Contingencies And Contractual Obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Contingencies And Contractual Obligations [Abstract]

Contingencies And Contractual Obligations

Contingencies and Contractual Commitments

We are a party to various litigation and legal proceedings which we believe, based on advice of counsel, will not either individually or in the aggregate have a materially adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Contractual Commitments

We have various long-term agreements (entered in the normal course of business) to purchase crude oil, natural gas, feedstocks and other resources to ensure we have adequate supplies to operate our refineries. The substantial majority of our purchase obligations are based on market prices or rates. These contracts expire in 2014 through 2024.

We also have long-term agreements with third parties for the transportation and storage of crude oil, natural gas and feedstocks to our refineries and for terminal and storage services that expire in 2013 through 2024. At December 31, 2012, the minimum future transportation and storage fees under transportation agreements having terms in excess of one year are as follows:

	(In thousands)
2013	$	83,515
2014	83,931
2015	78,211
2016	64,128
2017	54,536
Thereafter	107,567
Total	$	471,888

These amounts do not include contractual commitments under our long-term transportation agreements with HEP. HEP is a consolidated VIE; all transactions with HEP are eliminated in these consolidated financial statements.