CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 498,219	$ 1,249,831
Restricted cash	100,007	1,600,000
Accounts receivable, net	11,500,507	9,027,990
Federal income tax receivable	205,818	137,212
Inventory	5,752,583	8,091,397
Derivative commodity asset	0	695,941
Prepaid expenses	1,494,198	2,740,541
Total current assets	19,551,332	23,542,912
Noncurrent assets
Fixed assets, at cost	68,950,111	66,762,388
Less accumulated depreciation	(22,243,716)	(19,874,896)
Fixed assets, net	46,706,395	46,887,492
Finance lease right-of-use assets	957,812
Finance lease right-of-use assets		397,515
Operating lease right-of use assets	36,911,345
Intangible assets, net	11,666,613	12,578,519
Federal income tax receivable	68,605	137,211
Other assets	616,759	616,759
TOTAL ASSETS	116,478,861	84,160,408
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	8,273,479	8,791,529
Accrued expenses	2,347,998	2,535,347
Dividends payable	412,875	403,002
Finance lease liability-current	210,972
Finance lease liability-current		95,857
Operating lease liability-current	6,143,000
Current portion of long-term debt, net of unamortized finance costs	658,971	1,325,240
Derivative commodity liability	108,557	0
Revolving note	5,079,887	3,844,636
Total current liabilities	23,235,739	16,995,611
Long-term liabilities
Long-term debt, net of unamortized finance costs	14,000,000	14,402,179
Finance lease liability-long-term	720,602
Finance lease liability-long-term		276,355
Operating lease liability-long-term	30,768,345
Contingent consideration	0	15,564
Derivative warrant liability	2,440,769	1,481,692
Total liabilities	71,165,455	33,171,401
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 3)	0	0
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Series B and B-1 preferred shares	23,933,351	22,179,963
EQUITY
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 40,346,906 and 40,174,821 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.	40,347	40,175
Additional paid-in capital	75,599,525	75,131,122
Accumulated deficit	(55,105,156)	(47,800,886)
Total Vertex Energy, Inc. stockholders' equity	20,535,136	27,370,831
Non-controlling interest	844,919	1,438,213
Total Equity	21,380,055	28,809,044
TOTAL LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY, AND EQUITY	116,478,861	84,160,408
Series A Preferred Stock
EQUITY
50,000,000 of total Preferred shares authorized: Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares designated, 419,859 and 419,859 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively with a liquidation preference of $625,590 and $625,590 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.	420	420
Series B Preferred Stock
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Series B and B-1 preferred shares	9,904,054	8,900,208
Series B1 Preferred Stock
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Series B and B-1 preferred shares	$ 14,029,297	$ 13,279,755