CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 141,258,000	$ 36,130,000
Restricted cash	4,929,000	100,497,000
Accounts receivable, net	34,548,000	7,607,000
Inventory	135,473,000	7,839,000
Derivative commodity asset	0	96,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	36,660,000	4,595,000
Assets held for sale	20,560,000	8,852,000
Total current assets	373,428,000	165,616,000
Fixed assets, net	201,749,000	36,131,000
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net	44,081,000	377,000
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	53,557,000	33,105,000
Intangible assets, net	11,827,000	6,652,000
Deferred tax assets	2,498,000	0
Other assets	2,245,000	15,335,000
Assets held for sale, noncurrent	0	8,844,000
Total non-current assets	315,957,000	100,444,000
TOTAL ASSETS	689,385,000	266,060,000
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	20,997,000	10,149,000
Accrued expenses	81,711,000	4,399,000
Finance lease-current	1,363,000	598,000
Operating lease-current	9,012,000	5,721,000
Current portion of long-term debt, net	13,911,000	2,414,000
Obligations under inventory financing agreements, net	117,939,000	0
Derivative commodity liability	242,000	0
Liabilities held for sale, current	3,424,000	2,502,000
Total current liabilities	248,599,000	25,783,000
Long-term debt, net	170,010,000	64,130,000
Finance lease-non-current	45,164,000	0
Operating lease-non-current	44,545,000	27,384,000
Derivative warrant liability	14,270,000	75,211,000
Other liabilities	1,377,000	0
Liabilities held for sale, noncurrent	0	39,000
Total liabilities	523,965,000	192,547,000
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 4)	0	0
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Redeemable non-controlling interest	0	43,447,000
Total temporary equity	$ 0	43,447,000
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	50,000,000
EQUITY
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 75,668,826 and 63,287,965 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.	$ 76,000	63,000
Additional paid-in capital	279,552,000	138,620,000
Accumulated deficit	(115,893,000)	(110,614,000)
Total Vertex Energy, Inc. stockholders' equity	163,735,000	28,069,000
Non-controlling interest	1,685,000	1,997,000
Total equity	165,420,000	30,066,000
TOTAL LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND EQUITY	$ 689,385,000	$ 266,060,000
Series B Preferred Stock
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	10,000,000
Series B1 Preferred Stock
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	17,000,000
Series A Preferred
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	5,000,000	5,000,000
EQUITY
Series A Convertible Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized and 0 and 385,601 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, with a liquidation preference of $— and $575 thousand at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.	$ 0	$ 0