OREANDA-NEWS. July 09, 2013. Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ALJ) ("Alon") announced that the Reformer Unit at the Company's Krotz Springs refinery ("KSR") resumed production activity after being shut-down for unplanned repairs since late April 2013. As a result of these repairs, the Company estimates higher KSR operating expenses (net of expected insurance proceeds) of approximately USD0.40 per barrel for the second quarter of 2013.

The Company also expects to incur a one-time cost that will reduce the KSR operating margin per barrel for the second quarter of 2013 by approximately USD2.50 per barrel.

Throughput guidance at KSR for the second quarter of 2013 is 60,000 barrels per day ("bpd") and 66,000 bpd for the year. During the second quarter of 2013, KSR expects to process 30,000 bpd of WTI crude.

Alon USA Energy, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, operating primarily in the South Central, Southwestern and Western regions of the United States. The Company directly owns crude oil refineries in California, Louisiana and Oregon, with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 144,000 barrels per day. Alon USA also owns 100% of the general partner and approximately 82% of the limited partner interests in Alon USA Partners, LP (NYSE: ALDW), which owns a crude oil refinery in Texas with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 70,000 barrels per day. Alon USA is a leading producer of asphalt, which it markets through its asphalt terminals predominately in the Western United States. Alon USA is the largest 7-Eleven licensee in the United States and operates approximately 300 convenience stores in Texas and New Mexico.

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