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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
21 21 21 20 20 20 1982-2011
Operating
20 21 20 19 18 18 1982-2011
Idle
1 0 1 1 2 2 1982-2011
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
2,026,588 2,037,188 2,042,188 2,060,718 2,047,218 1,959,271 1982-2011
Operating
2,005,088 2,022,188 2,007,188 1,994,218 1,859,718 1,874,771 1982-2011
Idle
21,500 15,000 35,000 66,500 187,500 84,500 1982-2011
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
2,132,500 2,131,300 2,132,000 2,148,500 2,134,000 2,059,900 1982-2011
Operating
2,107,500 2,114,800 2,092,000 2,078,500 1,939,000 1,969,900 1982-2011
Idle
25,000 16,500 40,000 70,000 195,000 90,000 1982-2011
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,240,406 1,258,756 1,261,556 1,273,556 1,273,556 1,250,656 1982-2011
Thermal Cracking
511,700 518,200 518,200 534,000 524,500 506,900 1982-2011
Total Coking
506,700 513,200 513,200 529,000 519,500 501,900 1987-2011
Delayed Coking
406,700 413,200 413,200 477,000 467,500 449,900 1987-2011
Fluid Coking
100,000 100,000 100,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2011
Visbreaking
5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 1987-2011
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2011
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
723,080 723,100 723,100 735,600 716,000 716,000 1982-2011
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 13,400 13,400 1982-2011
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
516,600 524,100 534,025 536,500 484,300 474,900 1982-2011
Distillate
228,200 212,400 213,900 209,600 209,600 185,700 2006-2011
Gas Oil
223,400 246,700 255,125 261,900 274,700 289,200 2004-2011
Residual
65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 0 0 2004-2011
Catalytic Reforming
450,350 447,100 447,100 456,100 434,100 430,500 1982-2011
Low Pressure
216,600 216,600 216,600 220,100 220,100 213,800 1987-2011
High Pressure
233,750 230,500 230,500 236,000 214,000 216,700 1987-2011
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
1,997,320 1,883,200 1,900,700 1,993,100 2,050,100 2,063,700 1982-2011
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
458,790 463,300 439,900 447,900 447,900 443,600 1987-2011
Gasoline
246,100 146,100 148,500 142,100 202,400 228,300 2004-2011
Heavy Gas Oil
628,300 623,000 630,500 642,500 699,200 687,200 1987-2011
Distillate Fuel Oil
609,930 596,600 620,600 634,600 639,400 648,900 1987-2011
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
191,830 167,300 185,800 185,800 194,100 196,100 2004-2011
Diesel Fuel
356,100 345,300 344,800 330,300 326,800 332,800 2004-2011
Other Distillate
62,000 84,000 90,000 118,500 118,500 120,000 2004-2011
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
54,200 54,200 61,200 126,000 61,200 55,700 1987-2011
Residual Fuel Oil
0 0 0 0 0 0 2006-2011
Other
54,200 54,200 61,200 126,000 61,200 55,700 2004-2011
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
66,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 1987-2011
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
        396,146 371,306 2010-2011
Total Coking
480,850 488,606 486,855 496,408 484,055 460,500 1987-2011
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
678,000 689,205 691,100 692,315 666,158 669,600 1987-2011
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
477,410 488,458 489,475 490,272 432,080 429,760 1987-2011
- = 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: 6/24/2011
Next Release Date: 6/29/2012