Marathon Canton Refinery — United States
Refinery in United States. Approximate location 40.77293, -81.41388.
RefineryUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Marathon Canton Refinery is a refinery in United States. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery. It is operated by Marathon Petroleum Corp. It emits about 1,015,626 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.18% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753327.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
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Measured and modelled emissions reconciliation
This facility is linked to GHGRP ID 1005390 for reporting year 2023. The official source reports 532,002 t CO2; Climate TRACE models 1,015,626 t CO2e.
| Crosswalk check | Result |
|---|---|
| Modelled minus measured | 483,624 t |
| Difference as % of measured | 90.906% |
| Modelled / measured ratio | 1.90906 |
| Coordinate distance | 0.100 km |
| Name similarity | 100% |
Limits of this comparison
- Measured CO2 and modelled CO2e are not identical accounting constructs.
- The crosswalk is an entity match, not proof that reporting boundaries are identical.
- The reporting year is shown explicitly and values are not extrapolated to the current year.
Official GHGRP source · Download this reconciliation: CSV · JSON with provenance.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. As refinery, it requires high process heat (typically 200–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 1,015,626 t CO₂e a year looks like
This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 1.0M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Marathon Canton Refinery carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €76.5M/yr.
Measured CO₂: 532k t/yr — verified GHGRP (reporting year 2023) (48% below the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 1.0M t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: measured (GHGRP RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by Marathon Petroleum Corp. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Marathon Canton Refinery sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 40.8°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1401 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby sites
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Location
Coordinates 40.77293, -81.41388. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Marathon Canton Refinery?
Marathon Canton Refinery is a refinery in United States. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
How much CO₂ does Marathon Canton Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,015,626 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #121 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.
Where is Marathon Canton Refinery located?
Marathon Canton Refinery is in United States at approximately 40.77293, -81.41388.
Who operates Marathon Canton Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Marathon Petroleum Corp.