Refinery utilization rate

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
97%

United States · July 2026

Refinery utilization rate in United States stood at 97% in July 2026 (API).

Original source
Publisher
API
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
U.S. refineries are already running hard to keep the market supplied
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

They produced more diesel this July than in any July on record — operating at a 97% utilization rate.

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APA
American Petroleum Institute. (2026). Inside the Global Squeeze on Diesel. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/26/inside-the-global-squeeze-on-diesel. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T16
MLA
American Petroleum Institute. "Inside the Global Squeeze on Diesel." 2026, https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/26/inside-the-global-squeeze-on-diesel. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T16.
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute. "Inside the Global Squeeze on Diesel." 2026. https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/26/inside-the-global-squeeze-on-diesel. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T16.
BibTeX
@misc{api2026refinerydt9t16, author = {{American Petroleum Institute}}, title = {Inside the Global Squeeze on Diesel}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T16}, note = {Original source: https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/26/inside-the-global-squeeze-on-diesel. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
American Petroleum Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
Inside the Global Squeeze on Diesel
Type
Press release
Published
26 August 2026
Locator
U.S. refineries are already running hard to keep the market supplied
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T16