Detroit is a medium sized, high conversion refinery located in Detroit, Michigan in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum.
The refinery processes a mix of light sweet and heavy sour crude oils.
Complexity: 9.9
Atmospheric distillation - 147 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 89 kbpd
Coker - 37 kbpd
FCC - 44 kbpd
Reformer - 22 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 36 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 7 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 47 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 45 kbpd
Alkylation - 8 kbpd - Sufluric acid
Asphalt plant - 32 kpd
Pet coke - 13 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 460 t/d
Land - 250 acres
Employees - 540
1930 - Built by Aurora Gasoline
1959 - Acquired by Ohio Oil (Marathon)
1998 - Marathon and Ashland merge operations as Marathon Ashland
2005 - Marathon acquires full control
2011 - Downstream business separated as Marathon Petroleum
2012 - Upgrading project added coker, new hydrogen plant, sulfur plant, and distillate hydrotreater
2019 - FCC revamp to increase production of olefins for feed to alkylation. Not increase in throughput. $40MM project.