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Monthly
Annual
U.S. Percent Utilization of Refinery Operable Capacity (Percent)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1985
74.0
73.8
73.7
76.5
78.4
79.3
80.8
77.7
76.9
78.6
80.3
81.2
1986
81.4
77.9
75.9
81.5
86.0
86.3
84.1
86.8
85.5
82.6
83.7
83.6
1987
81.8
79.9
78.6
81.2
82.5
85.4
86.7
86.7
85.5
82.7
82.3
83.9
1988
82.8
80.9
83.3
84.0
85.7
86.0
86.5
87.4
83.7
83.4
83.9
85.1
1989
86.2
82.8
83.8
83.7
86.5
89.6
88.9
89.3
88.4
86.1
86.1
84.0
1990
87.8
87.9
83.9
85.0
87.1
89.1
92.4
90.7
91.1
83.5
84.2
82.8
1991
82.5
84.4
83.2
84.6
87.5
89.8
88.8
89.1
88.3
83.4
83.7
86.6
1992
83.4
81.3
85.1
85.5
89.4
92.4
91.9
89.1
90.7
89.3
90.1
87.5
1993
86.8
86.6
89.3
91.3
92.8
95.1
95.1
92.7
92.8
91.8
91.9
91.2
1994
89.8
88.7
87.6
92.4
95.4
95.8
95.5
96.4
94.4
89.8
92.7
92.6
1995
89.6
87.9
86.7
90.5
94.0
95.6
94.0
94.0
95.6
90.5
92.1
93.3
1996
90.6
90.2
91.8
95.0
95.8
96.4
94.9
95.0
95.9
94.6
94.2
94.3
1997
89.1
88.0
90.6
92.6
97.5
97.8
97.1
98.9
99.6
97.0
95.8
97.2
1998
93.3
90.7
94.7
97.5
98.4
99.1
99.2
99.9
95.0
89.6
94.8
95.1
1999
90.4
90.0
90.9
94.6
93.9
93.5
94.9
95.5
94.1
91.1
92.0
90.4
2000
85.7
86.4
89.7
92.6
94.7
96.2
96.8
95.8
94.2
92.2
92.6
93.9
2001
90.2
90.5
89.4
94.9
96.4
95.6
93.9
93.3
92.2
92.0
92.2
90.2
2002
87.7
86.6
87.9
93.0
91.5
93.1
93.5
92.9
90.4
87.5
92.6
91.1
2003
87.2
87.4
90.5
94.1
95.8
94.7
94.0
95.0
93.1
92.4
93.6
93.0
2004
89.1
88.8
88.5
92.5
95.6
97.5
96.8
97.1
90.1
90.2
94.4
95.0
2005
91.3
90.6
90.8
92.8
94.2
97.1
94.2
92.7
83.6
81.3
89.3
89.4
2006
87.0
86.5
85.8
88.0
91.2
93.0
92.5
93.2
93.0
87.9
88.0
90.6
2007
88.1
84.7
87.0
88.2
89.7
88.5
91.2
90.8
88.9
87.4
88.9
88.7
2008
85.8
85.0
83.2
86.2
Updated on 6/26/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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