CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 24,050,252	$ 36,129,941
Restricted cash	100,496,998	100,496,998
Accounts receivable, net	5,957,642	5,296,867
Inventory	13,052,840	3,735,878
Derivative commodity asset	363,590	95,980
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	6,719,497	4,279,732
Assets held for sale, current	90,474,740	84,116,152
Total current assets	241,115,559	234,151,548
Noncurrent assets
Fixed assets, at cost	13,773,860	13,811,835
Less accumulated depreciation	(2,113,315)	(2,045,241)
Fixed assets, net	11,660,545	11,766,594
Operating lease right-of use assets	4,891,254	5,011,454
Intangible assets, net	331,965	358,881
Other assets	22,498,249	14,771,642
TOTAL ASSETS	280,497,572	266,060,119
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	12,023,382	4,216,275
Accrued expenses	2,864,643	3,617,902
Finance lease liability-current	263,065	302,166
Operating lease liability-current	959,573	959,573
Current portion of long-term debt	1,047,081	2,413,295
Liabilities held for sale, current	41,696,760	37,644,312
Total current liabilities	58,854,504	49,153,523
Liabilities Noncurrent
Long-term debt	104,777	114,480
Convertible senior unsecured note 2027, net	65,786,685	64,015,929
Operating lease liability-long-term	3,931,681	4,051,881
Derivative warrant liability	0	75,210,525
Total liabilities	128,677,647	192,546,338
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 3)	0	0
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Redeemable non-controlling interest	47,636,617	43,446,684
Series B and B-1 preferred shares	47,636,617	43,446,684
EQUITY
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 64,465,734 and 63,287,965 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.	64,466	63,288
Additional paid-in capital	217,734,093	138,620,254
Accumulated deficit	(115,582,890)	(110,614,035)
Total Vertex Energy, Inc. shareholders' equity	102,216,050	28,069,893
Non-controlling interest	1,967,258	1,997,204
Total equity	104,183,308	30,067,097
TOTAL LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY, AND EQUITY	280,497,572	266,060,119
Series A Preferred Stock
EQUITY
Series A and C Preferred stock	381	386
Series C Preferred Stock
EQUITY
Series A and C Preferred stock	$ 0	$ 0