Currently, U.S. refineries are processing crude oil into gasoline, diesel, and other refined products at rates not seen since before the outbreak of the pandemic. However, amid an unprecedented fuel supply shortage, even operating at full capacity makes it difficult to curb the continuously rising fuel prices in the short term. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), last week the average daily crude oil throughput at U.S. refineries reached 17 million barrels,

U.S. refineries are currently processing crude oil into gasoline, diesel, and other refined fuels at a rate never seen before the outbreak of COVID-19. However, even with full capacity operation, it is difficult to contain the continuously rising fuel prices in the face of an unprecedented fuel supply shortage in the short term. According to statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), last week U.S. refineries processed an average of 17 million barrels of crude oil per day, running at full throttle to meet both global and domestic fuel consumption demand. This figure is the highest single-week average since September 2019. In particular, refineries in the U.S. Midwest set a new historical record for weekly crude oil processing volume.