INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:



September 30, 2017
	Titled Inventory			Inventory Intermediation Arrangements			Total
Crude oil and feedstocks	$	1,302,162		$	—		$	1,302,162
Refined products and blendstocks	1,065,608			343,904			1,409,512
Warehouse stock and other	97,063			—			97,063
	$	2,464,833		$	343,904		$	2,808,737
Lower of cost or market adjustment	(404,227		)	(93,818		)	(498,045		)
Total inventories	$	2,060,606		$	250,086		$	2,310,692



December 31, 2016
	Titled Inventory			Inventory Intermediation Arrangements			Total
Crude oil and feedstocks	$	1,102,007		$	—		$	1,102,007
Refined products and blendstocks	915,397			352,464			1,267,861
Warehouse stock and other	89,680			—			89,680
	$	2,107,084		$	352,464		$	2,459,548
Lower of cost or market adjustment	(492,415		)	(103,573		)	(595,988		)
Total inventories	$	1,614,669		$	248,891		$	1,863,560

Inventory under inventory intermediation arrangements included certain light finished products sold to counterparties and stored in the Paulsboro and Delaware City refineries’ storage facilities in connection with the amended and restated inventory intermediation agreements (as amended in the second and third quarters of 2017, the “A&R Intermediation Agreements”) with J. Aron & Company, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“J. Aron”).

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded an adjustment to value its inventories to the lower of cost or market (“LCM”) which increased both operating income and net income by $265,077 reflecting the net change in the lower of cost or market inventory reserve from $763,122 at June 30, 2017 to $498,045 at September 30, 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded an adjustment to value its inventories to the lower of cost or market which increased both operating income and net income by $97,943 reflecting the net change in the lower of cost or market inventory reserve from $595,988 at December 31, 2016 to $498,045 at September 30, 2017.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recorded an adjustment to value its inventories to the lower of cost or market which increased both operating income and net income by $103,990 reflecting the net change in the lower of cost or market inventory reserve from $900,493 at June 30, 2016 to $796,503 at September 30, 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recorded an adjustment to value its inventories to the lower of cost or market which increased both operating income and net income by $320,833 reflecting the net change in the lower of cost or market inventory reserve from $1,117,336 at December 31, 2015 to $796,503 at September 30, 2016.