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Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries

Area: U.S. PAD District 1    Delaware    Florida    Georgia    Maryland    New Jersey    New York    North Carolina    Pennsylvania    Virginia    West Virginia PAD District 2    Illinois    Indiana    Kansas    Kentucky    Michigan    Minnesota    Missouri    Nebraska    North Dakota    Ohio    Oklahoma    Tennessee    Wisconsin PAD District 3    Alabama    Arkansas    Louisiana    Mississippi    New Mexico    Texas PAD District 4    Colorado    Montana    Utah    Wyoming PAD District 5    Alaska    Arizona    California    Hawaii    Nevada    Oregon    Washington Guam Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Period:  Annual (as of January 1)

Download Series History Definitions, Sources & Notes
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Number of Operable Refineries
Total Number of Operable Refineries	149	148	149	149	150	150	1982-2009
Operating	146	144	142	145	146	141	1982-2009
Idle	3	4	7	4	4	9	1982-2009
Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
Operable (Barrels per Calendar Day)	16,894,314	17,124,870	17,338,814	17,443,492	17,593,847	17,671,550	1982-2009
Operating	16,759,334	17,006,290	16,420,914	16,997,792	17,225,797	17,313,550	1982-2009
Idle	134,980	118,580	917,900	445,700	368,050	358,000	1982-2009
Operable (Barrels per Stream Day)	17,815,034	18,030,887	18,307,502	18,425,322	18,558,022	18,681,308	1982-2009
Operating	17,657,434	17,876,787	17,322,202	17,928,522	18,174,072	18,300,358	1982-2009
Idle	157,600	154,100	985,300	496,800	383,950	380,950	1982-2009
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Stream Day)
Vacuum Distillation	7,963,995	8,120,221	8,398,470	8,251,451	8,420,501	8,542,281	1982-2009
Thermal Cracking	2,435,080	2,491,310	2,539,510	2,564,080	2,606,260	2,639,090	1982-2009
Total Coking	2,403,680	2,462,710	2,510,910	2,537,480	2,579,660	2,612,490	1987-2009
Delayed Coking	2,205,880	2,263,710	2,305,510	2,331,580	2,374,260	2,454,590	1987-2009
Fluid Coking	197,800	199,000	205,400	205,900	205,400	157,900	1987-2009
Visbreaking	18,000	18,000	18,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	1987-2009
Other (Including Gas Oil)	13,400	10,600	10,600	10,600	10,600	10,600	1987-2009
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed	6,097,894	6,150,942	6,187,883	6,218,957	6,265,697	6,291,871	1982-2009
Catalytic Cracking - Recycle Feed	87,240	87,240	87,240	82,040	78,740	78,740	1982-2009
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking	1,602,100	1,623,900	1,637,200	1,790,682	1,770,325	1,743,300	1982-2009
Distillate	537,300	518,800	516,600	602,800	556,900	593,100	2004-2009
Gas Oil	864,400	904,700	920,200	987,482	1,004,425	1,010,200	2004-2009
Residual	200,400	200,400	200,400	200,400	209,000	140,000	2004-2009
Catalytic Reforming	3,812,457	3,835,509	3,859,070	3,907,510	3,891,938	3,829,338	1982-2009
Low Pressure	2,300,287	2,322,179	2,308,650	2,354,950	2,402,350	2,397,750	1987-2009
High Pressure	1,512,170	1,513,330	1,550,420	1,552,560	1,489,588	1,431,588	1987-2009
Catalytic Hydrotreating/Desulfurization	13,500,799	14,087,186	14,807,986	15,447,136	15,807,478	16,130,823	1982-2009
Naphtha/Reformer Feed	4,350,386	4,392,084	4,400,484	4,453,890	4,348,590	4,334,297	1987-2009
Gasoline	1,262,800	1,530,900	2,056,470	2,221,568	2,420,968	2,415,282	2004-2009
Heavy Gas Oil	2,647,800	2,643,800	2,557,040	2,578,840	2,672,440	2,735,538	1987-2009
Distillate Fuel Oil	4,459,313	4,526,002	4,784,852	5,212,387	5,462,649	5,622,252	1987-2009
Kerosene/Jet Fuel	1,021,436	930,610	960,700	1,009,450	1,137,010	1,160,110	2004-2009
Diesel Fuel	2,855,217	2,768,032	2,950,792	3,332,671	3,468,471	3,551,211	2004-2009
Other Distillate	582,660	827,360	873,360	870,266	857,168	910,931	2004-2009
Residual Fuel Oil/Other	780,500	994,400	1,009,140	980,451	902,831	1,023,454	1987-2009
Residual Fuel Oil	287,000	330,100	327,100	331,420	251,200	316,400	2004-2009
Other	493,500	664,300	682,040	649,031	651,631	707,054	2004-2009
Fuels Solvent Deasphalting	366,290	384,290	386,290	379,290	378,350	380,950	1987-2009
Downstream Charge Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day)
Total Coking	2,247,281	2,295,712	2,330,100	2,359,318	2,390,223	2,428,961	1987-2009
Catalytic Cracking - Fresh Feed	5,744,867	5,766,397	5,799,582	5,830,486	5,853,656	5,847,130	1987-2009
Catalytic Hydro-Cracking	1,486,360	1,491,359	1,474,986	1,620,705	1,602,431	1,592,973	1987-2009

- = 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: 6/25/2009

Next Release Date: 6/30/2010

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