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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
Area: Period:
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
27 27 29 30 29 30 1982-2019
Operating
27 26 29 29 29 29 1982-2019
Idle
0 1 0 1 0 1 1982-2019
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
5,174,209 5,233,747 5,452,250 5,671,490 5,701,414 5,787,494 1982-2019
Operating
5,174,209 5,191,747 5,452,250 5,628,990 5,701,414 5,752,494 1982-2019
Idle
0 42,000 0 42,500 0 35,000 1982-2019
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
5,512,500 5,610,000 5,841,700 6,025,900 6,107,300 6,196,000 1982-2019
Operating
5,512,500 5,560,000 5,841,700 5,975,900 6,107,300 6,158,000 1982-2019
Idle
0 50,000 0 50,000 0 38,000 1982-2019
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
2,601,500 2,574,000 2,605,000 2,611,200 2,615,200 2,630,700 1982-2019
Thermal Cracking
924,180 934,180 935,080 935,580 943,080 952,980 1982-2019
Total Coking
924,180 934,180 935,080 935,580 943,080 952,980 1987-2019
Delayed Coking
882,180 892,180 893,080 893,580 901,080 910,980 1987-2019
Fluid Coking
42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 1987-2019
Visbreaking
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2019
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2019
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
1,826,005 1,828,505 1,842,450 1,779,200 1,791,200 1,795,190 1982-2019
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 13,000 1982-2019
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
671,831 692,400 696,300 733,100 743,700 760,600 1982-2019
Distillate
250,331 250,900 251,300 246,300 250,300 250,300 2006-2019
Gas Oil
351,500 366,500 370,000 411,800 409,900 425,800 2004-2019
Residual
70,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 83,500 84,500 2004-2019
Catalytic Reforming
1,076,290 1,076,880 1,077,480 1,085,980 1,090,980 1,084,480 1982-2019
Low Pressure
885,600 960,600 962,200 970,700 975,700 979,200 1987-2019
High Pressure
190,690 116,280 115,280 115,280 115,280 105,280 1987-2019
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
5,566,280 5,606,530 5,682,855 5,726,155 5,733,355 5,820,770 1982-2019
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
1,377,240 1,396,390 1,400,590 1,411,590 1,408,490 1,405,590 1987-2019
Gasoline
947,000 952,700 985,500 1,054,800 1,058,100 1,117,220 2004-2019
Heavy Gas Oil
947,140 946,140 949,740 918,240 921,240 1,033,640 1987-2019
Distillate Fuel Oil
1,939,100 1,955,500 1,984,725 2,011,825 2,015,825 2,043,620 1987-2019
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
619,200 635,700 628,800 629,700 628,700 630,200 2004-2019
Diesel Fuel
1,258,900 1,258,800 1,294,925 1,366,125 1,371,125 1,397,420 2004-2019
Other Distillate
61,000 61,000 61,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 2004-2019
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
355,800 355,800 362,300 329,700 329,700 220,700 1987-2019
Residual Fuel Oil
233,500 233,500 233,500 184,000 184,000 75,000 2004-2019
Other
122,300 122,300 128,800 145,700 145,700 145,700 2004-2019
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
165,500 166,000 166,000 166,000 166,000 168,000 1987-2019
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
1,000,037 994,485 991,641 1,010,150 1,013,263 1,014,240 2010-2019
Total Coking
843,796 848,599 849,441 865,820 864,320 864,862 1987-2019
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
1,691,351 1,686,631 1,716,896 1,664,297 1,672,198 1,694,432 1987-2019
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
628,520 643,320 633,089 676,140 687,419 707,200 1987-2019
- = 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: 06/21/2019
Next Release Date: 06/30/2020