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Western Refining Company, L.P. is a Texas-based Fortune 200 crude oil refiner and marketer operating primarily in the Southwestern, North-Central and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Western Refining (WNR) has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since January, 2006 and is the fourth largest publicly traded independent refiner and marketer in the nation. The company is headquartered in El Paso, Texas; its refineries are located in El Paso, Gallup, New Mexico and St. Paul Park, Minnesota. These refineries have a combined crude oil processing capacity of approximately . A majority of products produced at these refineries are light products, consisting of gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel. All four refineries have truck loading terminals. The El Paso refinery delivers to a number of other markets via pipeline. Western Refining owns and operates a wholesale division that works in conjunction with the refining operations. Through the refineries and these affiliated companies, Western Refining serves a broad customer base in Arizona, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, western Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and the central East Coast region. ==History== The El Paso, Texas refinery was originally two refineries across from each other on Trowbridge Avenue, one operated by Texaco, the other, larger, by Chevron Oil. In 1997 the company Refinery Holding was formed to manage the refineries; it purchased them outright in 2000. Western Refining purchased a pipeline system from Chevron capable of delivering 115,000 barrels of crude oil per day. In 2006 it became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. In August 28, 2006, Western Refining bought Giant Industries (GI) for $1.23 billion in cash, creating the fourth-largest publicly traded independent oil refiner in the USA. The combined company created the capacity to handle about 216,000 barrels a day from four refineries, about 84% more than Western's current capacity at the time. In November 12, 2013, Western acquired ACON Investments and TPG’s ownership interests in Northern Tier Energy LP(NTI) for $775 million. This acquisition includes the St. Paul Park Refinery increasing Western’s refining barrel capacity by 89,500 barrels per day. It also acquires pipeline access to Bakken and Canadian crude oil plus product terminals, storage tanks, rail facilities and Mississippi river dockage. The company will also own retail assets that include SuperAmerica retail channel of 163 company operated and 74 franchised convenience stores. In addition to its refineries, Giant Industries, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., owned a crude-oil-gathering pipeline system based in Farmington, N.M., a fleet of crude-oil and finished-product truck transports and a chain of retail service stations and convenience stores in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Refining」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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