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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries
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Number of Operable Refineries
             
Total Number of Operable Refineries
149 150 150 148 148 144 1982-2012
Operating
145 146 141 137 137 134 1982-2012
Idle
4 4 9 11 11 10 1982-2012
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
             
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)
17,443,492 17,593,847 17,671,550 17,583,790 17,736,370 17,322,178 1982-2012
Operating
16,997,792 17,225,797 17,313,550 16,850,194 16,937,024 16,744,291 1982-2012
Idle
445,700 368,050 358,000 733,596 799,346 577,887 1982-2012
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)
18,425,322 18,558,022 18,681,308 18,581,089 18,953,189 18,560,350 1982-2012
Operating
17,928,522 18,174,072 18,300,358 17,808,082 18,109,882 17,945,443 1982-2012
Idle
496,800 383,950 380,950 773,007 843,307 614,907 1982-2012
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
             
Vacuum Distillation
8,251,451 8,420,501 8,542,281 8,542,643 8,650,243 8,679,643 1982-2012
Thermal Cracking
2,564,080 2,606,260 2,639,090 2,631,676 2,672,376 2,763,356 1982-2012
Total Coking
2,537,480 2,579,660 2,612,490 2,605,076 2,645,776 2,736,756 1987-2012
Delayed Coking
2,331,580 2,374,260 2,454,590 2,500,676 2,486,876 2,577,856 1987-2012
Fluid Coking
205,900 205,400 157,900 104,400 158,900 158,900 1987-2012
Visbreaking
16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 1987-2012
Other (Including Gas Oil)
10,600 10,600 10,600 10,600 10,600 10,600 1987-2012
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
6,218,957 6,265,697 6,291,871 6,140,121 6,219,721 6,032,512 1982-2012
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed
82,040 78,740 78,740 91,840 95,640 84,890 1982-2012
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
1,790,682 1,770,325 1,743,300 1,819,700 1,855,600 1,879,600 1982-2012
Distillate
602,800 556,900 593,100 595,200 540,100 596,500 2004-2012
Gas Oil
987,482 1,004,425 1,010,200 1,079,500 1,170,500 1,161,100 2004-2012
Residual
200,400 209,000 140,000 145,000 145,000 122,000 2004-2012
Catalytic Reforming
3,907,510 3,891,938 3,829,338 3,700,463 3,720,613 3,641,813 1982-2012
Low Pressure
2,354,950 2,402,350 2,397,750 2,322,700 2,390,950 2,347,850 1987-2012
High Pressure
1,552,560 1,489,588 1,431,588 1,377,763 1,329,663 1,293,963 1987-2012
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization
15,447,136 15,807,478 16,130,823 16,023,206 16,682,897 16,565,262 1982-2012
Naphtha/Reformer Feed
4,453,890 4,348,590 4,334,297 4,281,046 4,441,323 4,360,593 1987-2012
Gasoline
2,221,568 2,420,968 2,415,282 2,394,882 2,578,782 2,519,082 2004-2012
Heavy Gas Oil
2,578,840 2,672,440 2,735,538 2,796,798 2,809,298 2,877,138 1987-2012
Distillate Fuel Oil
5,212,387 5,462,649 5,622,252 5,676,032 6,113,846 6,063,001 1987-2012
Kerosene/Jet Fuel
1,009,450 1,137,010 1,160,110 1,339,150 1,484,850 1,489,750 2004-2012
Diesel Fuel
3,332,671 3,468,471 3,551,211 3,647,211 3,917,611 3,981,411 2004-2012
Other Distillate
870,266 857,168 910,931 689,671 711,385 591,840 2004-2012
Residual Fuel Oil/Other
980,451 902,831 1,023,454 874,448 739,648 745,448 1987-2012
Residual Fuel Oil
331,420 251,200 316,400 246,200 241,000 246,000 2004-2012
Other
649,031 651,631 707,054 628,248 498,648 499,448 2004-2012
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting
379,290 378,350 380,950 383,250 382,750 374,550 1987-2012
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
             
Catalytic Reforming
      3,378,841 3,346,457 3,246,874 2010-2012
Total Coking
2,359,318 2,390,223 2,428,961 2,387,896 2,396,787 2,499,293 1987-2012
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed
5,830,486 5,853,656 5,847,130 5,675,830 5,794,214 5,611,191 1987-2012
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking
1,620,705 1,602,431 1,592,973 1,663,115 1,687,745 1,706,540 1987-2012
- = 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: 6/22/2012
Next Release Date: 6/21/2013