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Marathon Restarts Units at Catlettsburg Refinery After Power Outage

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Marathon’s 291kbpd Catlettsburg refinery in northeastern Kentucky is restarting all units after a power loss on 23 April, sources told Bloomberg.

  • The 144kbpd CDU, 104kbpd CDU, 53kbpd VDU, 99kbpd FCC and the 31kbpd cat reformer shut on 23 April in an unplanned outage due to a power loss according to WoodMac.
  • Earlier this month, the refinery cut rates by as much as 38% amit a shut lock on the Ohio River due to a storm.
  • The refinery usually ships gasoline and diesel on barges to the Chicago and New York Harbor markets.
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Marathon’s 291kbpd Catlettsburg refinery in northeastern Kentucky is restarting all units after a power loss on 23 April, sources told Bloomberg.

  • The 144kbpd CDU, 104kbpd CDU, 53kbpd VDU, 99kbpd FCC and the 31kbpd cat reformer shut on 23 April in an unplanned outage due to a power loss according to WoodMac.
  • Earlier this month, the refinery cut rates by as much as 38% amit a shut lock on the Ohio River due to a storm.
  • The refinery usually ships gasoline and diesel on barges to the Chicago and New York Harbor markets.