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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
15 14 15 14 14 13 1982-2025
Operating
14 14 13 14 14 13 1982-2025
Idle
1 0 2 0 0 0 1982-2025
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
1,909,171 1,748,171 1,749,871 1,740,371 1,680,371 1,637,871 1982-2025
Operating
1,899,671 1,748,171 1,732,671 1,734,371 1,680,371 1,637,871 1982-2025
Idle
9,500 0 17,200 6,000 0 0 1982-2025
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
2,009,400 1,842,400 1,844,400 1,835,400 1,783,900 1,718,900 1982-2025
Operating
1,999,400 1,842,400 1,824,400 1,827,400 1,783,900 1,718,900 1982-2025
Idle
10,000 0 20,000 8,000 0 0 1982-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,201,556 1,043,256 1,043,256 1,033,256 1,033,256 940,056 1982-2025
Thermal Cracking
515,300 464,600 464,600 464,600 464,600 412,300 1982-2025
Total Coking
510,300 459,600 459,600 459,600 459,600 407,300 1987-2025
Delayed Coking
458,300 407,600 407,600 407,600 407,600 355,300 1987-2025
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2025
Visbreaking
5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 1987-2025
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
683,700 611,500 611,500 611,500 619,000 619,000 1982-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
14,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 1982-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
488,800 452,100 458,100 459,600 459,600 391,600 1982-2025
Distillate
224,700 224,700 230,700 232,200 232,200 233,200 2006-2025
Gas Oil
264,100 227,400 227,400 227,400 227,400 158,400 2004-2025
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2025
Catalytic Reforming
408,000 382,000 385,000 385,500 365,500 335,300 1982-2025
Low Pressure
197,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 1987-2025
High Pressure
210,200 210,200 213,200 213,700 193,700 163,500 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
2,080,800 1,890,000 1,857,500 1,857,500 1,783,500 1,837,700 1982-2025
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
424,200 397,700 397,700 397,700 397,700 376,900 1987-2025
Gasoline
248,300 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 2004-2025
Heavy Gas Oil
708,100 635,100 637,600 637,600 563,600 638,100 1987-2025
Distillate Fuel Oil
630,000 572,000 537,000 537,000 537,000 537,500 1987-2025
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
203,800 203,800 203,800 203,800 203,800 204,300 2004-2025
Diesel Fuel
326,100 287,100 252,100 252,100 252,100 252,100 2004-2025
Other Distillate
100,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 2004-2025
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 1987-2025
Residual Fuel Oil
0 0 0 0 0 0 2006-2025
Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2025
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 1987-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
375,191 350,538 353,391 353,908 337,600 308,177 2010-2025
Total Coking
471,300 422,500 422,500 422,500 422,600 377,850 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
640,800 572,200 572,200 572,200 575,200 577,100 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
443,500 407,700 413,300 414,700 416,200 353,610 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