US refinery trends… EIA – Commodity Research Group

June 28, 2019 by Jim Colburn Leave a Comment

US refinery capacity reached record highs at the start of 2019 said the EIA in their series Today in Energy, here…

“As of January 1, 2019, U.S. operable atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity was a record-high 18.8 million barrels per calendar day (b/cd), an increase of 1.1% since the beginning of 2018, according to EIA’s annual Refinery Capacity Report. The previous high of 18.6 million b/cd was set at the beginning of 1981. U.S. annual operable crude oil distillation unit (CDU) capacity has increased slightly in six of the past seven years. Operable capacity includes both idle and operating capacity.”

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