China's state-owned oil giant Sinopec is among the largest refining companies in the world. As of its 2023 fiscal year, it reported a crude distillation capacity of approximately 5.17 million barrels per day. This put it ahead of U.S. oil company ExxonMobil, which had a daily refining capacity of 4.46 million barrels.
Crude refining capacity of select oil companies worldwide in 2023
(in 1,000 barrels per day)
This statistic was compiled using information presented in the companies' respective annual reports and represents data for each company's respective fiscal year ended 2023, except where otherwise stated.Â
* Data for Sinopec manually added and calculated from metric tons per year to barrels per day by Statista using the conversion factor 7.33 for crude oil. ** Data for Saudi Aramco was rounded. *** Data for ENEOS as of June 30, 2024.
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