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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
26 27 26 26 25 24 1982-2026
Operating
26 25 26 26 25 23 1982-2026
Idle
0 2 0 0 0 1 1982-2026
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
2,713,571 2,659,271 2,649,571 2,589,571 2,557,571 2,419,871 1982-2026
Operating
2,659,571 2,642,071 2,643,571 2,589,571 2,557,571 2,417,871 1982-2026
Idle
54,000 17,200 6,000 0 0 2,000 1982-2026
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
2,850,400 2,795,400 2,787,900 2,738,400 2,676,955 2,533,138 1982-2026
Operating
2,793,400 2,775,400 2,779,900 2,738,400 2,676,955 2,528,138 1982-2026
Idle
57,000 20,000 8,000 0 0 5,000 1982-2026
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,462,106 1,432,106 1,422,106 1,422,106 1,327,509 1,245,072 1982-2026
Thermal Cracking
562,400 562,400 562,400 562,400 510,100 458,200 1982-2026
Total Coking
546,400 546,400 546,400 546,400 494,100 442,200 1987-2026
Delayed Coking
494,400 494,400 494,400 494,400 442,100 390,200 1987-2026
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2026
Visbreaking
16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 1987-2026
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2026
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
758,900 758,900 758,900 766,400 767,579 715,979 1982-2026
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
16,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 13,600 1982-2026
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
550,100 556,100 557,600 557,600 489,600 462,600 1982-2026
Distillate
226,700 232,700 234,200 234,200 235,200 207,700 2004-2026
Gas Oil
323,400 323,400 323,400 323,400 254,400 254,900 2004-2026
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2026
Catalytic Reforming
549,500 552,500 554,000 534,400 504,205 465,708 1982-2026
Low Pressure
310,800 310,800 311,800 312,200 312,205 313,708 1987-2026
High Pressure
238,700 241,700 242,200 222,200 192,000 152,000 1987-2026
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
2,450,000 2,417,900 2,422,900 2,347,600 2,411,044 2,255,906 1982-2026
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
623,000 623,000 627,900 626,600 608,044 550,544 1987-2026
Gasoline
319,500 319,500 319,500 319,500 323,933 324,695 2004-2026
Heavy Gas Oil
635,100 637,600 637,600 563,600 638,100 582,600 1987-2026
Distillate Fuel Oil
802,200 767,600 767,700 767,700 770,767 727,867 1987-2026
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
248,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 249,300 226,400 2004-2026
Diesel Fuel
472,300 437,700 437,800 437,800 440,367 420,367 2004-2026
Other Distillate
81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 2004-2026
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 1987-2026
Residual Fuel Oil
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2026
Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2026
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 1987-2026
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
503,838 501,591 508,108 492,200 462,777 429,297 2010-2026
Total Coking
503,700 491,700 500,250 500,350 455,600 408,946 1987-2026
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
708,000 708,000 708,000 711,000 712,900 660,148 1987-2026
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
497,500 506,460 504,600 506,100 443,510 414,780 1987-2026
- = 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: 6/26/2026
Next Release Date: 6/25/2027