Overview

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Overview

Overview

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“Par” or the “Company”) own and operate market-leading energy and infrastructure businesses. Our strategy is to acquire and develop businesses in logistically-complex markets. Currently, we operate in three primary business segments:

1) Refining - We own and operate four refineries, including one idled refinery, with total operating throughput capacity of over 150 thousand barrels per day (“Mbpd”). Our operational refinery in Kapolei, Hawaii, produces ultra-low sulfur diesel (“ULSD”), gasoline, jet fuel, marine fuel, low sulfur fuel oil (“LSFO”), and other associated refined products primarily for consumption in Hawaii. We idled the smaller of our two Kapolei refineries in the first quarter of 2020 for economic reasons. Our refinery in Newcastle, Wyoming, produces gasoline, ULSD, jet fuel, and other associated refined products that are primarily marketed in Wyoming and South Dakota. Our refinery in Tacoma, Washington, produces distillates, gasoline, asphalt, and other associated refined products primarily marketed in the Pacific Northwest.

2) Retail - We operate 123 retail outlets in Hawaii, Washington, and Idaho. Our fuel retail outlets in Hawaii sell gasoline and diesel throughout the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai. We operate convenience stores at 34 of our Hawaii retail fuel outlets that sell merchandise such as soft drinks, prepared foods, and other sundries. Our Hawaii retail network includes Hele and “76” branded retail sites, company-operated convenience stores, 7-Eleven operated convenience stores, other sites operated by third parties, and unattended cardlock stations. 42 of our sites operate under our proprietary Hele (the Hawaiian word for movement or “let’s go”) fuel brand. Our eight cardlock locations on Kauai are branded Kauai Automated Fuels (“KAF”). Through December 31, 2020, we completed the rebranding of all of our 34 company-operated convenience stores in Hawaii to “nomnom,” a new proprietary brand.

As of December 31, 2020, most of our retail outlets in Washington and Idaho continued to operate under the “Cenex®” and “Zip Trip®” brand names. A rebranding of those sites to our proprietary “nomnom” brand began in December 2020 and the rebranding of four sites was completed as of December 31, 2020. As part of the Northwest Retail Acquisition, Par and CHS, Inc. entered into a multi-year branded petroleum marketing agreement for the continued supply of Cenex®-branded refined products to the 33 acquired Cenex® Zip Trip convenience stores. As these stores are rebranded, Par will begin self-supplying the fuel with equity barrels and/or unbranded fuels procured in the open market.

3) Logistics - We operate an extensive multi-modal logistics network spanning the Pacific, the Northwest, and the Rockies. We own and operate terminals, pipelines, a single point mooring (“SPM”), and trucking operations to distribute refined products throughout the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Molokai, and Kauai. We lease marine vessels for the movement of petroleum, refined products, and ethanol between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii. We own and operate a crude oil pipeline gathering system, a refined products pipeline, storage facilities, and loading racks in Wyoming and a jet fuel storage facility and pipeline that serve Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. We own and operate logistics assets in Washington, including a marine terminal, a unit train-capable rail loading terminal, storage facilities, a truck rack, and a proprietary pipeline that serves Joint Base Lewis McChord.

As of December 31, 2020, we owned a 46.0% equity investment in Laramie Energy, LLC (“Laramie Energy”), a joint venture entity operated by Laramie Energy II, LLC (“Laramie”). Laramie Energy is focused on producing natural gas in Garfield, Mesa, and Rio Blanco counties, Colorado.

Our Corporate and Other reportable segment primarily includes general and administrative costs.