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The Woods Cross Refinery facility is located on a 200-acre site and is a fully integrated refinery with crude distillation, solvent
deasphalter, FCC, HF alkylation, catalytic reforming, hydrodesulfurization, isomerization, sulfur recovery and product blending
units. The operating units at the Woods Cross Refinery include newly constructed units, older units that have been relocated from
other facilities, upgraded and re-erected in Woods Cross, and units that have been operating as part of the Woods Cross facility
(with periodic major maintenance) for many years, in some very limited cases since before 1950. Supporting Infrastructure includes
approximately 1.5 million barrels of feedstock and product tankage, of which 0.2 million barrels of tankage are owned by HEP.
The facility typically processes or blends an additional 2,000 BPSD of natural gasoline, butane and gas oil over its 31,000 BPSD
capacity.
We own and operate 4 miles of hydrogen pipeline that connects the Woods Cross Refinery to a hydrogen plant located on the
property of Chevron's Salt Lake City Refinery. Additionally, HEP owns and operates 12 miles of crude oil and refined products
pipelines that allows us to connect our Woods Cross Refinery to common carrier pipeline systems.
Engineering and construction continue on our previously announced expansion project to increase planned processing capacity
to 45,000 BPSD at a cost currently expected to range between $350.0 million and $400.0 million. The expansion is expected to
be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015. This project work includes a new rail loading rack for intermediates and finished
products associated with refining waxy crude oil. Further discussion of this project can be found in “Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under Liquidity and Capital Resources.
In conjunction with the expansion, we signed a 10-year, 20,000 BPD crude oil supply agreement with Newfield Exploration
Company. This agreement, which commences upon completion of the expansion, will supply black and yellow wax crude oil
produced in the nearby Uinta Basin to the Woods Cross Refinery. Upon completion of this expansion, the Woods Cross Refinery's
capacity to process waxy crude is expected to double to approximately 24,000 BPD.
Markets and Competition
The Cheyenne Refinery primarily markets its products in eastern Colorado, including metropolitan Denver, eastern Wyoming and
western Nebraska. Because of the location of the Cheyenne Refinery, we are able to sell a significant portion of its diesel directly
from the truck rack at the refinery, therefore, eliminating transportation costs. The Cheyenne Refinery ships refined products via
the Magellan pipeline serving Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Denver Market
The most competitive market for the Cheyenne Refinery is the Denver metropolitan area. Three other refineries supply the Denver
market: Wyoming refineries near Rawlins and in Casper owned by Sinclair and a refinery in Denver owned by Suncor. Five product
pipelines also supply Denver, including three from outside the region.
Utah Market
The Woods Cross Refinery's primary market is Utah, which is currently supplied by a number of local refiners and the Pioneer
Pipeline. In addition to our Woods Cross Refinery, local area refiners include Chevron, Tesoro, Big West and Silver Eagle. Other
refiners that ship into the Woods Cross market via the Pioneer Pipeline include Sinclair, ExxonMobil, CHS and Phillips 66. We
estimate the four local refineries that compete with our Woods Cross Refinery have a combined capacity to process approximately
150,000 BPD of crude oil. The five Utah refineries collectively supply an estimated 70% of the gasoline and distillate products
consumed in the states of Utah and Idaho, with the remainder imported from refineries in Wyoming and Montana via the Pioneer
Pipeline owned jointly by Sinclair and Phillips 66. Approximately 40% - 45% of the gasoline and diesel fuel produced by our
Woods Cross Refinery is sold through a network of Phillips 66 branded marketers under a long-term supply agreement.
Idaho, Wyoming, Eastern Washington and Nevada Markets
We supply a small percentage of the refined products consumed in the combined Idaho, Wyoming, eastern Washington and Nevada
markets. Our Woods Cross Refinery ships refined products over a common carrier pipeline system owned by Tesoro Logistics
Northwest Pipelines LLC (“Tesoro Logistics”) to numerous terminals, including HEP's terminal at Spokane, Washington and to
terminals at Pocatello and Boise, Idaho and Pasco, Washington that are owned by Tesoro Logistics. We sell to branded and
unbranded customers in these markets. In 2012, we began shipping refined products to Cedar City, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada
via the UNEV Pipeline. The majority of the Las Vegas, Nevada market for refined products is supplied by various West Coast
refiners and suppliers via Kinder Morgan's CalNev common carrier pipeline system.
Principal Products
Set forth below is information regarding the principal products produced at our Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries: