Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information concerning business activities and assets by segment

The Company is engaged in the business of crude oil marketing as well as tank truck transportation of liquid chemicals, and oil and gas exploration and production.  Information concerning the Company's various business activities is summarized as follows (in thousands):

- Nine Month Comparison

			Segment			Depreciation		Property and
			Operating			Depletion and		Equipment
	Revenues		Earnings			Amortization		Additions
Period Ended September 30, 2015
Marketing	$	1,541,999	$	22,405		$	8,336	$	2,128
Transportation		49,921		3,212			5,691		1,584
Oil and gas		4,104		(6,406	)		4,059		2,635
	$	1,596,024	$	19,211		$	18,086	$	6,347
Period Ended September 30, 2014
Marketing	$	3,219,457	$	22,187		$	7,006	$	9,308
Transportation		52,490		3,594			5,513		6,280
Oil and gas		11,143		1,140			5,924		7,067
	$	3,283,090	$	26,921		$	18,443	$	22,655

- Three Month Comparison

			Segment			Depreciation		Property and
			Operating			Depletion and		Equipment
	Revenues		Earnings			Amortization		Additions
Period Ended September 30, 2015
Marketing	$	423,014	$	3,715		$	2,782	$	-
Transportation		15,748		918			1,892		1,050
Oil and gas		1,131		(2,909	)		1,294		458
	$	439,893	$	1,724		$	5,968	$	1,508
Period Ended September 30, 2014
Marketing	$	1,153,249	$	5,041		$	2,450	$	3,377
Transportation		17,538		1,464			1,882		5,851
Oil and gas		3,183		1,527			1,896		1,338
	$	1,173,970	$	8,032		$	6,228	$	10,566

Reconciliation of segment earnings to earnings before income taxes

Segment operating earnings reflect revenues net of operating costs and depreciation, depletion and amortization and are reconciled to earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Segment operating earnings	$	19,211		$	26,921		$	1,724		$	8,032
-General and administrative		(7,750	)		(6,701	)		(2,101	)		(2,300	)
Operating earnings (loss)		11,461			20,220			(377	)		5,732
-Interest income		237			205			64			118
-Interest expense		(5	)		(2	)		(1	)		(2	)
Earnings (loss) before income tax	$	11,693		$	20,423		$	(314	)	$	5,848

Identifiable assets by industry segment

Identifiable assets by industry segment were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Marketing	$	132,721	$	189,332
Transportation		32,351		37,643
Oil and gas		20,921		25,888
Other		102,808		87,951
	$	288,801	$	340,814