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Despite the alarming view, no community-wide alarms had sounded when a naphtha leak started a fire at the refinery earlier that morning. Marathon Refinery fire illustrates how industry goes quiet ...
Fire crews have contained a large fire at a refinery storage tank in Garyville, Louisiana, about 40 miles west of New Orleans, authorities said.
A massive fire erupted following a chemical leak at a Marathon Petroleum Corporation refinery in Louisiana. Marathon personnel and fire authorities responded to the scene of a naphtha spill and ...
The Garyville Refinery is the 4th largest American oil refinery with a nameplate capacity of 597,000 barrels per day (94,900 m 3 /d). [1] The refinery is owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Corporation. It is located in southeastern Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge on U.S. Route 61 in Garyville, Louisiana.
On April 30, 2018, Marathon agreed to buy Andeavor, an independent refinery and oil company based in the Western United States, for $23 billion. [26] Marathon will acquire all of Andeavor's outstanding shares. [27] [28] On October 1, 2018, the merger was completed. This merger brings the SuperAmerica convenience stores back to Speedway. [29]
The 140,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Detroit refinery is one of Marathon's 13 refineries with approximately 2.9 million bpd of crude oil refining capacity.
[21] [26] In response to the growing criticism, Jamal T. Kheiry, communications manager for Marathon, wrote, "Over the past 20 years, we have reduced our emissions more than 75 percent, and the refinery comprises only three percent of the emissions in this heavily industrialized area of Southwest Detroit." [21] [26] The refinery has received ...
Workers at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit refinery have voted to authorize a possible strike. The 273 members of Teamsters Local 283 who work at the refinery voted 95% in favor of strike ...