How hard the refining system is running. Utilisation falls in spring and autumn maintenance by design, so the signal is the deviation from the seasonal norm, which is where unplanned outages and hurricane damage appear.
30 days to 4 Oct 2026 · 94.00% to 97.80%
This page shows the last 30 days. US refinery utilisation has 1,873 readings in the warehouse, back to 2 Nov 1990. A plan opens the rest of it, with CSV export and the analyst.
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-930 Hourly Electric Grid Monitor and the Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
Weekly percent utilisation of United States refinery operable capacity. Collected by EIA for the Weekly Petroleum Status Report, week ending Friday.
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