Oil Refining Industry by Company

Largest US Refiners by Capacity

Crude distillation capacity, January 2026.
#RefinerBarrels/dayUS share
1Marathon Petroleum2.99M16.4%
2Valero2.23M12.3%
3ExxonMobil1.97M10.8%
4Phillips 661.22M6.7%
5Chevron1.06M5.8%
6PBF Energy1.04M5.7%
7Citgo (PDV America)0.82M4.5%
8HF Sinclair0.72M4.0%
9Koch (Flint Hills)0.71M3.9%
10BP0.67M3.7%

The 3-2-1 Crack Spread

What a refiner earns per barrel.
Full history10 years5 years

$68/bbl in 2026-09

3-2-1 crack spread ($/bbl)2026-09: $68.23
WTI crude ($/bbl)2026-09: $97.31

Independent Refiner Throughput

Thousand barrels per day

FY 2023FY 2025
Valero2,9792,988
Marathon Petroleum2,6772,787
Phillips 661,8781,883
1,8002,2002,6003,000

US Refinery Operable Utilization

US Petroleum Product Supplied

US Retail Gasoline and Diesel

Refining Operating Margin

Fiscal 2025.

Refiner Revenue Trend

Marathon Petroleum

$133B

Phillips 66

$132B

Valero

$123B

PBF

$29.3B

HF Sinclair

$26.9B

Fiscal 2016 to 2025, one scale.

Refiner Operating Income

Fiscal 2025.

Refiner Free Cash Flow

Fiscal 2025.

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