Petroleum refineries in the United States and Puerto Rico. [Facilities and capacities as of Jan. 1, 1976]
On January 1, 1976, there were 287 refineries in the United States with a total crude oil distillation capacity of 15.4 million barrels per calendar day. In addition, these refineries reported 28,500 barrels per day capacity of downstream facilities to which crude oil is charged directly. Of the total crude oil distillation capacity at the beginning of this year, 560 thousand barrels per day were shutdown. Three refineries in Puerto Rico reported a total crude oil distillation capacity of 283,800 barrels per day, including 36,700 barrels per day operable shutdown. On January 1, 1976, in the U.S. there was under construction 1,057,878 barrels per day of additional crude oil distillation capacity and 97,600 barrels per day for replacement of existing capacity. Expressed in terms of gasoline production, the total capacity of cracking, reforming, coking, and alkylation facilities in the United States at the beginning of 1976 was 7.2 million barrels per day, with 2.1 percent of the capacity being shut down on Jan. 1, 1976. Additional facilities under construction at the beginning of 1976 are expected to increase the output of cracking, reforming, coking, and alkylation facilities by 78,237 barrels per day. Shutdowns result from inefficient operational facilities. (MCW)
- OSTI ID:
- 7264080
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Petroleum Refineries, Annual
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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