Marathon Anacortes Refinery

Not to be confused with the neighboring Puget Sound Refinery.

Anacortes Refinery

The Marathon Anacortes Refinery
Location of Anacortes Refinery
Country	United States
City	Anacortes, Washington
Coordinates	48°29′48″N 122°34′1″W
Refinery details
Operator	Marathon Petroleum
Commissioned	1955 (1955)
Capacity	120,000 bbl/d (19,000 m^3/d)
No. of employees	425

The Anacortes Refinery is a petroleum refinery located about 70 miles north of Seattle on March Point (Puget Sound), just outside Anacortes, Washington, United States. The refinery has operated in Anacortes since 1955, and has 425 full-time employees. It has a 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity[1][2] and is operated by Marathon Petroleum.[3]

Production

The refinery receives crude feedstock via the Trans Mountain pipeline from Canada, by rail from North Dakota and the central U.S., and by tanker from Alaska and foreign sources. Gasoline, jet and diesel fuel are the primary products, which are supplied to end users predominantly in Washington and Oregon. Other products include heavy fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas, and asphalt.[3] Secondary processing facilities include a fluid catalytic cracker, an alkylation unit, hydrotreating units and a naphtha reformer. Finished products are shipped through a third-party pipeline system that serves western Washington and Oregon.[3]

Explosion

Main article: 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster

On April 2, 2010, an explosion at the Anacortes refinery killed seven workers when a heat exchanger failed during startup after a maintenance operation.[4][5]

See also

• Puget Sound Refinery

References

1. "EIA Table 3. Capacity of Operable Petroleum Refineries by State as of January 1, 2018" (PDF). EIA Refinery Capacity Report. January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
2. Brelsford, Robert (February 20, 2015). "Tesoro advances projects at Anacortes refinery". Oil & Gas Journal. Houston. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
3. "Marathon Anacortes Refinery". Retrieved April 16, 2020.
4. Broom, Jack; Green, Sara Jean. "Five dead in Anacortes refinery explosion and fire". The Seattle Times. April 2, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
5. "Tesoro Refinery Fatal Explosion and Fire". U.S. Chemical Safety Board. May 1, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2015.