Canton refinery
Canton is a medium-sized medium-complexity refinery located 60 miles southeast of Cleveland in Canton, Ohio, in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum.
The refinery primarily processes light crude oil.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 6.9
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 105 kbpd
Condensate splitter - 25 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 35 kbpd
FCC - 24 kbpd
Reformer - 24 kbpd - Continouous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 35 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 14 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 26 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 23 kbpd
Alkylation - 9 kbpd - HF acid
Asphalt plant - 17 kpd
Sulfur plant - 104 t/d
Land - 180 acres
Employees - 340
Refinery history
1931 - Built by Allegheny Arrow
1948 - Acquired by Ashland
1998 - Marathon and Ashland merged operations as Marathon Ashland
2005 - Marathon acquired full control
2009 - Kerosene hydrotreater added
2011 - Downstream business separated as Marathon Petroleum
2015 - Condensate splitter added (25 kbpd). $250MM project.