v2.4.1.9
Derivative Instruments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Put on Call Option Contracts
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had the following put and call option contracts that settle on a monthly basis and which do not have formal hedging designations:
  
Aggregate
Notional
Amount
(gallons) (a)
Fuel price derivative instruments – unleaded fuel
 
Put and call option contracts settling January 2015 – March 2016
31,754

Fuel price derivative instruments – diesel
 
Put and call option contracts settling January 2015 – March 2016
15,588

Total fuel price derivative instruments
47,342

 
(a) 
The settlement of the put and call option contracts (in all instances, notional amount of puts and calls are equal; strike prices are different) is based upon the New York Mercantile Exchange’s New York Harbor Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxgenate Blending and the U.S. Department of Energy’s weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel price for the month.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had the following put and call option contracts which settle on a monthly basis and do not have formal hedging designations:
  
Aggregate
Notional
Amount
(gallons) (a)
Fuel price derivative instruments – unleaded fuel
 
Put and call option contracts settling January 2014 – June 2015
37,865

Fuel price derivative instruments – diesel
 
Put and call option contracts settling January 2014 – June 2015
18,015

Total fuel price derivative instruments
55,880

 
(a) 
The settlement of the put and call option contracts (in all instances, notional amount of puts and calls are equal; strike prices are different) is based upon the New York Mercantile Exchange’s New York Harbor Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxgenate Blending and the U.S. Department of Energy’s weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel price for the month.
Location and Amounts of Derivative Fair Values in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
The following table presents information on the location and amounts of derivative fair values in the consolidated balance sheets:
  
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
  
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
Derivatives not designated
as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$
40,969

 
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$

 
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$

 
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$
7,358

Location and Amounts of Derivative Gains and Losses in Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
The following table presents information on the location and amounts of derivative gains and losses in the consolidated statements of income:
            Derivatives Not
              Designated as
        Hedging Instruments
Location of
Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in
Income on
Derivative
 
Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
For the period ended
December 31,
2014
 
2013
Commodity contracts
Net realized and
unrealized gains(losses) on fuel price derivatives
 
$
46,212

 
$
(9,851
)


Fair Value of Fuel Price Derivative Instrument In Consolidate Balance Sheet
The following table presents information about the Options: 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
2013
  
Put Strike
Price of
Underlying
Option
(per gallon) 
(a)
 
Call Strike
Price of
Underlying
Option
(per gallon) 
(a)
 
Aggregate
Notional
Amount
(gallons) 
(b)
 
Fair
Value
 
Aggregate
Notional
Amount
(gallons)
 
Fair
Value
Fuel price derivative instruments – unleaded fuel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Options settling July 2015 – March 2016
$
2.483

 
$
2.543

 
7,873

 
6,459

 

 

Options settling April 2015 – December 2015
$
2.620

 
$
2.680

 
7,562

 
7,109

 

 

Options settling January 2015 – September 2015
$
2.625

 
$
2.685

 
8,689

 
8,369

 

 

Options settling October 2014 – June 2015
$
2.568

 
$
2.628

 
5,151

 
4,772

 
7,582

 
(481
)
Options settling July 2014 – March 2015
$
2.510

 
$
2.570

 
2,479

 
2,411

 
7,732

 
(1,076
)
Options settling April 2014 – December 2014
$
2.615

 
$
2.675

 

 

 
7,861

 
(1,051
)
Options settling January 2014– September 2014
$
2.700

 
$
2.760

 

 

 
8,182

 
(911
)
Options settling October 2013 – June 2014
$
2.485

 
$
2.545

 

 

 
4,144

 
(1,407
)
Options settling July 2013 – March 2014
$
2.633

 
$
2.693

 

 

 
2,364

 
(290
)
Total fuel price derivative instruments – unleaded fuel
 
 
 
 
31,754

 
$
29,120

 
37,865

 
$
(5,216
)
Fuel price derivative instruments – diesel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Options settling July 2015 – March 2016
$
3.724

 
$
3.784

 
3,951

 
2,842

 

 

Options settling April 2015 – December 2015
$
3.785

 
$
3.845

 
3,708

 
2,720

 

 

Options settling January 2015 – September 2015
$
3.795

 
$
3.855

 
4,300

 
3,464

 

 

Options settling October 2014 – June 2015
$
3.785

 
$
3.845

 
2,451

 
1,906

 
3,609

 
(318
)
Options settling July 2014 – March 2015
$
3.788

 
$
3.848

 
1,178

 
917

 
3,691

 
(385
)
Options settling April 2014 – December 2014
$
3.800

 
$
3.860

 

 

 
3,745

 
(436
)
Options settling January 2014– September 2014
$
3.810

 
$
3.870

 

 

 
4,046

 
(516
)
Options settling October 2013 – June 2014
$
3.713

 
$
3.773

 

 

 
1,862

 
(413
)
Options settling July 2013 – March 2014
$
3.878

 
$
3.938

 

 

 
1,062

 
(74
)
Total fuel price derivative instruments – diesel
 
 
 
 
15,588

 
$
11,849

 
18,015

 
(2,142
)
Total fuel price derivative instruments
 
 
 
 
47,342

 
$
40,969

 
55,880

 
(7,358
)
 
(a) 
The settlement of the Options is based upon the New York Mercantile Exchange’s New York Harbor Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxgenate Blending and the U.S. Department of Energy’s weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel price for the month.
(b) 
The Options settle on a monthly basis.
Net Realized And Unrealized Gains Losses On Derivative Instruments
The following table summarizes the changes in fair value of the fuel price derivatives which have been recorded in net realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of income:
 
Year ended December 31,
  
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Realized (losses)
$
(2,115
)
 
$
(4,223
)
 
$
(10,641
)
Unrealized gains (losses)
48,327

 
(5,628
)
 
(1,724
)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments
$
46,212

 
$
(9,851
)
 
$
(12,365
)