Golden Eagle refinery
| Golden Eagle Refinery | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the refinery | |||
| other names | Marathon Martinez Refinery | ||
| Operational information | |||
| Operating company | Marathon Petroleum | ||
| Processing plant | |||
| Input materials | oil | ||
| Annual capacity in t | 8,300,000 | ||
| Daily capacity in bbl | 161,000 | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 38 ° 1 '53.4 " N , 122 ° 4' 26.3" W | ||
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| local community | Pacheco | ||
| State | California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
The Golden Eagle Refinery (English: Golden Eagle Refinery or Marathon Martinez Refinery ) by Marathon Petroleum is an American refinery in Martinez , California . The Shell Martinez refinery , which the Shell Oil Company sold to PBS Energy in 2019, is also located in Martinez . The closure of the refinery was announced by Marathon Petroleum in the summer of 2020.
history
The refinery began operations in 1913 under the Associated Oil Company . From 1937 to 1966 it became the Tidewater Associated Oil Company . 1966 to 1976 the company was run under Phillips Petroleum . From 1976 to 2000 the refinery was owned by Tosco . Diamond Shamrock was the owner from 2000 to 2002. After Valero took over Diamond Shamrock in 2002, she briefly operated the refinery. In the same year the refinery was sold to Tesoro .
Tesoro later changed its name to Andeavor. With the takeover of Andeavor by Marathon Petroleum , the refinery came into the possession of Marathon Petroleum in 2018. In the summer of 2020, Marathon Petroleum announced that the Martinez refinery and the Gallup refinery would be shut down due to the oil markets that had collapsed as a result of the corona crisis.
Technical specifications
Mainly crude oil from Alaska and California is processed.
Processing plants
- Atmospheric distillation
- Vacuum distillation
- Delayed Koker
- FFC unit
- Hydrocrackers
- Desulphurisation plants
- Sulfur recovery
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ California Oil Refinery History. (No longer available online.) California Energy Commission, archived from the original October 5, 2011 ; accessed on August 16, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b c Martinez refinery. In: http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com . March 31, 2015, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Marathon Petroleum to close its Martinez refinery and convert it to an oil-storage facility. In: mercurynews.com. The Mercury News, August 1, 2020, accessed August 16, 2020 .