Annual Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity (Barrels per Calendar Day, USA)
Year Capacity (b/cd)
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1982 17,889,734
1983 16,859,337
1984 16,137,141
1985 15,658,769
1986 15,458,948
1987 15,565,513
1988 15,915,418
1989 15,654,874
1990 15,571,966
1991 15,675,627
1992 15,696,155
1993 15,120,630
1994 15,034,160
1995 15,434,280
1997 15,451,785
1999 16,261,290
2000 16,511,871
2001 16,595,371
2002 16,785,391
2003 16,757,370
2004 16,894,314
2005 17,124,870
2006 17,338,814
2007 17,443,492
2008 17,593,847
2009 17,671,550
2010 17,583,790
2011 17,736,370
2012 17,322,178
2013 17,823,659
2014 17,924,630
2015 17,967,088
2016 18,317,036
2017 18,617,027
2018 18,598,497
2019 18,802,435
2020 18,976,085
2021 18,127,700
2022 17,943,810
2023 18,060,369
2024 18,384,228
2025 18,423,493
2026 18,160,493
I also tried looking up domestic consumption, but got wildly different answers, from one search to another. Clearly it has decreased, as we were a large importer of refined products in 1982, and the US has been a large exporter of refined products in recent years.
2015 17,967,088
2016 18,317,036
2017 18,617,027
2018 18,598,497
2019 18,802,435
2020 18,976,085
Interesting that during the Trump years, the refiners felt comfortable increasing capacity.