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Press Release
May 6, 2014

HollyFrontier Corporation Reports Quarterly Net Income

Dallas, Texas, May 6, 2014 ‑‑ HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported first quarter net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $152.1 million or $0.76 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, compared to $333.7 million or $1.63 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

For the first quarter, net income attributable to our stockholders decreased by $181.6 million compared to the same period of 2013, principally reflecting lower first quarter refining margins. Refinery gross margins were $14.75 per produced barrel, a 37% decrease compared to $23.32 for the first quarter of 2013. Production levels averaged approximately 436,000 barrels per day (“BPD”) and crude oil charges averaged approximately 416,000 BPD for the current quarter. Operating expenses for the quarter were $274.0 million or $6.29 per barrel compared to $265.1 million or $6.68 per barrel for the first quarter of last year.

HollyFrontier’s President & CEO, Mike Jennings, commented, “Our first quarter was solid in terms of operating margins and refinery throughputs.  Refined product margins, although lower than the first quarter of 2013, showed nice improvement versus the back half of 2013.  Our operating results for the quarter benefited from an improved Brent-WTI differential despite the significant pipeline capacity that has been brought on-stream between Cushing, OK and the US Gulf Coast.  Looking forward, we expect continued growth in North American crude oil production, which we believe will solidify our Company’s structural advantage, with a current example being the differentials and margins we are experiencing in the Permian Basin.  This crude oil dynamic should favorably affect our operating margins and support our capital allocation strategy of providing significant cash distributions to our shareholders while also investing opportunistically in our growth.”

For the first quarter of 2014, net cash provided by operations totaled $394.9 million. During the period, we declared $0.30 regular and $0.50 special dividends to shareholders totaling approximately $160.0 million. At March 31, 2014, our combined balance of cash and short-term investments totaled $1.8 billion and our consolidated debt was $1.0 billion. Our debt, exclusive of Holly Energy Partners' debt, which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $189.3 million at March 31, 2014. We had no cash borrowings or outstanding principal under our credit facility during the quarter.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, May 6, 2014, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss first quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1031839. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through May 20, 2014.

HollyFrontier Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products. HollyFrontier operates through its subsidiaries a 135,000 barrels per stream day (“bpsd”) refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas, two refinery facilities with a combined capacity of 125,000 bpsd located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 100,000 bpsd refinery located in Artesia, New Mexico, a 52,000 bpsd refinery located in Cheyenne, Wyoming and a 31,000 bpsd refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. HollyFrontier markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. A subsidiary of HollyFrontier also owns a 39% interest (including the general partner interest) in Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements”

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based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in the Company’s markets, the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil, the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products, the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies, the availability and cost of financing to the Company, the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies, the Company’s efficiency in carrying out construction projects, the ability of the Company to acquire refined product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any future acquired operations, the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences of any such attacks, general economic conditions and other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Change from 2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
Change
 
Percent
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues
$
4,791,053

 
$
4,707,789

 
$
83,264

 
2
 %
Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
4,138,620

 
3,792,535

 
346,085

 
9

Operating expenses
273,966

 
265,099

 
8,867

 
3

General and administrative expenses
26,923

 
29,198

 
(2,275
)
 
(8
)
Depreciation and amortization
80,548

 
71,762

 
8,786

 
12

Total operating costs and expenses
4,520,057

 
4,158,594

 
361,463

 
9

Income from operations
270,996

 
549,195

 
(278,199
)
 
(51
)
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings (loss) of equity method investments
(801
)
 
59

 
(860
)
 
(1,458
)
Interest income
1,405

 
1,531

 
(126
)
 
(8
)
Interest expense
(12,347
)
 
(21,320
)
 
8,973

 
(42
)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
(7,677
)
 

 
(7,677
)
 

 
(19,420
)
 
(19,730
)
 
310

 
(2
)
Income before income taxes
251,576

 
529,465

 
(277,889
)
 
(52
)
Income tax provision
87,614

 
186,094

 
(98,480
)
 
(53
)
Net income
163,962

 
343,371

 
(179,409
)
 
(52
)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
11,901

 
9,702

 
2,199

 
23

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
152,061

 
$
333,669

 
$
(181,608
)
 
(54
)%
Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.76

 
$
1.64

 
$
(0.88
)
 
(54
)%
Diluted
$
0.76

 
$
1.63

 
$
(0.87
)
 
(53
)%
Cash dividends declared per common share
$
0.80

 
$
0.80

 
$

 
 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
198,297

 
202,726

 
(4,429
)
 
(2
)%
Diluted
198,924

 
203,428

 
(4,504
)
 
(2
)%
EBITDA
$
338,842

 
$
611,314

 
$
(272,472
)
 
(45
)%


Balance Sheet Data
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In thousands)
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities
$
1,790,153

 
$
1,665,263

Working capital
$
2,268,999

 
$
2,221,954

Total assets
$
10,380,558

 
$
10,056,739

Long-term debt
$
1,023,057

 
$
997,519

Total equity
$
6,648,501

 
$
6,609,398



Segment Information

Our operations are organized into two reportable segments, Refining and HEP. Our operations that are not included in the Refining and HEP segments are included in Corporate and Other. Intersegment transactions are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements and are included in Consolidations and Eliminations. The Refining segment includes the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo, Cheyenne and Woods Cross refineries and NK Asphalt and involves the purchase and refining

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of crude oil and wholesale and branded marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, specialty lubricant products, and specialty and modified asphalt. The petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and northern Mexico. Additionally, specialty lubricant products produced at our Tulsa West facility are marketed throughout North America and are distributed in Central and South America. NK Asphalt manufactures and markets asphalt and asphalt products in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas and northern Mexico.

The HEP segment involves all of the operations of HEP, a consolidated variable interest entity, which owns and operates logistics assets consisting of petroleum product and crude oil pipelines and terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. Revenues are generated by charging tariffs for transporting petroleum products and crude oil through its pipelines and by charging fees for terminalling petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, and storing and providing other services at its storage tanks and terminals. The HEP segment also includes a 75% interest in the UNEV Pipeline (an HEP consolidated subsidiary) and a 25% interest in the SLC Pipeline. Revenues from the HEP segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations as well as revenues relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations.

 
Refining
 
HEP
 
Corporate and Other
 
Consolidations and Eliminations
 
Consolidated Total
 
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
4,775,080

 
$
87,012

 
$
1,115

 
$
(72,154
)
 
$
4,791,053

Depreciation and amortization
$
63,541

 
$
15,184

 
$
2,030

 
$
(207
)
 
$
80,548

Income (loss) from operations
$
251,209

 
$
45,865

 
$
(25,555
)
 
$
(523
)
 
$
270,996

Capital expenditures
$
99,943

 
$
20,604

 
$
3,734

 
$

 
$
124,281

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
4,692,426

 
$
76,484

 
$
563

 
$
(61,684
)
 
$
4,707,789

Depreciation and amortization
$
57,170

 
$
13,749

 
$
1,050

 
$
(207
)
 
$
71,762

Income (loss) from operations
$
542,202

 
$
33,474

 
$
(25,972
)
 
$
(509
)
 
$
549,195

Capital expenditures
$
63,632

 
$
5,013

 
$
3,319

 
$

 
$
71,964

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities
$
105

 
$
4,879

 
$
1,785,169

 
$

 
$
1,790,153

Total assets
$
7,381,446

 
$
1,410,535

 
$
1,898,635

 
$
(310,058
)
 
$
10,380,558

Long-term debt
$

 
$
833,790

 
$
189,267

 
$

 
$
1,023,057

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities
$
1,860

 
$
6,352

 
$
1,657,051

 
$

 
$
1,665,263

Total assets
$
7,094,558

 
$
1,413,908

 
$
1,881,119

 
$
(332,846
)
 
$
10,056,739

Long-term debt
$

 
$
807,630

 
$
189,889

 
$

 
$
997,519




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Refining Operating Data

The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP performance measures about our refinery operations. The cost of products and refinery gross margin do not include the effect of depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
255,030

 
240,480

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
266,910

 
267,020

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
261,170

 
260,210

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
247,220

 
242,560

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
263,520

 
253,750

Refinery utilization (5)
98.1
%
 
92.5
%
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
Net sales
$
113.28

 
$
116.55

Cost of products (7)
98.69

 
93.90

Refinery gross margin
14.59

 
22.65

Refinery operating expenses (8)
5.79

 
5.84

Net operating margin
$
8.80

 
$
16.81

 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
5.36

 
$
5.31

 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
74
%
 
72
%
Sour crude oil
4
%
 
5
%
Heavy sour crude oil
18
%
 
13
%
Other feedstocks and blends
4
%
 
10
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
Gasolines
47
%
 
47
%
Diesel fuels
29
%
 
31
%
Jet fuels
9
%
 
9
%
Fuel oil
2
%
 
1
%
Asphalt
3
%
 
4
%
Lubricants
4
%
 
3
%
LPG and other
6
%
 
5
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%



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Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Southwest Region (Navajo Refinery)
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
96,190

 
71,220

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
108,620

 
80,100

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
106,660

 
74,190

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
104,600

 
71,160

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
110,240

 
89,820

Refinery utilization (5)
96.2
%
 
71.2
%
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
Net sales
$
116.04

 
$
121.97

Cost of products (7)
101.81

 
94.77

Refinery gross margin
14.23

 
27.20

Refinery operating expenses (8)
5.60

 
8.06

Net operating margin
$
8.63

 
$
19.14

 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
5.39

 
$
7.16

 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
5
%
 
%
Sour crude oil
77
%
 
80
%
Heavy sour crude oil
7
%
 
10
%
Other feedstocks and blends
11
%
 
10
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
Gasolines
55
%
 
52
%
Diesel fuels
37
%
 
37
%
Fuel oil
4
%
 
7
%
Asphalt
1
%
 
1
%
LPG and other
3
%
 
3
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
64,990

 
68,920

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
70,840

 
74,190

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
68,030

 
72,870

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
71,240

 
72,390

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
74,960

 
78,540

Refinery utilization (5)
78.3
%
 
83.0
%


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Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
Net sales
$
110.64

 
$
108.26

Cost of products (7)
94.54

 
86.54

Refinery gross margin
16.10

 
21.72

Refinery operating expenses (8)
9.05

 
8.11

Net operating margin
$
7.05

 
$
13.61

 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
9.10

 
$
7.91

 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
43
%
 
44
%
Sour crude oil
2
%
 
1
%
Heavy sour crude oil
31
%
 
34
%
Black wax crude oil
16
%
 
14
%
Other feedstocks and blends
8
%
 
7
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
Gasolines
53
%
 
59
%
Diesel fuels
31
%
 
27
%
Fuel oil
2
%
 
1
%
Asphalt
6
%
 
7
%
LPG and other
8
%
 
6
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
Consolidated
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
416,210

 
380,620

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
446,370

 
421,310

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
435,860

 
407,270

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
423,060

 
386,110

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
448,720

 
422,110

Refinery utilization (5)
94.0
%
 
85.9
%
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
Net sales
$
113.51

 
$
116.00

Cost of products (7)
98.76

 
92.68

Refinery gross margin
14.75

 
23.32

Refinery operating expenses (8)
6.29

 
6.68

Net operating margin
$
8.46

 
$
16.64

 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
5.96

 
$
6.12

 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
52
%
 
53
%
Sour crude oil
21
%
 
19
%
Heavy sour crude oil
17
%
 
16
%
Black wax crude oil
3
%
 
2
%
Other feedstocks and blends
7
%
 
10
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%


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Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Consolidated
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
Gasolines
50
%
 
50
%
Diesel fuels
32
%
 
31
%
Jet fuels
5
%
 
6
%
Fuel oil
2
%
 
2
%
Asphalt
3
%
 
4
%
Lubricants
2
%
 
2
%
LPG and other
6
%
 
5
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%

(1)
Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.
(2)
Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(3)
Refinery production represents the barrels per day of refined products yielded from processing crude and other refinery feedstocks through the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(4)
Includes refined products purchased for resale.
(5)
Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity (BPSD). Our consolidated crude capacity is 443,000 BPSD.
(6)
Represents average per barrel amount for produced refined products sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(7)
Transportation, terminal and refinery storage costs billed from HEP are included in cost of products.
(8)
Represents operating expenses of our refineries, exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
(9)
Represents refinery operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by refinery throughput.



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Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a calculation provided for under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; however, the amounts included in the EBITDA calculation are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. EBITDA is presented here because it is a widely used financial indicator used by investors and analysts to measure performance. EBITDA is also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants.

Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA.
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
152,061

 
$
333,669

    Add income tax provision
87,614

 
186,094

    Add interest expense (1)
20,024

 
21,320

    Subtract interest income
(1,405
)
 
(1,531
)
    Add depreciation and amortization
80,548

 
71,762

EBITDA
$
338,842

 
$
611,314


(1) Includes loss on early extinguishment of debt of $7.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Reconciliations of refinery operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Refinery gross margin and net operating margin are non-GAAP performance measures that are used by our management and others to compare our refining performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe these margin measures are helpful to investors in evaluating our refining performance on a relative and absolute basis.

Refinery gross margin per barrel is the difference between average net sales price and average cost of products per barrel of produced refined products. Net operating margin per barrel is the difference between refinery gross margin and refinery operating expenses per barrel of produced refined products. These two margins do not include the effect of depreciation and amortization. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of income.

Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Refinery Gross and Net Operating Margins

Below are reconciliations to our consolidated statements of income for (i) net sales, cost of products and operating expenses, in each case averaged per produced barrel sold, and (ii) net operating margin and refinery gross margin. Due to rounding of reported numbers, some amounts may not calculate exactly.


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Reconciliation of produced refined product sales to total sales and other revenues
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
 
 
 
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
Average sales price per produced barrel sold
$
113.51

 
$
116.00

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
423,060

 
386,110

Times number of days in period
90

 
90

Produced refined product sales
$
4,321,939

 
$
4,030,988

 
 
 
 
Total produced refined product sales
$
4,321,939

 
$
4,030,988

Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)    
269,615

 
409,891

Total refined product sales
4,591,554

 
4,440,879

Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
165,407

 
236,250

Add other refining segment revenue (3)    
18,119

 
15,297

Total refining segment revenue
4,775,080

 
4,692,426

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues
87,012

 
76,484

Add corporate and other revenues
1,115

 
563

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(72,154
)
 
(61,684
)
Sales and other revenues
$
4,791,053

 
$
4,707,789


Reconciliation of average cost of products per produced barrel sold to total cost of products sold
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
Average cost of products per produced barrel sold
$
98.76

 
$
92.68

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
423,060

 
386,110

Times number of days in period
90

 
90

Cost of products for produced products sold
$
3,760,327

 
$
3,220,621

 
 
 
 
Total cost of products for produced products sold
$
3,760,327

 
$
3,220,621

Add refined product costs from purchased products sold and rounding (1)
268,808

 
394,087

Total cost of refined products sold
4,029,135

 
3,614,708

Add crude oil cost of direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
166,283

 
226,268

Add other refining segment cost of products sold (4)    
14,304

 
12,193

Total refining segment cost of products sold
4,209,722

 
3,853,169

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(71,102
)
 
(60,634
)
Costs of products sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
$
4,138,620

 
$
3,792,535



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Reconciliation of average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold to total operating expenses
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
Average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold
$
6.29

 
$
6.68

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
423,060

 
386,110

Times number of days in period
90

 
90

Refinery operating expenses for produced products sold
$
239,494

 
$
232,129

 
 
 
 
Total refinery operating expenses for produced products sold
$
239,494

 
$
232,129

Add other refining segment operating expenses and rounding (5)    
11,114

 
7,756

Total refining segment operating expenses
250,608

 
239,885

Add HEP segment operating expenses
22,812

 
26,029

Add corporate and other costs
868

 
(481
)
Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(322
)
 
(334
)
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
$
273,966

 
$
265,099


Reconciliation of net operating margin per barrel to refinery gross margin per barrel to total sales and other revenues
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
Net operating margin per barrel
$
8.46

 
$
16.64

Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel
6.29

 
6.68

Refinery gross margin per barrel
14.75

 
23.32

Add average cost of products per produced barrel sold
98.76

 
92.68

Average sales price per produced barrel sold
$
113.51

 
$
116.00

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
423,060

 
386,110

Times number of days in period
90

 
90

Produced refined product sales
$
4,321,939

 
$
4,030,988

 
 
 
 
Total produced refined product sales
$
4,321,939

 
$
4,030,988

Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)    
269,615

 
409,891

Total refined product sales
4,591,554

 
4,440,879

Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
165,407

 
236,250

Add other refining segment revenue (3)    
18,119

 
15,297

Total refining segment revenue
4,775,080

 
4,692,426

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues
87,012

 
76,484

Add corporate and other revenues
1,115

 
563

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(72,154
)
 
(61,684
)
Sales and other revenues
$
4,791,053

 
$
4,707,789


(1)
We purchase finished products when opportunities arise that provide a profit on the sale of such products, or to meet delivery commitments.
(2)
We purchase crude oil that at times exceeds the supply needs of our refineries. Quantities in excess of our needs are sold at market prices to purchasers of crude oil that are recorded on a gross basis with the sales price recorded as revenues and the corresponding acquisition cost as inventory and then upon sale as cost of products sold. Additionally, at times we enter into buy/sell exchanges of crude oil with certain parties to facilitate the delivery of quantities to certain locations that are netted at carryover cost.
(3)
Other refining segment revenue includes the incremental revenues associated with NK Asphalt and miscellaneous revenue.
(4)
Other refining segment cost of products sold includes the incremental cost of products for NK Asphalt and miscellaneous costs.
(5)
Other refining segment operating expenses include the marketing costs associated with our refining segment and the operating expenses of NK Asphalt.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, Contact:

Douglas S. Aron, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Julia Heidenreich, Vice President
Investor Relations
HollyFrontier Corporation
214/954-6510


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