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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
17 16 15 15 15 15 1982-2025
Operating
17 14 15 15 15 15 1982-2025
Idle
0 2 0 0 0 0 1982-2025
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
3,366,666 3,165,031 2,922,541 2,964,220 2,971,022 2,982,647 1982-2025
Operating
3,366,666 2,949,531 2,922,541 2,964,220 2,971,022 2,982,647 1982-2025
Idle
0 215,500 0 0 0 0 1982-2025
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
3,569,295 3,312,295 3,051,155 3,116,355 3,117,355 3,154,471 1982-2025
Operating
3,569,295 3,092,295 3,051,155 3,116,355 3,117,355 3,154,471 1982-2025
Idle
0 220,000 0 0 0 0 1982-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,760,470 1,645,170 1,541,000 1,539,100 1,539,100 1,543,000 1982-2025
Thermal Cracking
587,500 596,000 575,500 577,000 577,000 586,416 1982-2025
Total Coking
575,700 584,200 563,700 565,200 565,200 567,043 1987-2025
Delayed Coking
575,700 584,200 563,700 565,200 565,200 567,043 1987-2025
Fluid Coking
0 0 0 0 0 0 2006-2025
Visbreaking
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2025
Other (Including Gas Oil)
11,800 11,800 11,800 11,800 11,800 19,373 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
1,140,800 1,048,500 946,500 946,000 946,000 945,341 1982-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
5,500 5,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 1982-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
511,400 456,900 456,900 456,900 456,900 456,900 1982-2025
Distillate
55,000 55,000 55,000 55,000 55,000 55,000 2006-2025
Gas Oil
401,900 401,900 401,900 401,900 401,900 401,900 2004-2025
Residual
54,500 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2025
Catalytic Reforming
663,390 617,890 569,400 569,400 570,400 571,986 1982-2025
Low Pressure
521,190 521,690 473,200 473,200 474,200 475,786 1987-2025
High Pressure
142,200 96,200 96,200 96,200 96,200 96,200 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
3,104,480 2,846,180 2,662,500 2,681,200 2,698,400 2,703,076 1982-2025
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
690,740 646,740 602,200 602,200 602,700 605,985 1987-2025
Gasoline
875,740 817,740 751,900 756,900 763,200 764,520 2004-2025
Heavy Gas Oil
306,200 266,700 266,700 266,700 266,700 266,740 1987-2025
Distillate Fuel Oil
1,193,300 1,076,500 1,003,200 1,016,900 1,027,300 1,021,653 1987-2025
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
239,600 197,600 198,100 208,100 208,100 208,453 2004-2025
Diesel Fuel
953,700 878,900 805,100 808,800 809,700 803,700 2004-2025
Other Distillate
0 0 0 0 9,500 9,500 2004-2025
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
38,500 38,500 38,500 38,500 38,500 44,178 1987-2025
Residual Fuel Oil
13,500 13,500 13,500 13,500 13,500 0 2004-2025
Other
25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 44,178 2004-2025
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
72,000 72,000 72,000 72,000 72,000 72,000 1987-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
585,870 556,460 514,040 505,570 504,198 515,516 2010-2025
Total Coking
517,040 542,174 520,233 510,370 524,712 532,381 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
1,065,621 964,258 879,434 874,380 879,221 875,264 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
471,826 430,877 430,954 425,268 428,987 435,407 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