CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 36,129,941	$ 10,895,044
Restricted cash	100,496,998	100,125
Accounts receivable, net	5,296,867	5,211,621
Inventory	3,735,878	1,458,288
Derivative commodity asset	95,980	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4,279,732	2,588,887
Assets held for sale	84,116,152	9,531,423
Total current assets	234,151,548	29,785,388
Fixed assets, at cost	13,811,835	14,848,813
Less accumulated depreciation	(2,045,241)	(1,573,025)
Fixed assets, net	11,766,594	13,275,788
Finance lease right-of-use assets	0	18,100
Operating lease right-of-use assets	5,011,454	4,734,497
Intangible assets, net	358,881	466,546
Other assets	14,771,642	1,008,733
Assets held for sale, noncurrent	0	72,810,906
TOTAL ASSETS	266,060,119	122,099,958
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	4,216,275	3,310,992
Accrued expenses	3,617,902	1,648,964
Dividends payable	0	606,550
Finance lease-current	302,166	271,099
Operating lease-current	959,573	783,747
Current portion of long-term debt, net of unamortized finance costs	2,413,295	6,711,708
Revolving note	0	133,446
Derivative commodity liability	0	94,214
Liabilities held for sale, current	37,644,312	12,634,231
Total current liabilities	49,153,523	26,194,951
Long-term debt	114,480	5,636,957
Convertible Senior unsecured notes due 2027, net	64,015,929	0
Finance lease-non-current	0	617,679
Operating lease-non-current	4,051,881	3,950,750
Derivative liability	75,210,525	330,412
Liabilities held for sale, noncurrent	0	24,078,274
Total liabilities	192,546,338	60,809,023
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 4)	0	0
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Series B and B1 preferred shares	43,446,684	55,366,186
Redeemable non-controlling interest	43,446,684	31,611,674
EQUITY
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 63,287,965 and 45,554,841 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.	63,288	45,555
Additional paid-in capital	138,620,254	94,569,674
Accumulated deficit	(110,614,035)	(90,008,778)
Total Vertex Energy, Inc. stockholders' equity	28,069,893	4,606,871
Non-controlling interest	1,997,204	1,317,878
Total equity	30,067,097	5,924,749
TOTAL LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND EQUITY	266,060,119	122,099,958
Series B Preferred Stock
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Series B and B1 preferred shares	0	12,718,339
Series B1 Preferred Stock
TEMPORARY EQUITY
Series B and B1 preferred shares	0	11,036,173
Series A Preferred
EQUITY
Series A and C Preferred Stock	386	420
Series C Preferred
EQUITY
Series A and C Preferred Stock	$ 0	$ 0