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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
29 27 27 26 27 26 1982-2023
Operating
29 27 26 26 25 26 1982-2023
Idle
0 0 1 0 2 0 1982-2023
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
2,838,071 2,875,071 2,874,571 2,713,571 2,659,271 2,649,571 1982-2023
Operating
2,838,071 2,875,071 2,865,071 2,659,571 2,642,071 2,643,571 1982-2023
Idle
0 0 9,500 54,000 17,200 6,000 1982-2023
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
3,012,400 3,017,400 3,017,400 2,850,400 2,795,400 2,787,900 1982-2023
Operating
3,012,400 3,017,400 3,007,400 2,793,400 2,775,400 2,779,900 1982-2023
Idle
0 0 10,000 57,000 20,000 8,000 1982-2023
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,597,706 1,599,306 1,620,406 1,462,106 1,432,106 1,422,106 1982-2023
Thermal Cracking
610,100 612,000 613,100 562,400 562,400 562,400 1982-2023
Total Coking
594,100 596,000 597,100 546,400 546,400 546,400 1987-2023
Delayed Coking
542,100 544,000 545,100 494,400 494,400 494,400 1987-2023
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2023
Visbreaking
16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 1987-2023
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2023
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
886,200 831,400 831,100 758,900 758,900 758,900 1982-2023
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
17,600 17,600 17,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 1982-2023
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
578,600 584,050 586,800 550,100 556,100 557,600 1982-2023
Distillate
199,700 224,450 226,700 226,700 232,700 234,200 2004-2023
Gas Oil
378,900 359,600 360,100 323,400 323,400 323,400 2004-2023
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2023
Catalytic Reforming
579,900 576,500 575,500 549,500 552,500 554,000 1982-2023
Low Pressure
340,700 338,300 336,800 310,800 310,800 311,800 1987-2023
High Pressure
239,200 238,200 238,700 238,700 241,700 242,200 1987-2023
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
2,643,000 2,625,900 2,637,700 2,450,000 2,417,900 2,422,900 1982-2023
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
614,900 642,200 649,500 623,000 623,000 627,900 1987-2023
Gasoline
377,100 349,100 352,800 319,500 319,500 319,500 2004-2023
Heavy Gas Oil
704,100 708,100 708,100 635,100 637,600 637,600 1987-2023
Distillate Fuel Oil
873,200 856,300 857,100 802,200 767,600 767,700 1987-2023
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
236,800 244,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 2004-2023
Diesel Fuel
513,300 511,400 508,200 472,300 437,700 437,800 2004-2023
Other Distillate
123,100 100,100 100,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 2004-2023
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
73,700 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 1987-2023
Residual Fuel Oil
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2023
Other
73,700 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2023
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
80,300 80,300 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 1987-2023
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
512,006 527,297 528,491 503,838 501,591 508,108 2010-2023
Total Coking
519,400 546,590 552,500 503,700 491,700 500,250 1987-2023
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
818,800 773,300 776,600 708,000 708,000 708,000 1987-2023
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
528,840 525,400 533,300 497,500 506,460 504,600 1987-2023
- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: Idle refineries represent refineries where distillation units were completely idle but not permanently shutdown as of January 1 of the year.  See Definitions, Sources, and Notes link above for more information on this table.
Release Date: 6/21/2023
Next Release Date: June 2024