Alon USA Partners (ALDW) Reports Q2 Throughput of Approximately 39K BPD

Alon USA Partners, LP (NYSE: ALDW) provides throughput guidance for the second quarter, as well as the third and fourth quarters of 2014. Since completion of the turnaround and the vacuum tower project, the Big Spring refinery's crude throughput has been approximately 73,000 barrels per day. The vacuum tower project increased distillate recovery by 2,000 barrels per day which allows the refinery to increase utilization of various process units. This increased utilization supports raising crude throughput rates from 70,000 to 73,000 barrels per day with no negative impact on finished product yields.

The total throughput for the second quarter was approximately 39,000 barrels per day. Total throughput for the third quarter and the fourth quarter is now expected to be approximately 74,000 barrels per day and 75,000 barrels per day, respectively.

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