Marquee Refinery

Galveston Bay Refinery

Marathon Petroleum ·Texas City, TX ·NYSE:MPC ·v1.1

A 593,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Texas City, TX, operated by Marathon Petroleum. Nelson Complexity 15.3.

Record

Rated capacity
593,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
15.3
Status
Operating
Operator
Marathon Petroleum
Parent
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/marathon-petroleum
Coordinates
29.3838, -94.9027
PADD
3
Commissioned
1934

Feedstock slate

Average API gravity
24°
Average sulfur
2.4%
Primary grades
Maya, WCS, Mars

Product yield

Gasoline47%
Distillate31%
Jet12%
Residual4%
Other6%

What coverage reports

14 days since one was reported

Marathon Galveston Bay, Texas refinery reports leak observed on compressor unit
2026-08-07 · 1 publisher filed it

6 reported in 12 months

incident 5 · operations 1

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

46 records23 Mar 2005 to 21 Aug 2026General 25 · Incident 17 · Expansion 2 · Operations 1
  1. General Low
    Marathon reports coker unit upset at Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  2. General Low
    Marathon reports unit upset at Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  3. General Low
    Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery Reports Unit Upset Resulting In Emissions
    TradingView · matched galveston
  4. Incident High
    Marathon Galveston Bay, Texas Refinery Reports Leak
    TradingView · matched galveston
  5. Incident High
    Marathon Galveston Bay, Texas refinery reports leak observed on compressor unit
    TradingView · matched galveston
  6. General Low
    Marathon Galveston Bay Texas refinery operations normal, sources say
    marketscreener.com · matched galveston
  7. Incident High
    Fire extinguished at utility unit in Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  8. General Medium
    Marathon restarts key gasoline unit at Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  9. General Medium
    Marathon restarts FCCU at Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas, sources say
    TradingView · matched galveston
  10. General Medium
    Marathon restarts sulphur unit at Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  11. General Low
    Marathon Galveston Bay Texas refinery FCCU back to normal operation after upset, sources say
    TradingView — Track All Markets · matched galveston
  12. General Low
    Power failure hits FCC at Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  13. General Low
    Marathon reports equipment upset at Galveston Bay refinery after power loss
    TradingView · matched galveston
  14. Incident High
    Fire at Marathon Petroleum refinery in Texas City extinguished
    MSN · matched galveston
  15. Expansion Medium
    Fluor awarded contract at Galveston Bay refinery
    Petroleum News · matched galveston
  16. Incident Critical
    Smoke billows over Texas city after refinery explosion
    Channel 3000 · matched galveston
  17. Operations Low
    Marathon Petroleum expands wildlife habitat at Galveston Bay refinery with new tree plantings
    Traders Union · matched galveston
  18. Maintenance Medium
    Marathon Petroleum moves ahead with hydrotreater upgrade project at its Galveston Bay refinery
    Energies Media · matched galveston
  19. Incident High
    Fire at Marathon Galveston Bay refinery briefly disrupts unit
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  20. General Low
    Marathon Overhauling Galveston Bay Refinery, Texas FCCU, Sources Say
    Hart Energy · matched galveston
  21. General Medium
    Marathon Petroleum is restarting its 64,000-bpd residual hydrotreater at its Galveston Bay refinery in Texas (U.S.)
    Hydrocarbon Processing · matched galveston
  22. General Low
    Marathon's Galveston Bay Refinery Reports Hydrotreater Issue, TCEQ Says -- OPIS
    富途牛牛 · matched galveston
  23. General Medium
    Marathon restarting FCCU, hydrocracker at Galveston Bay refinery in Texas (U.S.)
    Hydrocarbon Processing · matched galveston
  24. General Low
    Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Refinery Earns Gold for Green Belt Conservation Efforts
    Yahoo Finance · matched galveston
  25. Incident High
    Fire nearly out at Marathon Galveston Bay Texas Refinery, sources say
    TradingView + 1 other outlet · matched galveston
  26. Incident High
    Marathon Petroleum Corp Spokesperson Says Teams Responding To Fire At Co's Galveston Bay Refinery
    TradingView · matched galveston
  27. Incident High
    Officials issue shelter-in-place after fire breaks out a Marathon refinery in Texas City near Highway 146 and Bay Street
    ABC13 Houston · matched galveston
  28. General Low
    Marathon reports FCC trip at Galveston Bay refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched galveston
  29. General Medium
    Marathon restarts hydrotreater at Galveston Bay Refinery, Texas (U.S.)
    Hydrocarbon Processing · matched galveston
  30. General Low
    Marathon Chasing 20%+ IRRs with Los Angeles, Galveston Refinery Upgrades
    Yahoo Finance · matched galveston
  31. Incident Low
    Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery chemical release: Shelter-in-place issued south of Marathon in Texas City
    ABC13 Houston · matched galveston
  32. General Low
    Shelter-in-place lifted in Texas City after odor complaint sparks concerns at Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Refinery
    ABC13 Houston · matched galveston
  33. Incident Critical
    Worker killed in fire at Marathon Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City
    KHOU + 4 other outlets · matched galveston
  34. Incident High
    1 dead after fire erupts at Marathon Galveston Bay refinery, officials say
    KHOU · matched galveston
  35. General Low
    Contract worker dies after electric shock at Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, company says
    ABC13 Houston · matched galveston
  36. Incident High
    Texas City oil leak: Cleanup of Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery crude spill to close Loop 197 for 2 more days
    ABC13 Houston · matched galveston
  37. Incident High
    Oil spill reported at Texas City Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery
    ABC13 Houston · matched galveston
  38. General Low
    Video shows crude oil spewing from leaking tank at Galveston Bay refinery
    KSAT · matched galveston
  39. Incident Low
    Marathon Petroleum says crude oil release contained on-site at Galveston Bay refinery
    FOX 26 Houston · matched galveston
  40. General Medium
    Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas restarting crude unit
    Reuters · matched galveston
  41. General Low
    Marathon Galveston Bay, Houston refineries operating despite COVID-19 cases
    BIC Magazine · matched galveston
  42. Expansion Low
    Marathon Petroleum to invest $1.2B in Galveston Bay refinery
    Chron · matched galveston
  43. General Low
    Fluor Awarded Contract for Marathon Petroleum’s STAR Program at Galveston Bay Refinery
    Fluor · matched galveston
  44. Incident High
    Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery partially evacuated after butane leak
    Hydrocarbon Processing · matched galveston
  45. Incident High
    Marathon Petroleum: 3 Injured In Fire At Galveston Bay Refinery
    Houston Public Media · matched galveston
  46. General Low
    Inside the Galveston Bay Refinery: America’s Largest Oil Refining Operation
    Arnold & Itkin LLP · matched galveston

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