Marathon is building a large office building near the intersection of Sanders and Dix. Sanders is also being great reshaped. There was fuss over the fact that
Marathon got tax abatements when then invested $2.2 billion to modernize their refinery but add fewer than 150 new jobs. How many, if any, new jobs will be created in the city by this new office building? Did the city grant another tax reduction to Marathon for this building.
Their plant refines oil sands from Alberta that get here by the existing Keystone pipeline. Can that plant refine other products since the oil sands are relatively costly? I don't think that Marathon refinery can receive oil by rail. Is that correct?