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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
14 15 14 14 13 12 1982-2026
Operating
14 13 14 14 13 12 1982-2026
Idle
0 2 0 0 0 0 1982-2026
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
1,748,171 1,749,871 1,740,371 1,680,371 1,637,871 1,499,171 1982-2026
Operating
1,748,171 1,732,671 1,734,371 1,680,371 1,637,871 1,499,171 1982-2026
Idle
0 17,200 6,000 0 0 0 1982-2026
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
1,842,400 1,844,400 1,835,400 1,783,900 1,718,900 1,563,300 1982-2026
Operating
1,842,400 1,824,400 1,827,400 1,783,900 1,718,900 1,563,300 1982-2026
Idle
0 20,000 8,000 0 0 0 1982-2026
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,043,256 1,043,256 1,033,256 1,033,256 940,056 857,156 1982-2026
Thermal Cracking
464,600 464,600 464,600 464,600 412,300 360,400 1982-2026
Total Coking
459,600 459,600 459,600 459,600 407,300 355,400 1987-2026
Delayed Coking
407,600 407,600 407,600 407,600 355,300 303,400 1987-2026
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2026
Visbreaking
5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 1987-2026
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2026
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
611,500 611,500 611,500 619,000 619,000 567,400 1982-2026
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
13,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 1982-2026
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
452,100 458,100 459,600 459,600 391,600 364,100 1982-2026
Distillate
224,700 230,700 232,200 232,200 233,200 205,700 2006-2026
Gas Oil
227,400 227,400 227,400 227,400 158,400 158,400 2004-2026
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2026
Catalytic Reforming
382,000 385,000 385,500 365,500 335,300 295,300 1982-2026
Low Pressure
171,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 1987-2026
High Pressure
210,200 213,200 213,700 193,700 163,500 123,500 1987-2026
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
1,890,000 1,857,500 1,857,500 1,783,500 1,837,700 1,669,800 1982-2026
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
397,700 397,700 397,700 397,700 376,900 319,400 1987-2026
Gasoline
215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 2004-2026
Heavy Gas Oil
635,100 637,600 637,600 563,600 638,100 582,600 1987-2026
Distillate Fuel Oil
572,000 537,000 537,000 537,000 537,500 482,600 1987-2026
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
203,800 203,800 203,800 203,800 204,300 181,400 2004-2026
Diesel Fuel
287,100 252,100 252,100 252,100 252,100 220,100 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 2006-2026
Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2026
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 1987-2026
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
350,538 353,391 353,908 337,600 308,177 272,297 2010-2026
Total Coking
422,500 422,500 422,500 422,600 377,850 331,196 1987-2026
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
572,200 572,200 572,200 575,200 577,100 521,148 1987-2026
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
407,700 413,300 414,700 416,200 353,610 324,480 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