Marathon Petroleum operates the El Paso cracking refinery, which is located in Texas, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles more than 1,400 refineries worldwide, it is a non integrated cracking owned by Marathon Petroleum. The refinery started operations in 1928 and has a Nelson Complexity Index (NCI) of 8.8. Buy the profile here.
Key refinery processes
Crude Distillation Unit (mbd): 133
Vacuum Distillation (mbd): 56
Catalytic Cracker (mbd): 35
Reformer (mbd): 30
Hydrotreater (mbd): 126
Alkylation (mbd): 13
Isomerization (mbd): 4
The capacity of the El Paso refinery is expected to remain the same as 133mbd by 2030.
Maintenance activities at El Paso cracking refinery
The El Paso refinery cracking witnessed four incidents during the period 2017-2022.
About Marathon Petroleum
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) is a downstream energy company that refines, markets and transports petroleum products. The company owns and operates refineries in the Gulf Coast and Midwest regions in the US. It also owns common carrier pipeline systems that transport crude oil and refined products to the company’s refineries, terminals, and other pipeline systems. With a number of convenience stores, MPC offers gasoline and a variety of products. An integrated system provides crude oil, feedstock, and petroleum-related products through a distribution network in the Midwest, East Coast, Southeast and Gulf Coast regions in the US. The company also has interests in gas processing plants, natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation facilities and a condensate stabilization facility. MPC is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, the US.
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