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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
27 27 26 27 26 26 1982-2024
Operating
27 26 26 25 26 26 1982-2024
Idle
0 1 0 2 0 0 1982-2024
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
2,875,071 2,874,571 2,713,571 2,659,271 2,649,571 2,589,571 1982-2024
Operating
2,875,071 2,865,071 2,659,571 2,642,071 2,643,571 2,589,571 1982-2024
Idle
0 9,500 54,000 17,200 6,000 0 1982-2024
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
3,017,400 3,017,400 2,850,400 2,795,400 2,787,900 2,738,400 1982-2024
Operating
3,017,400 3,007,400 2,793,400 2,775,400 2,779,900 2,738,400 1982-2024
Idle
0 10,000 57,000 20,000 8,000 0 1982-2024
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,599,306 1,620,406 1,462,106 1,432,106 1,422,106 1,422,106 1982-2024
Thermal Cracking
612,000 613,100 562,400 562,400 562,400 562,400 1982-2024
Total Coking
596,000 597,100 546,400 546,400 546,400 546,400 1987-2024
Delayed Coking
544,000 545,100 494,400 494,400 494,400 494,400 1987-2024
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2024
Visbreaking
16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 1987-2024
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2024
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
831,400 831,100 758,900 758,900 758,900 766,400 1982-2024
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
17,600 17,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 1982-2024
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
584,050 586,800 550,100 556,100 557,600 557,600 1982-2024
Distillate
224,450 226,700 226,700 232,700 234,200 234,200 2004-2024
Gas Oil
359,600 360,100 323,400 323,400 323,400 323,400 2004-2024
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2024
Catalytic Reforming
576,500 575,500 549,500 552,500 554,000 534,400 1982-2024
Low Pressure
338,300 336,800 310,800 310,800 311,800 312,200 1987-2024
High Pressure
238,200 238,700 238,700 241,700 242,200 222,200 1987-2024
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
2,625,900 2,637,700 2,450,000 2,417,900 2,422,900 2,347,600 1982-2024
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
642,200 649,500 623,000 623,000 627,900 626,600 1987-2024
Gasoline
349,100 352,800 319,500 319,500 319,500 319,500 2004-2024
Heavy Gas Oil
708,100 708,100 635,100 637,600 637,600 563,600 1987-2024
Distillate Fuel Oil
856,300 857,100 802,200 767,600 767,700 767,700 1987-2024
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
244,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 2004-2024
Diesel Fuel
511,400 508,200 472,300 437,700 437,800 437,800 2004-2024
Other Distillate
100,100 100,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 2004-2024
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 1987-2024
Residual Fuel Oil
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2024
Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2024
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
80,300 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 1987-2024
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
527,297 528,491 503,838 501,591 508,108 492,200 2010-2024
Total Coking
546,590 552,500 503,700 491,700 500,250 500,350 1987-2024
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
773,300 776,600 708,000 708,000 708,000 711,000 1987-2024
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
525,400 533,300 497,500 506,460 504,600 506,100 1987-2024
- = 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: 6/14/2024
Next Release Date: June 2025