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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
27 26 27 26 26 25 1982-2025
Operating
26 26 25 26 26 25 1982-2025
Idle
1 0 2 0 0 0 1982-2025
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
2,874,571 2,713,571 2,659,271 2,649,571 2,589,571 2,557,571 1982-2025
Operating
2,865,071 2,659,571 2,642,071 2,643,571 2,589,571 2,557,571 1982-2025
Idle
9,500 54,000 17,200 6,000 0 0 1982-2025
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
3,017,400 2,850,400 2,795,400 2,787,900 2,738,400 2,676,955 1982-2025
Operating
3,007,400 2,793,400 2,775,400 2,779,900 2,738,400 2,676,955 1982-2025
Idle
10,000 57,000 20,000 8,000 0 0 1982-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,620,406 1,462,106 1,432,106 1,422,106 1,422,106 1,327,509 1982-2025
Thermal Cracking
613,100 562,400 562,400 562,400 562,400 510,100 1982-2025
Total Coking
597,100 546,400 546,400 546,400 546,400 494,100 1987-2025
Delayed Coking
545,100 494,400 494,400 494,400 494,400 442,100 1987-2025
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2025
Visbreaking
16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 1987-2025
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
831,100 758,900 758,900 758,900 766,400 767,579 1982-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
17,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 16,600 1982-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
586,800 550,100 556,100 557,600 557,600 489,600 1982-2025
Distillate
226,700 226,700 232,700 234,200 234,200 235,200 2004-2025
Gas Oil
360,100 323,400 323,400 323,400 323,400 254,400 2004-2025
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2025
Catalytic Reforming
575,500 549,500 552,500 554,000 534,400 504,205 1982-2025
Low Pressure
336,800 310,800 310,800 311,800 312,200 312,205 1987-2025
High Pressure
238,700 238,700 241,700 242,200 222,200 192,000 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
2,637,700 2,450,000 2,417,900 2,422,900 2,347,600 2,411,044 1982-2025
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
649,500 623,000 623,000 627,900 626,600 608,044 1987-2025
Gasoline
352,800 319,500 319,500 319,500 319,500 323,933 2004-2025
Heavy Gas Oil
708,100 635,100 637,600 637,600 563,600 638,100 1987-2025
Distillate Fuel Oil
857,100 802,200 767,600 767,700 767,700 770,767 1987-2025
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
248,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 248,800 249,300 2004-2025
Diesel Fuel
508,200 472,300 437,700 437,800 437,800 440,367 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 2004-2025
Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2025
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 1987-2025
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
528,491 503,838 501,591 508,108 492,200 462,777 2010-2025
Total Coking
552,500 503,700 491,700 500,250 500,350 455,600 1987-2025
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
776,600 708,000 708,000 708,000 711,000 712,900 1987-2025
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
533,300 497,500 506,460 504,600 506,100 443,510 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