FINDLAY, Ohio -- Marathon Oil Corp. said that it will convert 100% of its gasoline to E-10 ethanol-blended fuel at 16 of its Midwest terminals beginning May 1, 2008. Unblended gasoline products will no longer be available at the following terminals: Indianapolis and Muncie, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; Detroit, Romulus, Niles, Bay City, Flint, Lansing and Jackson, Mich.; Brecksville, Lima, Oregon, Lebanon and Cincinnati, Ohio; and Milwaukee.
Mary Ellen Peters, Marathon's senior vice president of marketing, said, "Ethanol blended fuels help us meet the changing needs of our customers. It also [image-nocss] supports our nation's renewable fuels goals, which were recently increased by the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 to nine billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2008 and 36 billion gallons by 2022."
In response to this legislation and increasing customer demand for ethanol blended gasoline, the company expanded ethanol blending to more than 625 million gallons in 2007. In addition, to ensure the security and flexibility of ethanol supply, the company also has an equity interest in ethanol facilities in Clymers, Ind., and Greenville, Ohio, totaling in excess of 220 million gallons of annual gross ethanol capacity.
Findlay, Ohio-based Marathon is a U.S.-based fully integrated international energy company, the fifth largest U.S. refiner with 1,016,000 barrels per day of crude processing capacity in its seven-refinery system. Its retail marketing system comprises approximately 6,000 locations in 18 states; nearly three-quarters are Marathon brand locations. Marathon serves the Midwest and Southeast as a petroleum products marketer with 87 light product and asphalt terminals and the company owns, operates, leases or has an ownership interest in approximately 9,700 miles of pipeline.
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