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Galveston Bay Refinery
Galveston Bay Refinery is located in Texas
Galveston Bay Refinery
Location of the Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, United States
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CityTexas City, Texas
Coordinates29°22.65′N 94°55.97′W / 29.37750°N 94.93283°W / 29.37750; -94.93283
Refinery details
Owner(s)Marathon Petroleum Corporation 2013–present
Commissioned1933; 91 years ago (1933)
Capacity631,000 bbl/d (100,300 m3/d)
Complexity index15.2
No. of employees1550

The Galveston Bay Refinery is an oil refinery located in the Texas City, Texas Industrial Complex on the edge of Galveston Bay. It is the largest oil refinery in North America with a capacity 631,000 barrels per day[1] and has been owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Corporation since 2013.

  1. ^ "Galveston Bay Refinery factsheet" (PDF). Marathon Petroleum. April 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024.

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