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The Galveston Bay Refinery is an oil refinery located in the Texas City, Texas Industrial Complex on the edge of Galveston Bay.It is the largest oil refinery in North America with a capacity of 631,000 barrels per day [1] and has been owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Corporation since 2013.
The Goose Creek field is located along the northern shoreline of Tabbs Bay, an arm of Galveston Bay, at the point where Goose Creek exits to the sea. It is directly south of the city of Baytown, and about 25 miles (40 km) east of downtown Houston. Elevations on the field range from approximately 30 feet (9.1 m) at the highest well locations ...
Within this complex, the Galveston Bay Refinery operated by Marathon is the second-largest petroleum refinery in Texas and third-largest in the United States. [19] [20] The Port of Texas City became the third-leading port in Texas by tonnage and ninth in the nation.
Ten U.S. oil refineries, including six in Texas, released the cancer-causing chemical benzene in concentrations that exceeded federal limits last year, according to government data published by ...
Additionally, the February acquisition of the 451,000 barrel-per-day Galveston Bay refinery in Texas -- right off the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel -- came in at just the right time.
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The bay as a whole is composed of four major sub-bays: Galveston Bay proper, Trinity Bay, East Bay, and West Bay. [60] Other smaller bays and lakes connecting to this complex of waterways in the Bay Area include San Jacinto Bay, Burnet Bay, Scott Bay, Crystal Bay, Goose Lake, Clear Lake, Dickinson Bay, and Moses Lake.
The city of Baytown is located at the mouth of the San Jacinto River on Galveston Bay, 26 miles (42 km) by road east of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.6 km 2 ), of which 35.4 square miles (91.8 km 2 ) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2 ), 2.92%, is covered by water.