Properties, Plants and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]



	December 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Land, buildings and improvements	$	235,625		$	198,610
Refining facilities	2,510,750			2,261,733
Pipelines and terminals	1,158,288			1,113,080
Transportation vehicles	41,066			29,970
Other fixed assets	116,801			105,075
Construction in progress	281,327			234,646
	4,343,857			3,943,114
Accumulated depreciation	(949,261		)	(748,414		)
	$	3,394,596		$	3,194,700

We capitalized interest attributable to construction projects of $12.1 million, $9.1 million and $17.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Depreciation expense was $213.6 million, $182.9 million and $125.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, depreciation expense included $62.3 million, $55.5 million and $31.2 million, respectively, attributable to HEP operations.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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