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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
135 129 130 129 132 132 1982-2025
Operating
131 124 125 124 132 131 1982-2025
Idle
4 5 5 5 0 1 1982-2025
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
18,976,085 18,127,700 17,943,810 18,060,369 18,384,228 18,423,493 1982-2025
Operating
18,548,985 17,719,600 17,789,010 17,684,549 18,374,628 18,331,493 1982-2025
Idle
427,100 408,100 154,800 375,820 9,600 92,000 1982-2025
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
20,092,219 19,160,469 18,948,643 19,156,781 19,452,595 19,494,042 1982-2025
Operating
19,634,219 18,722,969 18,768,643 18,741,581 19,442,595 19,398,042 1982-2025
Idle
458,000 437,500 180,000 415,200 10,000 96,000 1982-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
9,170,843 8,709,943 8,583,073 8,604,173 8,616,573 8,537,389 1982-2025
Thermal Cracking
3,069,062 2,993,662 2,959,732 2,961,912 3,019,585 2,973,088 1982-2025
Total Coking
3,041,262 2,965,862 2,931,932 2,934,112 2,991,785 2,937,715 1987-2025
Delayed Coking
2,882,762 2,807,362 2,773,432 2,775,612 2,833,285 2,779,215 1987-2025
Fluid Coking
158,500 158,500 158,500 158,500 158,500 158,500 1987-2025
Visbreaking
16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 1987-2025
Other (Including Gas Oil)
11,800 11,800 11,800 11,800 11,800 19,373 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
5,988,485 5,600,185 5,502,162 5,465,762 5,487,185 5,491,059 1982-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
61,890 57,890 48,890 48,890 48,890 47,900 1982-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
2,505,000 2,417,000 2,427,400 2,391,600 2,400,100 2,363,870 1982-2025
Distillate
735,700 736,700 743,200 746,000 749,000 750,000 2004-2025
Gas Oil
1,630,300 1,595,800 1,599,700 1,561,100 1,566,600 1,529,370 2004-2025
Residual
139,000 84,500 84,500 84,500 84,500 84,500 2004-2025
Catalytic Reforming
3,809,028 3,605,628 3,571,488 3,605,588 3,601,764 3,577,566 1982-2025
Low Pressure
2,708,790 2,641,490 2,603,100 2,637,700 2,655,876 2,625,847 1987-2025
High Pressure
1,100,238 964,138 968,388 967,888 945,888 951,719 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
17,925,514 17,190,724 16,996,035 17,098,972 17,303,189 17,440,634 1982-2025
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
4,686,141 4,623,591 4,607,311 4,624,711 4,615,411 4,600,580 1987-2025
Gasoline
3,164,957 2,985,157 2,920,358 2,900,785 2,922,244 2,982,192 2004-2025
Heavy Gas Oil
2,936,748 2,835,948 2,838,448 2,838,408 2,768,838 2,833,200 1987-2025
Distillate Fuel Oil
6,659,068 6,248,428 6,131,318 6,209,289 6,370,896 6,367,928 1987-2025
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
1,643,328 1,587,328 1,564,428 1,577,828 1,651,428 1,671,278 2004-2025
Diesel Fuel
4,580,050 4,401,500 4,307,200 4,366,700 4,444,207 4,454,089 2004-2025
Other Distillate
435,690 259,600 259,690 264,761 275,261 242,561 2004-2025
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
478,600 497,600 498,600 525,779 625,800 656,734 1987-2025
Residual Fuel Oil
88,500 88,500 88,500 88,500 88,500 75,000 2004-2025
Other
390,100 409,100 410,100 437,279 537,300 581,734 2004-2025
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
395,750 396,250 397,250 385,000 384,500 374,500 1987-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
3,509,171 3,320,353 3,285,715 3,323,502 3,308,735 3,290,897 2010-2025
Total Coking
2,793,506 2,702,906 2,673,997 2,675,408 2,731,238 2,694,542 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
5,573,398 5,189,568 5,089,089 5,063,828 5,078,119 5,099,771 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
2,296,131 2,219,689 2,237,826 2,211,475 2,226,438 2,201,801 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