PDCA STEEL MEMBER – STEEL PROJECT
Marathon Petroleum
Corp. Upgrade
By Janet Himstead The Marathon Petroleum Corp’s (MPC) refinery at
Galveston Bay, Texas is getting a $1.2-billion upgrade
over the next few years. The Ohio-based company
has been working to integrate its Texas City refinery, purchased
from BP in 2013, with their facility at Galveston Bay. The refinery
there is the second largest oil refinery in the country. This
facility can process a wide variety of crude oils into gasoline,
distillates, chemical-grade propylene and sulfur. The proposed
upgrades will also expand crude processing capacity and allow
for more production of ultra-low sulfur diesel, distillates and
gas oil. By increasing its ability to produce lighter products, the
Galveston Bay refinery upgrades will ready it for an increased
demand in low sulfur fuels and diesel starting in 2020, when the
Continuation of cofferdam installation
shipping industry switches to low sulfur marine fuels to comply
with new pollution rules set in place by the International
Maritime Organization. Products from the refinery are distributed
via pipeline, barge, transport truck, rail and ocean tanker.
Among the many upgrades at the facility will be the addition
of another lift station for the wastewater treatment plant at Texas
City. Lift stations, also called pump station, are used for pumping
wastewater or sewage from a lower to higher elevation, particularly
where the elevation of the source is not sufficient for gravity
flow and/or when the use of gravity conveyance will result in
excessive excavation and high construction costs.
MPC solicited a quote from Cajun Industries to install a permanent
shoring system for the construction of the proposed lift
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