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Petroleum refining in the United States in 2024 had a capacity of 18.4 million barrels per day. [2] Although the US was the world's largest net importer of refined petroleum products as recently as 2008, the US became a net exporter in 2010, and in 2014 was the largest exporter and the largest net exporter of refined petroleum. [3]
This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil & Gas Journal publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. For some countries, the refinery list is further categorized state-by-state.
In 1883, Ohio ranked fifth among oil-producing states, behind Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, and California; its total production of 47,000 barrels of oil that year was less than one percent of the nation's oil output. But Ohio production climbed rapidly, and in 1895 Ohio became America's leading oil-producing state.
Pages in category "Oil refineries in the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Galveston Bay Refinery is an oil refinery located in the Texas City, Texas Industrial Complex on the edge of Galveston Bay. It is the largest oil refinery in North America with a capacity of 631,000 barrels per day [ 1 ] and has been owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Corporation since 2013.
The refinery now occupies a 650-acre (260 ha) plus site, producing more than 291,000 barrels per day (46,300 m 3 /d), and employing around 1,600 employees and contractors. Its location on the west banks of the Big Sandy River and only two miles south of the Ohio River , allows it to ship products by barge as well as pipeline. [ 1 ]
Lemont Refinery is an oil refinery in Romeoville, Illinois owned and operated by Citgo Petroleum Corporation. Originally constructed in the early 1920s, it was reconstructed between 1968 and 1970 by its then owner Union Oil [ 1 ] and has a current crude processing capacity of 177,000 barrels per day. [ 2 ]
The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal [1] and operated by BP.The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) complex span into the neighboring cities of Hammond and East Chicago.