U.S. Refinery Configurations of U.S. Majors, 1974-1999, Selected Years

Process 1974 1981 1997 1999
All Incumbents Entrants
  Downstream capacity as a percent of crude distillation capacity
Alkylation 4.8 5.3 7.5 6.8 7.4 6.0
Catalytic Cracking 27.7 30.4 35.9 35.0 35.8 34.0
Catalytic Reforming 17.6 22.4 23.4 22.4 22.3 22.5
Coking n.a. n.a. 12.6 12.5 12.9 12.0
Hydro Cracking 5.6 5.7 9.6 9.9 10.9 8.6

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