Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

	Year Ended December 31,

	2011			2010			2009
	(in thousands)
Net sales
Petroleum	$	4,751,826		$	3,903,826		$	2,934,904
Nitrogen Fertilizer		302,867			180,468			208,371
Other		—			—			—
Intersegment elimination		(25,580	)		(4,526	)		(6,946	)

Total	$	5,029,113		$	4,079,768		$	3,136,329

Cost of product sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
Petroleum	$	3,926,632		$	3,538,017		$	2,514,293
Nitrogen Fertilizer		42,511			34,328			42,158
Other		—			—			—
Intersegment elimination		(25,629	)		(4,227	)		(8,756	)

Total	$	3,943,514		$	3,568,118		$	2,547,695

Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
Petroleum	$	247,665		$	153,112		$	142,204
Nitrogen Fertilizer		86,491			86,679			84,453
Other		(104	)		—			—

Total	$	334,052		$	239,791		$	226,657

Depreciation and amortization
Petroleum	$	69,852		$	66,391		$	64,424
Nitrogen Fertilizer		18,869			18,463			18,685
Other		1,600			1,907			1,764

Total	$	90,321		$	86,761		$	84,873

Operating income
Petroleum		465,710			104,564			170,184
Nitrogen Fertilizer		136,198			20,356			48,863
Other		(35,312	)		(31,856	)		(10,861	)

Total	$	566,596		$	93,064		$	208,186

Capital expenditures
Petroleum	$	68,612		$	19,761		$	34,018
Nitrogen fertilizer		19,144			10,117			13,389
Other		3,468			2,531			1,366

Total	$	91,224		$	32,409		$	48,773

Total assets
Petroleum	$	2,322,148		$	1,049,361		$	1,082,707
Nitrogen Fertilizer		659,309			452,165			702,929
Other		137,834			238,658			(171,142	)

Total	$	3,119,291		$	1,740,184		$	1,614,494

Goodwill
Petroleum	$	—		$	—		$	—
Nitrogen Fertilizer		40,969			40,969			40,969
Other		—			—			—

Total	$	40,969		$	40,969		$	40,969

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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