes gasoline, distillate, naphtha, light cycle oil, propane, slurry, propylene, benzene, toluene, xylene and sulfur. It is a full-conversion refinery.

Safety and Environmental Awards

• Received the Galveston Bay Foundation Petroleum Bay Business of the Year Award in 2006.
• Awarded both the 2005 and 2006 Texas Chemical Council's “Caring for Texas” Recognition.
• Received awards from the National Petroleum Refiners Association and National Safety Council for safety accomplishments.