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Debt
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
HF Sinclair Credit Agreement
On April 27, 2022, after giving effect to the consummation of the exchange offers and the issuance of the HF Sinclair Senior Notes (as defined below), HF Sinclair entered into a $1.65 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility maturing in April 2026 (the “HF Sinclair Credit Agreement”). The HF Sinclair Credit Agreement may be used for revolving credit loans and letters of credit from time to time and is available to fund general corporate purposes. The HF Sinclair Credit Agreement replaced the $1.35 billion senior unsecured credit facility of HollyFrontier, which was terminated on April 27, 2022. At December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with all covenants, had no outstanding borrowings and had outstanding letters of credit totaling $2.3 million under the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement.

Indebtedness under the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement bears interest, at our option based on the currency of such indebtedness at either (a) a base rate equal to the highest of the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined in the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement) plus half of 1%, Spread Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement) for a one-month interest period plus 1% and the prime rate (as publicly announced from time to time by the administrative agent), as applicable, plus an applicable margin (ranging from 0.25% - 1.125%), (b) the CDOR Rate (as defined in the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 1.25% to 2.125%), (c) the Spread Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 1.25% to 2.125%) or (d) the Daily Simple RFR (as defined in the HF Sinclair Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 1.25% to 2.125%). In each case, the applicable margin is based on HF Sinclair's debt rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

HEP Credit Agreement
HEP has a $1.2 billion senior secured revolving credit facility maturity in July 2025 (the “HEP Credit Agreement”). In August 2022, the HEP Credit Agreement was amended to, among other things, provide an alternative reference rate for LIBOR. The HEP Credit Agreement is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments, working capital and for general partnership purposes. It is also available to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit and has an accordion feature that allows HEP to increase the commitments under the HEP Credit Agreement up to a maximum amount of $1.7 billion. At December 31, 2022, HEP was in compliance with all of its covenants, had outstanding borrowings of $668.0 million and no outstanding letters of credit under the HEP Credit Agreement.

Prior to the Investment Grade Date (as defined in the HEP Credit Agreement), indebtedness under the HEP Credit Agreement bears interest, at HEP’s option, at either (a) the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the HEP Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 0.75% - 1.75%) or (b) Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the HEP Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 1.75% - 2.75%). In each case, the applicable margin is based upon HEP’s Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the HEP Credit Agreement). The weighted average interest rate in effect under the HEP Credit Agreement on HEP’s borrowings was 6.32% and 2.35% as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

HEP’s obligations under the HEP Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of HEP’s assets and are guaranteed by HEP's material wholly-owned subsidiaries. Any recourse to the general partner would be limited to the extent of HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P.’s assets, which other than its investment in HEP are not significant. HEP’s creditors have no recourse to our other assets. Furthermore, our creditors have no recourse to the assets of HEP and its consolidated subsidiaries.
HollyFrontier Bond Exchange and HF Sinclair Senior Notes
On April 27, 2022, HF Sinclair completed its offers to exchange any and all outstanding HollyFrontier 2.625% senior notes maturing October 2023 (the “HollyFrontier 2.625% Senior Notes”), 5.875% senior notes maturing April 2026 (the “HollyFrontier 5.875% Senior Notes”) and 4.500% senior notes maturing October 2030 (the “HollyFrontier 4.500% Senior Notes”) (and, collectively, the “HollyFrontier Senior Notes”) for 2.625% senior notes maturing October 2023 (the “HF Sinclair 2.625% Senior Notes”), 5.875% senior notes maturing April 2026 (the “HF Sinclair 5.875% Senior Notes”) and 4.500% senior notes maturing October 2030 (the “HF Sinclair 4.500% Senior Notes”) (and, collectively, the “HF Sinclair Senior Notes”) to be issued by HF Sinclair and cash. Additionally, HF Sinclair solicited consents to adopt certain amendments to the indenture governing the HollyFrontier Senior Notes.

In connection with the exchange offers and consent solicitations, HollyFrontier amended the indenture governing the HollyFrontier Senior Notes to eliminate (i) substantially all of the restrictive covenants, (ii) certain of the events which may lead to an “Event of Default”, (iii) the SEC reporting covenant and (iv) with respect to the HollyFrontier 2.625% Senior Notes and the HollyFrontier 4.500% Senior Notes only, the offer to repurchase such senior notes upon certain change of control triggering events.

The HF Sinclair Senior Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of ours and rank equally with all our other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Each series of HF Sinclair Senior Notes has the same interest rate (including interest rate adjustment provisions, as applicable), interest payment dates, maturity date and redemption terms as the corresponding series of HollyFrontier Senior Notes. The HF Sinclair Senior Notes were issued in exchange for the HollyFrontier Senior Notes pursuant to a private exchange offer exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

On September 12, 2022, HF Sinclair filed a registration statement, which was declared effective on September 21, 2022, to exchange the HF Sinclair Senior Notes for an equal principal amount of the respective series of the HF Sinclair Senior Notes (the “Registered HF Sinclair Senior Notes”). The Registered HF Sinclair Senior Notes are substantially identical to the HF Sinclair Senior Notes in all material respects except the Registered HF Sinclair Senior Notes are registered under the Securities Act and will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 27, 2022, and will not have the registration rights applicable to the HF Sinclair Senior Notes.

On October 21, 2022, HF Sinclair completed its offers to exchange HF Sinclair Senior Notes for Registered HF Sinclair Senior Notes.

Further, we may from time to time seek to retire some or all of our outstanding debt or debt agreements through cash purchases, and/or exchanges, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers or otherwise. Such transactions, if any, may be material and will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements and other factors.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, we made open market repurchases of HF Sinclair 2.625% Senior Notes and HollyFrontier 2.625% Senior Notes that resulted in the extinguishment of $42.2 million in principal of the HF Sinclair 2.625% Senior Notes and fifteen thousand dollars in principal of the HollyFrontier 2.625% Senior Notes. Total cash consideration paid to repurchase the principal amount outstanding, excluding accrued interest, totaled $41.4 million, and we recognized a $0.6 million gain on the extinguishment of debt during the year ended December 31, 2022.

HF Sinclair Financing Arrangements
Certain of our wholly owned subsidiaries entered into financing arrangements whereby such subsidiaries sold a portion of their precious metals catalyst to a financial institution and then leased back the precious metals catalyst in exchange for cash. The volume of the precious metals catalyst and the lease rate are fixed over the term of each lease, and the lease payments are recorded as interest expense. The current leases mature in one year or less. Upon maturity, we must either satisfy the obligation at fair market value or refinance to extend the maturity. These financing arrangements are recorded at a Level 2 fair value totaling $39.8 million and $37.4 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and are included in “Accrued liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 for additional information on Level 2 inputs.
HEP Senior Notes
In February 2020, HEP closed a private placement of $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.0% HEP senior unsecured notes maturing in February 2028 (the “HEP 5.0% Senior Notes”). Subsequently, in February 2020, HEP redeemed its existing $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.0% senior notes maturing August 2024 at a redemption cost of $522.5 million. HEP recognized a $25.9 million early extinguishment loss consisting of a $22.5 million debt redemption premium and unamortized discount and financing costs of $3.4 million.

On April 8, 2022, HEP closed a private placement of $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.375% senior notes maturing April 2027 (the “HEP 6.375% Senior Notes”) at par for net proceeds of approximately $393.0 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. The net proceeds from the offering of the HEP 6.375% Senior Notes were used to partially repay outstanding borrowings under the HEP Credit Agreement.

The HEP 5.0% Senior Notes and the HEP 6.375% Senior Notes (collectively, the “HEP Senior Notes”) are unsecured and impose certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on HEP’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, sell assets, incur certain liens, pay distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and enter into mergers. HEP was in compliance with the restrictive covenants for the HEP Senior Notes as of December 31, 2022. At any time when the HEP Senior Notes are rated investment grade by either Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. or S&P Global Ratings and no default or event of default exists, HEP will not be subject to many of the foregoing covenants. Additionally, HEP has certain redemption rights at varying premiums over face value under the HEP Senior Notes.

Indebtedness under the HEP Senior Notes is guaranteed by HEP’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. HEP’s creditors have no recourse to our assets. Furthermore, our creditors have no recourse to the assets of HEP and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The carrying amounts of outstanding debt are as follows:
December 31,
20222021
 (In thousands)
HollyFrontier
2.625% Senior Notes
$59,637 $350,000 
5.875% Senior Notes
202,900 1,000,000 
4.500% Senior Notes
74,966 400,000 
337,503 1,750,000 
HF Sinclair
2.625% Senior Notes
$248,190 $— 
5.875% Senior Notes
797,100 — 
4.500% Senior Notes
325,034 — 
1,370,324 — 
Less current debt (1)
(306,959)— 
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs (1)
(8,689)(10,312)
Total HF Sinclair long-term debt1,392,179 1,739,688 
HEP Credit Agreement668,000 840,000 
HEP
5.000% Senior Notes
500,000 500,000 
6.375% Senior Notes
400,000 — 
900,000 500,000 
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs(11,666)(6,951)
Total HEP long-term debt1,556,334 1,333,049 
Total long-term debt$2,948,513 $3,072,737 
(1)The 2.625% HollyFrontier Senior Notes and HF Sinclair 2.625% Senior Notes, inclusive of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $0.9 million, are due October 2023 and are classified as Current debt as of December 31, 2022 on our consolidated balance sheets.

The fair values of the senior notes are as follows:
December 31,
20222021
(In thousands)
HollyFrontier and HF Sinclair Senior Notes$1,655,726 $1,912,753 
HEP Senior Notes$852,658 $502,705 

These fair values are based on a Level 2 input. See Note 6 for additional information on Level 2 inputs.
Principal maturities of outstanding debt as of December 31, 2022 are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,(In thousands)
2023$307,827 
2024— 
2025668,000 
20261,000,000 
2027400,000 
Thereafter900,000 
Total$3,275,827