Detroit Refinery

Employee Raises Breast Cancer Awareness Year-Round

Although October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you will almost always find Juliana Robinson, an operations tech at Marathon Petroleum’s Detroit Asphalt Terminal, wearing some form of pink no matter what time of year it is, and for her, it’s personal. “I started wearing a pink hard hat when a former co-worker’s mother was […]

Marathon Petroleum wraps successful Fueling Detroit Event Series

Marathon Petroleum is committed to supporting the community surrounding our Detroit refinery, specifically the people living in the 48217 zip code. From June to October, the refinery hosted the Fueling Detroit Event Series, four community events that included a family movie night, the Southwest Detroit Farmers Market, Back to School Blitz, and the Health and Harvest Fair. The events were held at the Kemeny Recreation Center and nearly 250 guests attended each one. In […]

Fueling Detroit: Health and Harvest Fair

We are bringing our “Fueling Detroit” series to a close this year with our last Kemeny event of the year – the Health and Harvest Fest! On Saturday, October 9th we’re excited to bring multiple health care providers to the neighborhood, in one spot! With our many partners, this event will have free health screenings, […]

Fueling Detroit: SW Farmers Market

On August 14th, the Detroit refinery’s Detroit Forward team hosted its second installment of the Kemeny Fueling Detroit series with the Southwest Detroit Farmers Market. The event featured 36 local businesses from SW Detroit and the greater downriver area. Over 200 residents attended the event, along with quite a few MRD employees stopping by to […]

Employee Giving Summit

The Detroit Forward team held a Nonprofit/Employee Giving Summit on August 24th. This event was an extension of the monthly Detroit Forward: Nonprofit Spotlight. Thirteen nonprofits were featured at the event, with MRD employees being able to talk to them one-on-one about the work that they’re doing in 48217. The nonprofits that were featured were […]

Update – Aug. 25, 2021 at 1 a.m.

As an update to our previous notification, Marathon Petroleum’s Detroit Refinery has secured the incident at the refinery and has communicated updates to the appropriate government agencies. We do not expect any off-site impact to the surrounding community, and the refinery’s air monitoring resources will be in the community for the next several hours as a precaution. Our priority is to ensure the safety of the surrounding community and an investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the incident.

Detroit refinery responding to a release

Marathon Petroleum’s Detroit Refinery is responding to a release. Air monitoring resources are being deployed in the community. We are providing further details to government agencies. We will keep these agencies and emergency responders informed as we respond. Our priority is to ensure the safety of the surrounding community and to limit environmental impact. More information will be provided when it becomes available.

Refinery Alarm to be Tested on Sept. 10

In the morning of Thursday, Sept. 10, the Detroit refinery will test an alarm system in our visitor parking lot on Fort Street. The test will take place at approximately 9 am.

This notification is for informational purposes only. There is no community action required, or impact on the community.

Safety is a core value for Marathon Petroleum, and we regularly conduct tests of our systems to ensure constant readiness.

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