Catlettsburg refinery
Catlettsburg is a large, medium complexity refinery located in Catlettsburg, Kentucky in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum.
The refinery processes light crude and condensate.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 10.1
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 275 kbpd
Condensate splitter - 31 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 134 kbpd
Solvent deasphalting - 14 kbpd
RCC - 104 kbpd
Reformer - 25 kbpd - Continuous
Reformer - 34 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 59 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 32 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 78 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 107 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 22 kbpd
Alkylation - 22 kbpd - HF acid
C5/C6 Isomerization - 17 kbpd
Aromatics extraction - 3 kbpd
Asphalt plant - 35 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 448 t/d
Refinery history
1916 - Built by Great Eastern Refining
1924 - Acquired by Ashland
1998 - Marathon and Ashland merge operations as Marathon Ashland
1998 - Thermal cracker shutdown (4 kbpd)
2003 - Resid hydrotreater shut down
2004 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2005 - Marathon acquires full control
2006 - Kerosene hydrotreater added
2008 - Baseoil plant shut down
2011 - Downstream business separated as Marathon Petroleum
2015 - Condensate splitter added (35 kbpd). $250MM project.