[CPEO-BIF] Marthon Oil expansion, Detroit, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Refinery expansion may
affect county properties

By Stephanie Ariganello
Monroe News (MI)
August 28, 2007

Marathon Petroleum is exploring a proposed $1 billion expansion of its 
refinery in Detroit in order to process heavier Canadian crude oil. The 
oil would be delivered to the refinery through a widened pipeline 
running through Monroe and Wayne counties.

According to Marathon, the expansion holds the promise of stabilizing 
gas prices in the region and creating 135 permanent jobs and 800 
temporary construction jobs.

In order to make the upgrades and additions, Marathon is seeking tax 
abatements in the form of brownfield redevelopment and is studying a 
17-acre brownfield site adjacent to its 200-acre southwest Detroit refinery.

The project would expand the refinery's capacity to 115,000 barrels a 
day from 100,000 barrels - theoretically increasing gasoline supplies in 
Michigan.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070828/NEWS01/108280037/-1/NEWS

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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