Alon USA
ALON USA acquired ownership of the Big Spring, Texas refinery in August 2000, when ALON Israel Oil Company Ltd. purchased the U.S. fuels marketing and refining assets of Atofina Petrochemicals, Inc. (FINA). The 70,000-barrels-per-day Big Spring refinery delivers products to our customers from Ft. Smith, Arkansas to Phoenix, Arizona via owned/operated and third-party pipelines.

The Big Spring refinery has been in service for more than 75 years, converting mainly crude oil from the Permian Basin. It has an annual production of 4 million tons of fuel products and asphalt intended for the southwestern United States. The Big Spring refinery can be supplied with crude from the Gulf of Mexico coast through the Amdel pipeline. ALON USA has interest and access rights in several petroleum products transportation networks serving the southwestern region.

Strategically located to take advantage of readily available West Texas crude oil, the Big Spring refinery makes ALON USA a regional marketer of gasoline and diesel in West Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Joshua Cosden constructed the original refinery structure in 1928. With the coming of World War II, demand for petroleum spiked, and the facility was expanded to help fuel the U.S. war effort.

In the 1950's and 1960's, additional facilities for chemical processing and refinement were added. In 1963, the refinery and its operations were purchased by FINA, which held ownership until the ALON USA purchase in 2000. The refinery was expanded in early 2005 to its current 70,000 bpd crude oil throughput capacity.

Today, the Big Spring refinery employs approximately 170 people, and has the potential to expand production capacity to about 75,000 barrels per day. ALON USA plans to expand its FINA and 7-Eleven operations throughout the Southwest, and will tap that extra capacity as its marketing presence increases.

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Location

East I-20 and Refinery Road
Big Spring, Texas 79720
(432) 263-9272

Business
Acquired by ALON USA in August 2000, the Big Spring refinery has a crude oil throughput capacity of 70,000 barrels per day. In service for more than 75 years, the refinery obtains crude from the Permian Basin and foreign crude from the Gulf Coast via the Amdel Pipeline. It delivers products from Ft. Smith, Arkansas to Phoenix, Arizona and between, via ALON USA's extensive pipeline network.

Markets served: West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Oklahoma, and Arkansas

History
• Constructed in 1928 by the original owner, Joshua Cosden.
• Expanded during World War II to meet new demands for petroleum.
• Constructed additional facilities during the 1950s and 1960s to handle
chemical processing and refinement.
• Purchased by FINA in 1963.
• Expanded in the 1970's.
• Purchased by ALON USA in 2000.
• Expanded in 2005 to 70,000 barrels per day.