Refinery

Mandan Refinery

Marathon Petroleum ·North Dakota, US ·NYSE:MPC ·v1.1

A 71,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in North Dakota, US, operated by Marathon Petroleum.

Record

Rated capacity
71,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Status
Operating
Operator
Marathon Petroleum
Parent
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/marathon-petroleum
Coordinates
36.6707, -94.5360

Notes

The Jan 10 incident (loud boom/oil tank failure) caused temporary damage, but the Mar 3 news reports the refinery is increasing diesel production, indicating recovery and return to operations. The facility appears to have resumed significant production activities post-incident.

What coverage reports

53 days since one was reported

Smoke and large flare coming from Mandan refinery
2026-06-29 · 2 publishers filed it

1 reported in 12 months

incident 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

15 records19 Jan 2011 to 3 Jul 2026General 7 · Incident 6 · Expansion 2
  1. General Low
    Storm prompts tornado warning in Bismarck-Mandan, causes issue at oil refinery
    The Bismarck Tribune · matched mandan
  2. Incident High
    Smoke and large flare coming from Mandan refinery
    kfyrtv.com + 1 other outlet · matched mandan
  3. General Low
    North Dakota study finds Bakken crude no different than other grades
    SpaceWar.com · matched mandan
  4. General Low
    Hennen: Let’s celebrate a North Dakota milestone in oil production
    Jamestown Sun · matched mandan
  5. General Low
    North Dakota Refinery to Increase Diesel Production
    Heavy Duty Trucking · matched mandan
  6. Expansion Low
    Tesoro Delays Upgrade Project at Mandan Refinery
    Industrial Info Resources · matched mandan
  7. Incident Low
    Mandan Refinery responds to chemical release; no indication of public threat
    The Bismarck Tribune · matched mandan
  8. Incident High
    Flaring at Marathon Petroleum Mandan Refinery
    kfyrtv.com + 1 other outlet · matched mandan
  9. Incident High
    Incident at Mandan Refinery prompts significant flaring, causes social media stir
    The Bismarck Tribune · matched mandan
  10. General Low
    Mandan refinery says foul odor isn't health hazard
    Valley News Live · matched mandan
  11. Incident High
    Gas leak causes brief evacuation at Mandan refinery
    The Bismarck Tribune · matched mandan
  12. General High
    Employees Evacuated from Mandan Refinery
    KX News · matched mandan
  13. General Low
    Trump to speak at Mandan refinery Wednesday
    InForum · matched mandan
  14. Expansion Low
    Mandan Tesoro Refinery to expand diesel production
    The Bismarck Tribune · matched mandan
  15. Incident High
    Tesoro Has Fire in Gasoline Unit at Mandan Refinery
    Bloomberg.com · matched mandan

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.