Scotia Howard Weil 43rd Annual Energy Conference March 25, 2015
Northern Tier Overview Integrated refining, marketing, retail, and St. Paul Park Refinery Product Yields1 logistics assets operating as a variable distribution publicly traded partnership. Other 7% Asphalt 8% Other 10%…
Flexible Refinery with Crude Oil Advantage Redundant refining assets, allowing for higher refinery utilization and increased maintenance flexibility Operational Redundancy Refinery configuration allows it to process a variety of…
Refinery Benchmarking US Independent Refiners 2014 Gross Margin per Barrel 25 20 15 10 5 0 Source: Company Filings 1Excludes lower of cost or market adjustments 2 Adjusted for FIFO impact 3 Excludes LIFO gain 5
Integrated Marketing Channel Northern Tiers integrated marketing network included 165 Total Retail Fuel Sold (000 gal/store/month) (companyoperated stores) companyoperated and 89 franchised SuperAmerica 200 convenience stores at the…
Growth Strategy Evaluating high return projects (IRR in excess of 30%) which would improve yields of higher value light products, efficiency of operations, and/or crude oil slate flexibility: Received Board approval to replace the…
Crude Unit Desalter Project Replace Existing Single Stage Desalters with State of the Art Two Stage Desalters Gain optionality to replace up to 10 MBD of Canadian Syncrude with higher valued crude oils Expected 5/bbl margin benefit…
Bakken First Purchase Strategy Bakken Crude Oil Lease Purchases Barrels per Day 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 We Continue to Increase Our First Purchases in the Bakken Field Goal: Source all…
Key Business Highlights StrategicallyLocated Refinery with Advantaged Access to Crude Oil Supplies and Attractive Refined Product Outlets Integrated Refining, Marketing, Retail, and Logistics Operations Flexible Refinery with…
APPENDIX
Key Refining Performance Metrics Gross Margin1 Total Refinery Throughput ( per throughput barrel) (thousands of barrels per day) 35.00 100.0 93.5 29.56 30.00 83.9 80.0 75.5 25.00 19.15 20.00 18.04 60.0 15.00 40.0 10.00…
Refining Gross Margin per Barrel and Operating Expense per Barrel Reconciliation ( in millions unless otherwise indicated) 2012 2013 2014 Refinery gross margin per barrel: Refinery revenue 4,212.6 4,536.0 5,097.7 Refinery costs of…
Reconciliation of Desalter Project Annual Forecasted Net Income to Annual Forecasted EBITDA ( in millions, unless otherwise indicated) Annual Forecasted Net Income1 20.5 Add: Estimated Depreciation and Amortization 1.5 Annual…