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DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

We utilize various derivative instruments to manage our exposure to commodity price risk and interest rate risk. Our risk management policies and procedures are designed to monitor interest rates, futures and swap positions and over-the-counter positions, as well as physical volumes, grades, locations and delivery schedules, to help ensure that our hedging activities address our market risks. Our risk management committee oversees our trading controls and procedures and certain aspects of commodity and trading risk management. Our risk management committee also reviews all new commodity and trading risk management strategies in accordance with our risk management policy, as approved by our board of directors.
Interest Rate Risk
We were a party to certain interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to changes in interest rates, which included forward-starting interest rate swap agreements related to the interest payments associated with forecasted probable debt issuances. These swaps qualified, and we designated them, as cash flow hedges. In 2013, we terminated our remaining forward-starting interest rate swap agreements. We recorded the effective portion of mark-to-market adjustments as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” (AOCI). The amount accumulated in AOCI is amortized into “Interest expense, net” over the term of the forecasted debt as the interest payments occur or if the interest payments are probable not to occur. As of March 31, 2014, we had no forward-starting interest rate swap agreements.

Commodity Price Risk
We are exposed to market risks related to the volatility of crude oil and refined product prices. In order to reduce the risk of commodity price fluctuations with respect to our crude oil and finished product inventories and related firm commitments to purchase and/or sell such inventories, we utilize commodity futures and swap contracts, which qualify and we designate as fair value hedges. Derivatives that are intended to hedge our commodity price risk, but fail to qualify as fair value or cash flow hedges, are considered economic hedges, and we record associated gains and losses in net income.

The volume of commodity contracts is based on open derivative positions and represents the combined volume of our long and short open positions on an absolute basis, which totaled 14.1 million barrels and 15.2 million barrels as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we had $1.9 million and $3.3 million, respectively, of margin deposits related to our derivative instruments.

The fair values of our derivative instruments included in our consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
 
 
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Derivatives Designated as
Hedging Instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
Other current assets
 
$
402

 
$
—

 
$
(13
)
 
$
—

Commodity contracts
Accrued liabilities
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(130
)
Total
 
 
402

 
—

 
(13
)
 
(130
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives Not Designated
as Hedging Instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
Other current assets
 
17,941

 
16,168

 
(13,056
)
 
(11,220
)
Commodity contracts
Other long-term assets, net
 
1,151

 
15,883

 
(357
)
 
(8,906
)
Commodity contracts
Accrued liabilities
 
2,215

 
4,523

 
(4,789
)
 
(6,626
)
Commodity contracts
Other long-term liabilities
 
4,568

 
5,448

 
(4,979
)
 
(7,023
)
Total
 
 
25,875

 
42,022

 
(23,181
)
 
(33,775
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Derivatives
 
 
$
26,277

 
$
42,022

 
$
(23,194
)
 
$
(33,905
)

 
Certain of our derivative instruments are eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets and subject to master netting arrangements. Under our master netting arrangements, there is a legally enforceable right to offset amounts, and we intend to settle such amounts on a net basis. The following are the net amounts presented on the consolidated balance sheets:
Commodity Contracts
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Net amounts of assets presented in the consolidated balance sheets
 
$
6,068

 
$
11,925

Net amounts of liabilities presented in the consolidated balance sheets
 
$
(2,985
)
 
$
(3,808
)


The earnings impact of our derivative activity was as follows:
Derivatives Designated as Fair Value Hedging Instruments
 
Income Statement
Location
 
Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in Income on
Derivative
(Effective Portion)
 
Amount of  Gain
(Loss)
Recognized in
Income on
Hedged Item
 
Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in Income  on
Derivative
(Ineffective Portion)
 
 
 
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Three months ended March 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
Cost of product sales
 
$
1,213

 
$
(2,097
)
 
$
(884
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2013:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
Cost of product sales
 
$
(1,276
)
 
$
1,636

 
$
360


Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedging Instruments
 
Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized 
in OCI 
on Derivative
(Effective Portion)
 
Income Statement
Location (a)
 
Amount of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI
into  Income
(Effective Portion)
 
Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in Income on
Derivative
(Ineffective 
Portion)
 
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
 
 
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Three months ended March 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
$
—

 
Interest expense, net
 
$
(2,766
)
 
$
—

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2013:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
$
4,687

 
Interest expense, net
 
$
(487
)
 
$
—

(a)
Amounts are included in specified location for both the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (OCI) into income (effective portion) and the gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion).

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
Income Statement Location
 
Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
 
 
 
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Three months ended March 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
Cost of product sales
 
$
32

 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2013:
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
Cost of product sales
 
$
(6,827
)
Commodity contracts
 
Operating expenses
 
(1
)
Commodity contracts
 
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations
 
(218
)
Total
 
 
 
$
(7,046
)

For derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments, once a hedged transaction occurs, we reclassify the effective portion from AOCI to “Cost of product sales” or “Interest expense, net.” As of March 31, 2014, we expect to reclassify a loss of $10.4 million to “Interest expense, net” within the next twelve months.