Contingencies And Contractual Commitments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contingencies And Contractual Commitments

Contingencies and Contractual Commitments

We are a party to various litigation and legal proceedings which we believe, based on advice of counsel, will not either individually or in the aggregate have a materially adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Contractual Commitments

We have various long-term agreements (entered in the normal course of business) to purchase crude oil, natural gas, feedstocks and other resources to ensure we have adequate supplies to operate our refineries. The substantial majority of our purchase obligations are based on market prices or rates. These contracts expire in 2016 through 2030.

We also have long-term agreements with third parties for the transportation and storage of crude oil, natural gas and feedstocks to our refineries and for terminal and storage services that expire in 2016 through 2033. At December 31, 2015, the minimum future transportation and storage fees under transportation agreements having terms in excess of one year are as follows:

	(In thousands)
2016	$	113,914
2017	102,613
2018	84,026
2019	75,514
2020	65,444
Thereafter	548,010
Total	$	989,521

Transportation and storage costs incurred under these agreements totaled $137.7 million, $118.0 million and $95.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These amounts do not include contractual commitments under our long-term transportation agreements with HEP, as all transactions with HEP are eliminated in these consolidated financial statements.