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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
15 15 14 15 14 14 1982-2024
Operating
15 14 14 13 14 14 1982-2024
Idle
0 1 0 2 0 0 1982-2024
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
1,909,671 1,909,171 1,748,171 1,749,871 1,740,371 1,680,371 1982-2024
Operating
1,909,671 1,899,671 1,748,171 1,732,671 1,734,371 1,680,371 1982-2024
Idle
0 9,500 0 17,200 6,000 0 1982-2024
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
2,009,400 2,009,400 1,842,400 1,844,400 1,835,400 1,783,900 1982-2024
Operating
2,009,400 1,999,400 1,842,400 1,824,400 1,827,400 1,783,900 1982-2024
Idle
0 10,000 0 20,000 8,000 0 1982-2024
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
1,201,356 1,201,556 1,043,256 1,043,256 1,033,256 1,033,256 1982-2024
Thermal Cracking
514,200 515,300 464,600 464,600 464,600 464,600 1982-2024
Total Coking
509,200 510,300 459,600 459,600 459,600 459,600 1987-2024
Delayed Coking
457,200 458,300 407,600 407,600 407,600 407,600 1987-2024
Fluid Coking
52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 1987-2024
Visbreaking
5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 1987-2024
Other (Including Gas Oil)
0 0 0 0 0 0 1987-2024
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
683,700 683,700 611,500 611,500 611,500 619,000 1982-2024
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
14,600 14,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 13,600 1982-2024
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
486,550 488,800 452,100 458,100 459,600 459,600 1982-2024
Distillate
222,450 224,700 224,700 230,700 232,200 232,200 2006-2024
Gas Oil
264,100 264,100 227,400 227,400 227,400 227,400 2004-2024
Residual
0 0 0 0 0 0 2004-2024
Catalytic Reforming
407,500 408,000 382,000 385,000 385,500 365,500 1982-2024
Low Pressure
197,800 197,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 171,800 1987-2024
High Pressure
209,700 210,200 210,200 213,200 213,700 193,700 1987-2024
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
2,097,800 2,080,800 1,890,000 1,857,500 1,857,500 1,783,500 1982-2024
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
444,200 424,200 397,700 397,700 397,700 397,700 1987-2024
Gasoline
248,300 248,300 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 2004-2024
Heavy Gas Oil
708,100 708,100 635,100 637,600 637,600 563,600 1987-2024
Distillate Fuel Oil
627,000 630,000 572,000 537,000 537,000 537,000 1987-2024
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
202,800 203,800 203,800 203,800 203,800 203,800 2004-2024
Diesel Fuel
324,100 326,100 287,100 252,100 252,100 252,100 2004-2024
Other Distillate
100,100 100,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 81,100 2004-2024
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 1987-2024
Residual Fuel Oil
0 0 0 0 0 0 2006-2024
Other
70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 70,200 2004-2024
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 1987-2024
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
371,940 375,191 350,538 353,391 353,908 337,600 2010-2024
Total Coking
465,390 471,300 422,500 422,500 422,500 422,600 1987-2024
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
637,600 640,800 572,200 572,200 572,200 575,200 1987-2024
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
436,100 443,500 407,700 413,300 414,700 416,200 1987-2024
- = 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: 6/14/2024
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