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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
58 56 56 56 58 59 1982-2025
Operating
57 52 54 56 58 59 1982-2025
Idle
1 4 2 0 0 0 1982-2025
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
9,983,235 9,751,400 9,606,610 9,676,729 9,987,031 10,062,653 1982-2025
Operating
9,948,235 9,444,900 9,516,610 9,676,729 9,987,031 10,062,653 1982-2025
Idle
35,000 306,500 90,000 0 0 0 1982-2025
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
10,592,395 10,322,345 10,149,494 10,276,994 10,567,155 10,648,791 1982-2025
Operating
10,554,395 10,001,845 10,049,494 10,276,994 10,567,155 10,648,791 1982-2025
Idle
38,000 320,500 100,000 0 0 0 1982-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
4,876,495 4,768,195 4,665,025 4,696,325 4,696,325 4,704,218 1982-2025
Thermal Cracking
1,681,207 1,693,707 1,657,707 1,661,207 1,715,880 1,729,428 1982-2025
Total Coking
1,669,407 1,681,907 1,645,907 1,649,407 1,704,080 1,710,055 1987-2025
Delayed Coking
1,627,407 1,639,907 1,603,907 1,607,407 1,662,080 1,668,055 1987-2025
Fluid Coking
42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 1987-2025
Visbreaking
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2025
Other (Including Gas Oil)
11,800 11,800 11,800 11,800 11,800 19,373 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
3,080,090 2,970,690 2,869,567 2,829,567 2,836,390 2,841,962 1982-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
21,500 18,500 16,500 16,500 16,500 16,500 1982-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
1,433,000 1,379,000 1,383,400 1,387,300 1,389,300 1,421,300 1982-2025
Distillate
305,300 305,300 305,800 307,100 310,100 310,100 2004-2025
Gas Oil
988,700 989,200 993,100 995,700 994,700 1,026,700 2004-2025
Residual
139,000 84,500 84,500 84,500 84,500 84,500 2004-2025
Catalytic Reforming
1,935,870 1,882,270 1,842,480 1,844,480 1,859,056 1,860,984 1982-2025
Low Pressure
1,619,190 1,618,790 1,579,000 1,581,000 1,597,576 1,601,662 1987-2025
High Pressure
316,680 263,480 263,480 263,480 261,480 259,322 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
9,553,650 9,305,050 9,137,371 9,162,858 9,440,524 9,467,203 1982-2025
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
2,285,730 2,247,480 2,230,300 2,240,100 2,243,600 2,263,964 1987-2025
Gasoline
2,000,670 1,949,670 1,884,871 1,859,298 1,875,757 1,868,690 2004-2025
Heavy Gas Oil
1,439,840 1,412,040 1,412,040 1,411,500 1,415,100 1,405,425 1987-2025
Distillate Fuel Oil
3,487,410 3,356,860 3,270,160 3,285,860 3,439,967 3,431,346 1987-2025
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
943,700 886,700 869,700 877,700 948,800 964,426 2004-2025
Diesel Fuel
2,503,710 2,430,160 2,360,460 2,364,660 2,437,167 2,428,920 2004-2025
Other Distillate
40,000 40,000 40,000 43,500 54,000 38,000 2004-2025
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
340,000 339,000 340,000 366,100 466,100 497,778 1987-2025
Residual Fuel Oil
88,500 88,500 88,500 88,500 88,500 75,000 2004-2025
Other
251,500 250,500 251,500 277,600 377,600 422,778 2004-2025
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
265,400 265,900 265,900 258,500 257,500 247,500 1987-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
1,783,450 1,734,645 1,704,105 1,706,300 1,704,698 1,712,376 2010-2025
Total Coking
1,530,321 1,534,221 1,512,723 1,503,074 1,557,581 1,566,101 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
2,872,679 2,756,954 2,657,004 2,623,764 2,628,997 2,636,629 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
1,322,786 1,280,677 1,293,154 1,295,488 1,302,265 1,336,958 1987-2025
- = 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: 6/20/2025
Next Release Date: June 2026