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Note: These data are available in spreadsheet format by clicking the ''Download Series History'' link on the previous page (with drop-down menu bar at top).
 View History:  Annual  
U.S. Refinery Thermal Cracking Downstream Charge Capacity as of January 1 (Barrels per Stream Day)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1980's 1,781,600 1,715,400 1,851,600 1,858,200 1,879,694 1,928,300 2,080,300 2,072,900
  1990's 2,108,200 2,157,900 2,099,550 2,081,900 2,106,600 2,123,200 NA 2,049,600 NA 2,046,288
  2000's 2,163,276 2,277,196 2,328,600 2,376,950 2,435,080 2,491,310 2,539,510 2,564,080 2,606,260


Updated on 6/18/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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