Inventories

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Inventories [Abstract]

Inventories

4. Inventories

The major components of inventories were as follows:

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Crude oil	$	11,130	$	6,128
Petroleum products		61,253		38,588
Caustic soda		8,864		6,309
NaHS		8,483		4,387
Other		—		16
Total inventories	$	89,730	$	55,428

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. The costs of inventories exceeded market values by approximately $1.6 million at September 30, 2011, and we reduced the value of inventory in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for this difference. At December 31, 2010, market values of our inventories exceeded recorded costs.