Top US Refineries: Energy Information Administration

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[xzins]

U.S. Refineries Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
(Barrels per Calendar Day)
as of January 1, 2006

Rank	COMPANY NAME	STATE	SITE	Barrels per Calendar Day
1	EXXONMOBIL REFINING & SUPPLY CO	Texas	BAYTOWN	562,500
2	EXXONMOBIL REFINING & SUPPLY CO	Louisiana	BATON ROUGE	501,000
3	BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC	Texas	TEXAS CITY	437,000
4	CITGO PETROLEUM CORP	Louisiana	LAKE CHARLES	429,500
5	BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC	Indiana	WHITING	410,000
6	EXXONMOBIL REFINING & SUPPLY CO	Texas	BEAUMONT	348,500
7	SUNOCO INC (R&M)	Pennsylvania	PHILADELPHIA	335,000
8	DEER PARK REFINING LTD PARTNERSHIP	Texas	DEER PARK	333,700
9	CHEVRON USA INC	Mississippi	PASCAGOULA	330,000
10	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Illinois	WOOD RIVER	306,000
11	Flint Hills Resources LP	Texas	CORPUS CHRISTI	288,126
12	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Texas	PORT ARTHUR	285,000
13	Flint Hills Resources LP	Minnesota	SAINT PAUL	279,300
14	LYONDELL CITGO REFINING CO LTD	Texas	HOUSTON	270,200
15	BP West Coast Products LLC	California	LOS ANGELES	260,000
16	CHEVRON USA INC	California	EL SEGUNDO	260,000
17	PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC	Texas	PORT ARTHUR	260,000
18	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Louisiana	BELLE CHASSE	247,000
19	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Texas	SWEENY	247,000
20	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Louisiana	GARYVILLE	245,000
21	CHEVRON USA INC	California	RICHMOND	242,901
22	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Louisiana	WESTLAKE	239,400
23	EXXONMOBIL REFINING & SUPPLY CO	Illinois	JOLIET	238,500
24	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	New Jersey	LINDEN	238,000
25	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Louisiana	CONVENT	235,000
26	TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS INC	Texas	PORT ARTHUR	232,000
27	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Louisiana	NORCO	226,500
28	BP West Coast Products LLC	Washington	FERNDALE (CHERRY POINT)	225,000
29	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Kentucky	CATLETTSBURG	222,000
30	VALERO REFINING CO TEXAS	Texas	TEXAS CITY	213,750
31	FLINT HILLS RESOURCES ALASKA LLC	Alaska	NORTH POLE	210,000
32	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Oklahoma	PONCA CITY	194,000
33	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Illinois	ROBINSON	192,000
34	Chalmette Refining LLC	Louisiana	CHALMETTE	188,160
35	VALERO REFINING NEW ORLEANS LLC	Louisiana	NORCO	185,003
36	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Pennsylvania	TRAINER	185,000
37	PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC	Delaware	DELAWARE CITY	181,500
38	PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC	Tennessee	MEMPHIS	180,000
39	SUNOCO INC	Pennsylvania	MARCUS HOOK	175,000
40	PDV Midwest Refining LLC	Illinois	LEMONT (CHICAGO)	167,000
41	TESORO REFINING & MARKETING CO	California	MARTINEZ	166,000
42	SUNOCO INC	Ohio	TOLEDO	160,000
43	VALERO REFINING CO NEW JERSEY	New Jersey	PAULSBORO	160,000
44	VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION	Texas	SUNRAY	158,327
45	CITGO REFINING & CHEMICAL INC	Texas	CORPUS CHRISTI	156,000
46	Shell Oil Products US	California	MARTINEZ	155,600
47	EXXONMOBIL REFINING & SUPPLY CO	California	TORRANCE	149,500
48	PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC	Ohio	LIMA	146,900
49	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Texas	BORGER	146,000
50	Shell Oil Products US	Washington	ANACORTES	145,000
51	SUNOCO INC	New Jersey	WESTVILLE	145,000
52	VALERO REFINING CO CALIFORNIA	California	BENICIA	144,000
53	VALERO REFINING CO TEXAS	Texas	CORPUS CHRISTI	142,000
54	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	California	WILMINGTON	139,000
55	BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC	Ohio	TOLEDO	131,000
56	MURPHY OIL USA INC	Louisiana	MERAUX	120,000
57	Tesoro West Coast	Washington	ANACORTES	120,000
58	WESTERN REFINING COMPANY LP	Texas	EL PASO	116,000
59	COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES LLC	Kansas	COFFEYVILLE	112,000
60	FRONTIER EL DORADO REFINING CO	Kansas	EL DORADO	106,000
61	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Michigan	DETROIT	100,000
62	PASADENA REFINING SYSTEMS INC	Texas	PASADENA	100,000
63	Shell Oil Products US	California	WILMINGTON	98,500
64	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Washington	FERNDALE	96,000
65	TESORO HAWAII CORP	Hawaii	KAPOLEI	93,500
66	VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION	Texas	THREE RIVERS	90,000
67	SUNOCO INC	Oklahoma	TULSA	85,000
68	VALERO REFINING CO OKLAHOMA	Oklahoma	ARDMORE	83,640
69	VALERO REFINING CO TEXAS	Texas	HOUSTON	83,000
70	NCRA	Kansas	MCPHERSON	81,200
71	ULTRAMAR INC	California	WILMINGTON	80,887
72	CHEVRON USA INC	New Jersey	PERTH AMBOY	80,000
73	Shell Chem LP	Alabama	SARALAND	80,000
74	VALERO REFINING CO LOUISIANA	Louisiana	KROTZ SPRINGS	80,000
75	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	California	RODEO	76,000
76	NAVAJO REFINING CO	New Mexico	ARTESIA	75,000
77	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Ohio	CANTON	73,000
78	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Texas	TEXAS CITY	72,000
79	TESORO PETROLEUM CORP	Alaska	KENAI	72,000
80	SINCLAIR OIL CORP	Oklahoma	TULSA	70,300
81	LION OIL CO	Arkansas	EL DORADO	70,000
82	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LLC	Minnesota	SAINT PAUL PARK	70,000
83	ALON USA ENERGY INC	Texas	BIG SPRING	67,000
84	BIG WEST OF CALIFORNIA	California	BAKERSFIELD	66,000
85	SINCLAIR OIL CORP	Wyoming	SINCLAIR	66,000
86	UNITED REFINING CO	Pennsylvania	WARREN	65,000
87	SUNCOR ENERGY (USA) INC	Colorado	COMMERCE CITY	62,000
88	EXXONMOBIL REFINING & SUPPLY CO	Montana	BILLINGS	60,000
89	GIANT YORKTOWN REFINING	Virginia	YORKTOWN	58,600
90	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	Montana	BILLINGS	58,000
91	DELEK REFINING LTD	Texas	TYLER	58,000
92	Tesoro West Coast	North Dakota	MANDAN	58,000
93	Tesoro West Coast	Utah	SALT LAKE CITY	58,000
94	PLACID REFINING CO	Louisiana	PORT ALLEN	56,000
95	Cenex Harvest States Coop	Montana	LAUREL	55,000
96	Shell Chem LP	Louisiana	SAINT ROSE	55,000
97	CHEVRON USA INC	Hawaii	HONOLULU	54,000
98	WYNNEWOOD REFINING CO	Oklahoma	WYNNEWOOD	54,000
99	PARAMOUNT PETROLEUM CORPORATION	California	PARAMOUNT	50,000
100	PETRO STAR INC	Alaska	VALDEZ	48,000
101	FRONTIER REFINING INC	Wyoming	CHEYENNE	47,000
102	CHEVRON USA INC	Utah	SALT LAKE CITY	45,000
103	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	California	ARROYO GRANDE	44,200
104	CALUMET SHREVEPORT LLC	Louisiana	SHREVEPORT	42,000
105	US OIL & REFINING CO	Washington	TACOMA	37,850
106	HUNT REFINING CO	Alabama	TUSCALOOSA	34,500
107	MURPHY OIL USA INC	Wisconsin	SUPERIOR	34,300
108	CITGO ASPHALT REFINING CO	New Jersey	PAULSBORO	32,000
109	SUNCOR ENERGY(USA)INC	Colorado	DENVER	32,000
110	CALCASIEU REFINING CO	Louisiana	LAKE CHARLES	30,000
111	BIG WEST OIL CO	Utah	NORTH SALT LAKE	29,400
112	CITGO ASPHALT REFINING CO	Georgia	SAVANNAH	28,000
113	EDGINGTON OIL CO INC	California	LONG BEACH	26,000
114	KERN OIL & REFINING CO	California	BAKERSFIELD	26,000
115	HOLLY CORP REFINING & MARKETING	Utah	WOODS CROSS	24,700
116	LITTLE AMERICA REFINING CO	Wyoming	EVANSVILLE (CASPER)	24,500
117	COUNTRYMARK COOPERATIVE INC	Indiana	MOUNT VERNON	23,000
118	ERGON REFINING INC	Mississippi	VICKSBURG	23,000
119	GIANT REFINING CO	New Mexico	GALLUP	20,800
120	ERGON WEST VIRGINIA INC	West Virginia	NEWELL (CONGO)	20,000
121	PETRO STAR INC	Alaska	NORTH POLE	17,000
122	GIANT INDUSTRIES INC	New Mexico	BLOOMFIELD	16,800
123	GULF ATLANTIC OPERATIONS LLC	Alabama	MOBILE	16,700
124	SAN JOAQUIN REFINING CO INC	California	BAKERSFIELD	15,000
125	CONOCOPHILLIPS ALASKA INC	Alaska	KUPARUK	14,000
126	CALUMET LUBRICANTS CO LP	Louisiana	COTTON VALLEY	13,020
127	BP EXPLORATION ALASKA INC	Alaska	PRUDHOE BAY	12,500
128	WYOMING REFINING CO	Wyoming	NEWCASTLE	12,500
129	AGE REFINING INC	Texas	SAN ANTONIO	12,200
130	HUNT SOUTHLAND REFINING CO	Mississippi	SANDERSVILLE	11,000
131	Silver Eagle Refining	Utah	WOODS CROSS	10,250
132	AMERICAN REFINING GROUP INC	Pennsylvania	BRADFORD	10,000
133	Greka Energy	California	SANTA MARIA	9,500
134	LUNDAY THAGARD CO	California	SOUTH GATE	8,500
135	CALUMET LUBRICANTS CO LP	Louisiana	PRINCETON	8,300
136	MONTANA REFINING CO	Montana	GREAT FALLS	8,200
137	CROSS OIL REFINING & MARKETING INC	Arkansas	SMACKOVER	7,200
138	VALERO REFINING CO CALIFORNIA	California	WILMINGTON	6,200
139	HUNT SOUTHLAND REFINING CO	Mississippi	LUMBERTON	5,800
140	SOMERSET REFINERY INC	Kentucky	SOMERSET	5,500
141	GOODWAY REFINING LLC	Alabama	ATMORE	4,100
142	Silver Eagle Refining	Wyoming	EVANSTON	3,000
143	TENBY INC	California	OXNARD	2,800
144	FORELAND REFINING CORP	Nevada	EAGLE SPRINGS	2,000

Source: Refinery Capacity Data by individual refinery as of January 1, 2006

[xzins]

That’s odd. I wonder why they’d do that?

[FreedomPoster]

No one seems to have noticed, in this thread, that both the Chinese and the Indians are now much larger consumers of oil than they were 10 or 20 years ago. The fact that these countries have become, and are growing, economic players, is a huge impact on the demand side of the pricing equation.

[DManA]

Here's something interesting to think about. Are there free market forces that come to play at some point that counter the economies of scale forces? If not, then every industry would consolidate into one monopoly without external ( ie. government ) intervention.

[noname07718]

I think that was true last year. The price of a Barrel of crude was about 50% higher than it is today; yet the price of Gas is as high or higher than last year.

I think today’s problem is the reduced output of the refineries. That list, while impressive, does not tell you what percentage of capacity the refineries are actually producing. There is more suspicion of price manipulation now than there was last year.

If it looks like a duck; walks like a duck; and quacks like a duck; then ….

[noname07718]

Washington gets the same amount of taxes per gallon no matter what the price. Now, if they wanted to collect more total taxes, just lower the price of a gallon of gas and people will consume more gallons and generate more taxes.

[fireforeffect]

Two things.

1. Notice that 18 States have NO refineries. Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts , Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Vermont. Arizona does not have one now, but IS building one.

2. Look at the Alaska refineries. NOW we know where Santa gets the money for all those gifts. There are two refineries at the NORTH POLE!

[xzins]

I would expect that this is a state’s rights issue. If they wish to build a refinery, that shouldn’t be under the control of the fed at all.

So....who’s stopping them?

[xzins]

I live about an hour and a half from the Marathon refinery near Ashland Kentucky, and I drive by it a few times a year. It’s not so large a plant that folks could say it’s an eyesore or anything like that. It’s no larger than any other factory setting.

There are no new refineries, we are told, because of environmental regs, IIRC.

Why shouldn’t each state have enough refineries to care for their own needs?

[Captain Rhino]

Let me take advantage of your mention of cost per barrel to post some information to give a little perspective to the current angst over gasoline prices:

Gallons in a barrel of oil: 42

Percent of barrel able to be converted to gasoline: ≈ 51.4%

Current (23 May 2007) cost of a barrel of oil (Brent crude on the spot market): $70

(As noted in other posts, oil companies who own their own oil will have lower purchase/production prices. This price could be considered current market value of inventory or replacement cost.)

Cost per gallon of spot market feeder stock: $1.67 ($70/42)

Current cost per gallon (regular unleaded) at my location (suburban Northern Virginia): $3.07

Per gallon amount allocated to TAXES (combination of federal and weighted average state gasoline taxes): $ 0.39

Per gallon amount allocated to crude transportation, refining, pipeline distribution, road distribution, retail marketing (no profit) on my gallon of regular unleaded yesterday: $ 0.83

Oil company profit margin: 5.9%

(Average profit margin for all U.S. manufacturing is 5.2%. Electronic products profit margin is almost 20%. At the other end, grocery stores have an after taxes profit margin of 1.46%.)

Oil company profit at 5.9% on my gallon of regular unleaded yesterday: $0.18.

Oil company profit at 5.2% on my gallon of regular unleaded yesterday: $0.16.

Barrels of gasoline consumed each day in the United States: 9.4 million

Gallon equivalent: 394.8 million gallons/day (9.4 million barrels/day x 42 gallons/barrel)

The bottom line: The reason the oil companies are making "a lot of profit" is because they are moving a lot of product, all day, every day to keep Americans moving.

[xzins]

Barrels of gasoline consumed each day in the United States: 9.4 million

The above list says that there is a 17 million barrel per day production capacity in the US, and you're saying that the need is slightly over half of that capacity. How is there a shortage???

Cost per gallon of spot market feeder stock: $1.67 ($70/42)

Who is the seller and who is the buyer? For example, is that "Saudi Arabia is the seller and Exxon is the buyer?"

Where is the market/auction where the bids are made?

[mississippi red-neck]

It shows that we need to build NEW, modern refineries that would work much better and be cheaper to run.I keep seeing this "we" crap. Who the hell is we? What it shows is,is that it is oil companies that build and own the refineries.

The same ones that make all the profits off oil, it's their business.

When they say it is a shortage of refineries is the reason for higher prices it is just another lie and excuse for their greedy monopolistic price fixing scams on a dumber than dirt John Q.

These Companies have always controlled every aspect of this vital product from exploration,drilling, pumping, refining, selling and now pricing. When you have no legitimate "competition" our so called "free market" cannot exist.

It is business competing with each other that causes things to grow and expand and build such things as refineries. It competition that drives research,development and helps control prices.

It is not a free market supply and demand that is driving these prices but a monopolistic "controlled" one.

The cost of oil and all that it effects, which is pretty much everything, not just the price at the pump, but things like heating ,cooling ,food, medicine, manufacturing is nothing but out of control greed.

Don't expect these companies to build anymore refineries or do anything else that would decrease their intake of dollars. Why should they?

Uncontrolled greed is one of the most destructive forces in existence,whether in a person, business,or government.

It already has and is going to continue to hurt this country and everyone in it.

1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

[NYorkerInHouston]

The 17 million includes everything- gasoline, diesel, feedstocks for the petrochemical industry, aviation fuel, heating oil, etc... Gasoline production as of last week averaged 9.203 million barrels a day.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip_gasoline.html

[philman_36]

placemarker

[xzins]

Got it. thanks.

Something like 22 gallons of gasoline to a barrel of oil. Is that right?

[xzins]

so we’re using more each day that we are able to produce and some of the production capacity is down.

Can the smaller plants now in existence EXPAND? Is that also banned by the fed?

[NYorkerInHouston]

Right now we import the rest or see our commercial stocks edge lower. We certainly can expand existing refineries. Two other issues

1) increasing demand from places like China and India that compete with us for imported finished products like gasoline

2) a declining percentage of light sweet crude oil that produces more gasoline per barrel than heavy sour crude and along the same lines many of our refineries are designed to handle light sweet crude and would need to be upgraded to handle heavy sour crude

[Let's Roll]

“Washington Fat Cats get extra taxes because I pay more at the pump....heck...that’d make Washington want to keep prices high all the time, so they could always get their extra taxes”

Thank you! Have been pointing that out for a couple of years.

But of course the only investigating that is ever done is for “gouging” by the oil companies.

Ask yourselves people who has the MOST to gain from keeping prices high?

Could it be - I don’t know - GOVERNMENT - that taxes at percentage of the selling price? Think about it.

[mississippi red-neck]

It shows that we need to build NEW, modern refineries that would work much better and be cheaper to run.I keep seeing this "we" crap. Who the hell is we? What it shows is,is that it is oil companies that build and own the refineries.

The same ones that make all the profits off oil, it's their business.

When they say it is a shortage of refineries is the reason for higher prices it is just another lie and excuse for their greedy monopolistic price fixing scams on a dumber than dirt John Q.

These Companies have always controlled every aspect of this vital product from exploration,drilling, pumping, refining, selling and now pricing. When you have no legitimate "competition" our so called "free market" cannot exist.

It is business competing with each other that causes things to grow and expand and build such things as refineries. It competition that drives research,development and helps control prices.

It is not a free market supply and demand that is driving these prices but a monopolistic "controlled" one.

The cost of oil and all that it effects, which is pretty much everything, not just the price at the pump, but things like heating ,cooling ,food, medicine, manufacturing is nothing but out of control greed.

Don't expect these companies to build anymore refineries or do anything else that would decrease their intake of dollars. Why should they?

Uncontrolled greed is one of the most destructive forces in existence,whether in a person, business,or government.

It already has and is going to continue to hurt this country and everyone in it.

1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

[xzins]

Go to this thread if you have time: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839130/posts

Thanks

[Captain Rhino]

Percent of barrel able to be converted to gasoline: ≈ 51.4%

Nope, there is a shortage. To make 9.4 million barrels of gasoline per day, you need to process 18.288 million barrels of crude oil per day.(Target: 9.4 million barrels of gasoline per day. Conversion efficiency per barrel: .514.; x = 9.4/.514 = 18.288; 18.288 - 17 = 1.288 million barrels per day production capacity short fall.) Add to this seasonal inventory change over and maintenance induced temporary shortages in capacity and you have got a problem. Basically the system is running flat out and it doesn't take much to knock it out of kilter (never mind Katrina). That's why there is so much talk about adding refining capacity to the system.

Cost per gallon of spot market feeder stock: $1.67 ($70/42)

No market analysis intended. Just decomposing the price into its components. Had to start somewhere, so I picked Brent. Domestic oil is going for around $64.50/barrel, so even the domestic feed stock is relatively expensive. I guess you could do a composite price using source weighting (domestic = 40%): ($64.50 x .4)+ ($70 x.6) = $67.80. Recalculating: $67.80/42 = $1.614/gallon. Feed stock is still the largest single component of the price.

As noted in my original post, if the refiner either owns the oil or can get it cheaper due to long term purchase contracts, this component of the cost breakdown will be somewhat lower and potential profits somewhat higher. However, once the oil leaves the ground, it is not going to hang around in the system for long. The volumes of daily consumption demand a constant, uninterrupted flow of feedstock into the refineries. And given the capacity issues mentioned above, there is really no place to store large volumes of the finished product once it is made. It has to move. It is a seller's market, but it is a "we've got to move 400 million gallons of gasoline today" seller's market.