Marathon Petroleum Detroit Refinery
Marathon Petroleum Company LP · Marathon Petroleum Corporation · Detroit, MI
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 146,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 1
- delivery points reachable
- 25
- terminals on those points
- 49
- events on record
- 1
Capability
Crude distillation 146,000 bpd operable, 146,000 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.
Conversion — makes gasoline and diesel from heavier oil
| Catalytic cracking (FCC) | 41,800 |
| Delayed coking | 38,500 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 20,400 |
| Vacuum distillation | 90,500 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 51,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet | 8,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 36,500 sd |
| Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil | 44,500 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Wide range from light sweet to heavy sour; up to 80,000 bpd of heavy Canadian crude (including oil-sands-derived crude, per the DHOUP project rationale) blended with light sweet crude delivered via the Line 5/Sunoco system.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | pipeline | Enbridge Line 5 (via Marysville pumping station / Sunoco pipeline to Toledo area) Line 5 carries light crude oil, light synthetic crude, and NGLs; Wikipedia's Line 5 article explicitly names 'Marathon Detroit' (with BP Husky) as a refinery receiving volumes offloaded at Marysville. Line 5 does not carry heavy crude. |
Superior, WI via Straits of Mackinac to Marysville, MI | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | Enbridge Line 78 and/or Mid-Valley Pipeline Detroit refinery is configured to run 80,000 bpd of heavy crude; since Line 5 does not deliver heavy crude, a National Wildlife Federation-commissioned study (London Economics International) states Marathon sources this heavy crude from Enbridge Line 78 and/or the Mid-Valley pipeline. |
Griffith, IN area / Midwest | crude | source |
| products out | marine | Detroit River / Rouge River barge dock Refinery's riverfront location in the Detroit/Rouge River industrial corridor is well documented, consistent with barge dock access, though a dedicated source naming an active product barge dock was not found this session. |
Detroit refinery (southwest Detroit, near Zug Island/Rouge River industrial corridor) | gasoline distillate asphalt | source |
| products out | pipeline | Wolverine Pipe Line Wolverine Pipeline is a well-known refined-products system serving Michigan markets from Midwest refineries; plausible as an outbound route from Marathon Detroit, but no source found this session specifically naming Marathon Detroit as an injection point (Wolverine more commonly cited as delivering product INTO Michigan from refineries further west/south, e.g. Whiting). |
Detroit refinery area | gasoline distillate | inferred |
| products out | pipeline | Buckeye Michigan/Ohio products system Not independently confirmed this session; plausible given the well-documented Buckeye Terminals cluster (Taylor, River Rouge, Woodhaven) in the Detroit metro area. |
Detroit refinery area | gasoline distillate | inferred |
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Pipeline |
Detroit same city
|
25 | 49 | 22.63 | 180.74 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Buckeye Pipeline
- Wrb Refining LP · Wood River, IL 345,000 bpd
- Phillips 66 Company · Linden, NJ 275,000 bpd
- Monroe Energy LLC · Trainer, PA 190,000 bpd
- Lima Refining Company · Lima, OH 183,000 bpd
- Bp-Husky Refining LLC · Toledo, OH 172,800 bpd
- Paulsboro Refining CO LLC · Paulsboro, NJ 160,000 bpd
- Toledo Refining CO LLC · Toledo, OH 150,800 bpd
Events
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2025
expansion
Hydrogen production facility electrical installation project at the refinery (1300 South Fort Street, Detroit) performed by Motor City Electric, indicating continued capital investment; scope/impact on supply not detailed. source
Rates are pipeline line-haul transcribed from published FERC tariffs; every figure cites its tariff and item. Cost to serve (netback) adds origin spot price and destination fees. "Confirmed" links match a tariff delivery point to the facility; "same city" means the point is in the facility's city — plausible, not proof; "per research" means the facility's research profile names the pipeline as an outlet.