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March 6, 2024

Reduced refinery activity puts upward pressure on gasoline and diesel prices


March 4, 2024

Crude oil processing in China hit a record high in 2023


February 13, 2024

Midwest refinery outage is affecting petroleum product markets


December 13, 2023

Japanese refineries close as the country's petroleum consumption falls


August 16, 2023

Summer Midwest distillate inventories rise amid high production and transit constraints


July 25, 2023

Refinery capacity increased slightly for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic


May 2, 2023

Beaumont refinery expansion boosts Gulf Coast petroleum refining capacity


February 28, 2023

Colorado refinery outage is causing higher gasoline prices in Rocky Mountain region


February 21, 2023

Domestic policy and geopolitics reduced China’s refinery activity in 2022


February 13, 2023

EIA forecasts U.S. refinery utilization to average more than 90% in 2023 and 2024


June 29, 2022

U.S. refinery capacity decreased during 2021 for second consecutive year


June 10, 2022

EIA expects high refinery margins to contribute to increasing fuel production this summer


July 8, 2021

Refinery closures decreased U.S. refinery capacity during 2020


April 22, 2021

Planned refinery outages unlikely to affect U.S. transportation fuel supplies


March 25, 2021

For most of 2020, China's refineries processed more crude oil than U.S. refineries


March 1, 2021

Cold weather led to refinery shutdowns in U.S. Gulf Coast region


November 9, 2020

U.S. refinery runs remain lower than the five-year range


August 28, 2020

Changing demand for petroleum products has led to operational changes at U.S. refineries


July 9, 2020

Drop in petroleum demand led to rise in crude oil inventories and low refinery utilization


June 26, 2020

U.S. refinery capacity sets new record as of January 1, 2020


May 4, 2020

Low transportation fuel demand and low profitability drive refinery run declines


March 4, 2020

Less petroleum and other liquids consumed in the U.S. is coming from refineries


November 14, 2019

EPA small refinery exemptions in the Renewable Fuel Standard explained


October 11, 2019

Crude oil used by U.S. refineries continues to get lighter in most regions


August 16, 2019

Annual U.S. refinery runs expected to decline for first time in 10 years


June 25, 2019

Crude oil inputs to Mexico’s petroleum refineries continued to decline in 2018


June 4, 2019

U.S. hydrocarbon gas liquids production reaches 5 million barrels per day in 2018


May 23, 2019

California gasoline prices increase following refinery outages and declining inventories


March 15, 2019

U.S. Gulf Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers


August 13, 2018

U.S. refineries running at near-record highs


January 29, 2018

U.S. crude oil exports increased following hurricane-related refinery disruptions


October 26, 2017

Gulf Coast refinery runs are approaching levels seen prior to Hurricane Harvey


September 11, 2017

Hurricane Harvey caused U.S. Gulf Coast refinery runs to drop, gasoline prices to rise


June 20, 2017

U.S. refineries are running at record-high levels