Houston — The US Gulf Coast refining complex processed more crude than ever before last week, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration released Wednesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now US Gulf Coast refineries, which make up more than half of all US capacity, averaged a net crude input of 9.649 million b/d in the week that ended August 10, the highest that figure has ever been. The prior all-time high of 9.472 million b/d was posted in the week ended December 29, 2017. EIA data also show that, as a percentage of available capacity, USGC refineries ran at 99.7% last week, also the highest that figure has been, breaking a record of 98.4% set in the week that ended June 5, 2015. Even before the release of Wednesday’s weekly data, the EIA was saying US refineries have been running […]