Cushing Connect Joint Venture

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

We, through our wholly owned subsidiary HEP Cushing LLC, own a 50% interest in Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal LLC (“Cushing Connect”), a joint venture with Plains Marketing, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“Plains”). Cushing Connect consists of (i) a 160,000 barrel per day common carrier crude oil pipeline (the “Cushing Connect Pipeline”) that connects the Cushing, Oklahoma crude oil hub to our Tulsa refineries and (ii) the ownership and operation of 1.5 million barrels of crude oil storage in Cushing, Oklahoma (the “Cushing Connect Terminal”).

Cushing Connect entered into a contract with an affiliate of Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”), a subsidiary of HF Sinclair, to manage the operation of the Cushing Connect Pipeline and with an affiliate of Plains to manage the operation of the Cushing Connect Terminal. The total investment in Cushing Connect was generally shared proportionately among the partners.

Cushing Connect and its two subsidiaries (the “Cushing Connect Entities”) are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) as defined under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The Cushing Connect Entities are VIEs because they were deemed to not have sufficient equity at risk to finance their activities without additional financial support. We are the primary beneficiary of two of these entities as HEP constructed and operates the Cushing Connect Pipeline, and we have the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the financial performance of Cushing Connect and the Cushing Connect Pipeline. Therefore, we consolidate Cushing Connect and the related Cushing Connect Pipeline subsidiary. We are not the primary beneficiary of the Cushing Connect Terminal, which we account for using the equity method of accounting. Our maximum exposure to loss as a result of our involvement with Cushing Connect Terminal is not expected to be material due to the long-term terminalling agreements in place to support operations.

With the exception of the assets of HEP Cushing LLC, creditors of the Cushing Connect Entities have no recourse to our assets. Any recourse to HEP Cushing LLC would be limited to the extent of HEP Cushing LLC’s assets, which other than its investment in Cushing Connect, are not significant. Furthermore, our creditors have no recourse to the assets of the Cushing Connect Entities. The most significant assets of Cushing Connect and the Cushing Connect Pipeline that are available to settle only their obligations, along with their most significant liabilities for which their creditors do not have recourse to our general credit, were:


	June 30, 2025		December 31, 2024

	(In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2	$	5
Properties, plants and equipment, at cost	$	103	$	103
Accumulated depreciation	$	(13)	$	(12)
Intangibles and other	$	29	$	30