Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

(9)  Discontinued Operations

In 2014, the Company sold for $664,000 in cash the warehouse and real estate used by its former petroleum refined products marketing operation to yield a pre-tax gain of $553,000 with such gain reported in discontinued operations for 2014.  In 2013 the Company completed an orderly wind-down and closure of its natural gas marketing segment.  Revenues from this segment included in net earnings from discontinued operations totaled $2,377,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013.  All obligations from these ventures were satisfied and no further events are anticipated.