Delek US Holdings, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 27, 2026.
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Items 1 and 2. BUSINESS and PROPERTIES
Company Overview
We are an integrated downstream energy business focused on petroleum refining ("Refining" or our "refining segment") and the transportation, storage and wholesale distribution of crude oil, intermediate and refined products ("Logistics" or our "logistics segment"). Delek US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed in 2016 (a successor to the original Delek US Holdings, Inc. which was a Delaware corporation originally formed in 2001), operates through its consolidated subsidiaries, which include Delek US Energy, Inc. (and its subsidiaries) ("Delek Energy") and Alon (and its subsidiaries).
The following map outlines the geography of our integrated downstream energy structure as of December 31, 2025:
| Refining | Logistics |
|---|---|
| 302,000 bpd total capacity: | 9 light product distribution terminals |
| Tyler, TX | Approximately 1,326 miles of crude oil and refined products pipeline (2) |
| El Dorado, AR | Approximately 11.3 million barrels of active shell capacity |
| Big Spring, TX | Approximately 310,000 bpd of water disposal capacity |
| Krotz Springs, LA | Approximately 195 MMcf/d of gas processing capacity |
| WTI primary crude oil supply - 228,000 bpd | Crude oil pipeline joint ventures: |
| Biodiesel facilities with 40 million gallons total | Red River Pipeline Company LLC |
| annual capacity(1): | Caddo Pipeline LLC |
| Crossett, AR | Andeavor Logistics RIO Pipeline LLC |
| Cleburne, TX | Wink to Webster Holdings, LLC |
| New Albany, MS | West Texas wholesale: |
| Sale of refined products through terminals |
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(1)During the second quarter of 2024, we made the decision to idle these biodiesel facilities, while exploring viable and sustainable alternatives. Those alternatives could include restarting if market conditions improve, marketing for sale or permanently closing any of the facilities. See Note 20 of our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(2)Excludes approximately 462 miles of gathering system pipeline which are decommissioned.
Our Vision
It is vitally important that our strategic objectives, especially in view of the evolutionary direction of our macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, involves a process of continuous evaluation of our business model in terms of cost structure, as well as long-term economic and operational sustainability. We are operating in a mature industry (the production, logistics and marketing of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon-based refined products), with increasingly difficult operational and regulatory challenges and, likewise, pressure on operating costs/gross margins as well as the availability and cost of capital. More consolidation in our industry is expected from increased cost pressures due in part to the regulatory environment continuing to move towards reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy in the long term; however, we believe we are uniquely positioned as a leader of operating and excelling in niche markets and could continue capitalizing on and growing our integrated business model. In order to compete under historic environmental and regulatory changes, companies in our industry will need to be adaptive, forward-thinking and strategic in their approach to long-term sustainability.
The emphasis on environmental responsibility and long-term economic and environmental sustainability has increased. Demand for additional transparency continues to evolve. As we evaluate our current sustainability and ESG positioning in the market, we also seek to integrate a broader sustainability view to all of our activities, both operational and strategic. We have developed overarching key objectives that guide us when we formulate our strategic plans.
Core Values
Our culture is guided by our core values. These core values are integrated into daily operations, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and alignment with our strategic goals.
Key Objectives
Certain fundamental principles are foundational to our long-term strategy and direct us as we develop our strategic objectives. With that in mind, we have identified the following overarching key objectives:
I. Operational Excellence
II. Financial Strength and Flexibility
III. Strategic Initiatives
See further discussion in the 'Executive Summary: Strategic Objectives' Section of Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Here are some of our most significant transactions in recent years, all of which continue to have a lasting and important impact on our strategic positioning and long-term value proposition:
| Date | Acquired Company/Assets | Acquired From/ Sold To | Approximate Purchase /Sales Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Purchased the remaining approximately 53% ownership in Alon that Delek did not already own, in an all-stock transaction, resulting in the addition of the Krotz Springs refinery and the majority ownership in the Big Spring refinery, as well as the addition of our previous retail segment. | Shareholders of Alon USA Energy, Inc. | $530.7 million |
| February 2018 | Purchased the remaining 18.4% ownership in Alon USA Partners, LP, in an all-equity transaction, representing the remaining interest in the Big Spring refinery operations. | LP unitholders of Alon USA Partners, LP | $184.7 million |
| May 2019 | Acquired a 33% membership interest in Red River Pipeline Joint Venture, which continues to be highly accretive to our Logistics segment and one of the main drivers of our joint venture investment growth. | Plains Pipeline, L.P. | $124.7 million |
| July 2019 | Acquired a 15% membership interest in Wink to Webster Pipeline ("WWP") Joint Venture (which was subsequently converted to an indirect interest via the formation of and contribution to the WWP Project Financing Joint Venture); the WWP joint venture ramped up operations in 2022 with the completion of long-haul pipeline segments and brings committed volumes that are expected to position the joint venture for appreciable returns. | Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC | $76.3 million |
| June 2022 | Acquired 100% of the limited liability company interests in 3 Bear Delaware Holding – NM, LLC (“3 Bear”) (subsequently renamed to Delek Delaware Gathering ("Delaware Gathering")) (the "Delaware Gathering Acquisition") from 3 Bear Energy – New Mexico LLC, related to their crude oil and natural gas gathering, processing and transportation businesses, as well as water disposal and recycling operations, located in the Delaware Basin of New Mexico, which enhanced our third party revenues, further diversified our customer and product mix and, expanded our footprint into the Delaware basin. | 3 Bear Energy – New Mexico LLC | $628.3 million |
| August 2024 | Acquired an additional 0.6% indirect investment in WWP for $18.6 million, bringing our total indirect ownership in the pipeline joint venture to 15.6%. | Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC | $18.6 million |
| September 2024 | Sold 100% of the equity interests in four of Delek US' wholly-owned subsidiaries that owned and operated 249 retail fuel and convenience stores (the "Retail Stores") under the Delek US Retail brand to a subsidiary of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”). | FEMSA | $390.2 million |
| September 2024 | Acquired 100% of the limited liability company interests in H2O Midstream Intermediate, LLC, H2O Midstream Permian LLC, and H2O Midstream LLC, which included the water disposal and recycling operations in the Midland Basin in Texas. | H2O Midstream Holdings, LLC | $229.7 million |
| January 2025 | Acquired 100% of the limited liability company interests in Gravity Water Intermediate Holdings LLC from Gravity Water Holdings LLC which included water disposal and recycling operations in the Permian Basin and the Bakken. | Gravity Water Holdings LLC | $209.3 million and ~2.175 million Delek Logistics common limited partner units |
See further discussion regarding our specific 'Strategic Overview' in the 'Executive Summary' section as well as relevant discussion in our 'Liquidity and Capital Resources' section located in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Additionally, see further discussion in Note 3 and Note 7, respectively, of our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Information About Our Segments
Prior to July 2024, we aggregated our operating segments into three reportable segments: refining, logistics, and retail. However, in July 2024, we entered into a definitive equity purchase agreement (the "Retail Purchase Agreement") with a subsidiary of FEMSA. Under the terms of the Retail Purchase Agreement, we sold 100% of the equity interests in four of Delek’s wholly-owned subsidiaries that own and operate the Retail Stores under the Delek US Retail brand ("Retail Transaction"). On September 30, 2024, the Retail Transaction closed. As a result of the Retail Transaction, we met the requirements of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements - Discontinued Operations ("ASC 205-20") and ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment ("ASC 360"), to report the results of the Retail Stores as discontinued operations and to classify the Retail Stores as a group of discontinued operations assets. Delek now operates in two reportable operating segments: the refining segment and the logistics segment, which are discussed below. Additional segment and financial information is contained in our segment results included in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and in Note 4, Segment Data, of our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Refining Segment
Overview
We own and operate four independent refineries located in Tyler, Texas (the "Tyler refinery"), El Dorado, Arkansas (the "El Dorado refinery"), Big Spring, Texas (the "Big Spring refinery") and Krotz Springs, Louisiana (the "Krotz Springs refinery"), currently representing a combined 302,000 bpd of crude throughput capacity. Our refining system produces a variety of petroleum-based products used in transportation and industrial markets, which are sold to a wide range of customers located principally in inland, domestic markets and which comply with current EPA clean fuels standards. All four of these refineries are located in the Gulf Coast Region (PADD III), which is one of the five PADD regional zones established by the U.S. Department of Energy where refined products are produced and sold. Refined product prices generally differ among each of the five PADDs.
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Our refining segment also includes three biodiesel facilities we own that are engaged in the production of biodiesel fuels and related activities, located in Crossett, Arkansas, Cleburne, Texas and New Albany, Mississippi. Our biodiesel facilities have 40 million gallons of annual capacity. During the second quarter of 2024, we made the decision to idle these biodiesel facilities, while exploring viable and sustainable alternatives. See Note 20 of our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, the refining segment includes our wholesale crude operations and our 50% interest in a joint venture that owns asphalt terminals located in the southwestern region of the U.S.
Refining System Feedstock Purchases
We purchase more crude oil than our refineries process, generally through a combination of long-term acreage dedication agreements and short-term crude oil purchase agreements. This provides us with the opportunity to optimize the supply cost to the refineries while also maximizing the value of the volumes purchased directly from oil producers. The majority of the crude oil we purchase is sourced from inland domestic sources, primarily in areas of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, although we can also purchase crude delivered via rail from other regions, including Oklahoma and Canada. Existing agreements with third-party pipelines and Delek Logistics allow us to deliver approximately 200,000 bpd of crude oil from West Texas (principally Midland) directly to our refineries. Typically, approximately 228,000 bpd of the crude oil we deliver to our four operating refineries is priced as a differential to the price of WTI crude oil. In most cases, the differential is established in the month prior to the month in which the crude oil is delivered to the refineries for processing.
Refining System Production Slate
Our refining system processes a combination of light sweet and medium sour crude oil, which, when refined, results in a product mix consisting principally of higher-value transportation fuels such as gasoline, distillate and jet fuel. A lesser portion of our overall production consists of residual products, including paving asphalt, roofing flux and other products with industrial applications.
Refined Product Sales and Distribution
Our refineries sell products on a wholesale and branded basis to inter-company and third-party customers located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, California and the Ohio River Valley, including Gulf Coast markets and areas along the Enterprise Pipeline System and the Colonial Pipeline System, through terminals and exchanges.
Refining Segment Seasonality
Demand for gasoline and asphalt products is generally higher during the summer months than during the winter months due to seasonal increases in motor vehicle traffic and road and home construction. Varying vapor pressure requirements between the summer and winter months also tighten summer gasoline supply. As a result, the operating results of our refining segment are generally lower for the first and fourth quarters of the calendar year.
Refining Segment Competition
The refining industry is highly competitive and includes fully integrated national and multinational oil companies engaged in many segments of the petroleum business, including exploration, production, transportation, refining, marketing and retail fuel and convenience stores, along with independent refiners. Our principal competitors are petroleum refiners in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast Regions, in addition to wholesale distributors operating in these markets.
The principal competitive factors affecting our refinery operations are crude oil and other feedstock costs, the differential in price between various grades of crude oil, refinery product margins, refinery reliability and efficiency, refinery product mix, and distribution and transportation costs.
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Tyler Refinery
Our Tyler refinery has a nameplate crude throughput capacity of 75,000 bpd, and is designed to process mainly light, sweet crude oil, which is typically a higher quality of crude than heavier sour crude. Its property consists of approximately 600 contiguous acres of land that we own in Tyler, Texas and adjacent areas, of which the main plant and associated tank farms adjacent to the refinery sit on approximately 100 acres. Additionally, it has access to crude oil pipeline systems that allow us access to East Texas, West Texas and, to a limited extent, the Gulf Coast and foreign crude oil. Most of the crude supplied to the Tyler refinery is delivered by third-party pipelines and through pipelines owned by our logistics segment.
Major processes at our Tyler refinery include crude distillation, vacuum distillation, naphtha reforming, naphtha and diesel hydrotreating, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, and delayed coking. The Tyler refinery has a Complexity Index of 9.4.
The chart below sets forth information concerning the throughput at the Tyler refinery for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
The Tyler refinery primarily produces two grades of gasoline (E10 premium 93 and E10 regular 87), as well as aviation gasoline, and also offers both E-10 and biodiesel blended products. Diesel and jet fuel products produced at the Tyler refinery include military specification jet fuel, commercial jet fuel and ultra-low sulfur diesel. In addition to higher-value gasoline and distillate fuels, the Tyler refinery produces small quantities of propane, refinery grade propylene and butanes, petroleum coke, slurry oil, sulfur and other blendstocks. The Tyler refinery produces both low-sulfur gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, both on-road and off-road, pursuant to the current EPA clean fuels standards.
The chart below sets forth information concerning the Tyler refinery's production slate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
The Tyler refinery is currently the only major distributor of a full range of refined petroleum products within a radius of approximately 100 miles of its location. The vast majority of our transportation fuels and other products produced at the Tyler refinery supply the local market in the East Texas area and are sold directly from a refined products terminal owned by Delek Logistics and located at the refinery. We believe this allows our customers to benefit from lower transportation costs compared to alternative sources. Our customers include major oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors in the U.S. and Mexico, utility and transportation companies, the U.S. government and independent retail fuel operators.
Taking into account the Tyler refinery's crude and refined product slate, as well as the refinery's location near the Gulf Coast Region, we apply the Gulf Coast 5-3-2 crack spread to calculate the approximate refined product margin resulting from processing one barrel of crude oil into three-fifths barrel of gasoline and two-fifths barrel of low sulfur diesel.
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El Dorado Refinery
Our El Dorado refinery has a nameplate crude throughput capacity of 80,000 bpd, and is designed to process a wide variety of crude oil, ranging from light sweet to heavy sour. The refinery site consists of approximately 460 acres of land that we own in El Dorado, Arkansas, of which the main plant and associated tank farms adjacent to the refinery sit on approximately 335 acres, and is the largest refinery in Arkansas, representing more than 90% of state-wide refining capacity. The refinery receives crude by several delivery points, including from local sources as well as other third-party pipelines that connect directly into Delek Logistics' El Dorado Pipeline System, which runs from Magnolia, Arkansas, to the El Dorado refinery (the "El Dorado Pipeline System"), and rail at third-party terminals. We also purchase crude oil for the El Dorado refinery from inland sources in East and West Texas, as well as in south Arkansas and north Louisiana through a crude oil gathering system owned and operated by Delek Logistics (the "SALA Gathering System").
Major processes at our El Dorado refinery include crude distillation, vacuum distillation, naphtha isomerization and reforming, naphtha and diesel hydrotreating, gas oil hydrotreating, fluid catalytic cracking and alkylation. The El Dorado refinery has a Complexity Index of 10.1.
The chart below sets forth information concerning the throughput at the El Dorado refinery for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
The El Dorado refinery produces a wide range of refined products, including multiple grades (E-10 premium 93 and E-10 regular 87) of gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels, jet fuel, LPG, refinery grade propylene and a variety of asphalt products, including paving grade asphalt and roofing flux. The El Dorado refinery offers both E-10 and biodiesel blended products. The El Dorado refinery produces both low-sulfur gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, both on-road and off-road, pursuant to the current EPA clean fuels standards as well as commercial jet fuel.
The chart below sets forth information concerning the El Dorado refinery's production slate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
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Products manufactured at the El Dorado refinery supply a combination of pipeline bulk sales and wholesale rack sales sold to wholesalers and retailers through spot sales, commercial sales contracts and exchange agreements in markets in Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee and north into the Ohio River Valley region as well as in Mexico. The El Dorado refinery connection via the logistics segment to the Enterprise Pipeline System is a key means of product distribution for the refinery, because it provides access to third-party terminals in multiple Mid-Continent markets located adjacent to the system, including Shreveport, Louisiana, North Little Rock, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee, Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Princeton, Indiana. The El Dorado refinery also supplies products to these markets through product exchanges on the Colonial Pipeline.
The crude oil and product slate flexibility of the El Dorado refinery allows us to take advantage of changes in the crude oil and product markets; therefore, we anticipate that the quantities and varieties of crude oil processed and products manufactured at the El Dorado refinery will continue to vary. While there is variability in the crude slate and the product output at the El Dorado refinery, we compare our per barrel refined product margin to the Gulf Coast 5-3-2 crack spread because we believe it to be the most closely aligned benchmark.
Big Spring Refinery
Our Big Spring refinery has a nameplate crude throughput capacity of 73,000 bpd and is located on 1,306 acres of land that we own in the Permian Basin in West Texas. The main plant and associated tank farms adjacent to the refinery sit on approximately 330 acres. It is the closest refinery to Midland, which allows us to efficiently source WTS and WTI Midland crude. Additionally, the Big Spring refinery has the ability to source locally-trucked crude as well as crude locally gathered from our gathering system within the Logistics segment, which enables us to better control quality and eliminate the cost of transporting the crude supply from Midland.
The Big Spring refinery is designed to process a variety of crude, ranging from light sweet to medium sour, with the flexibility to convert its production to one or the other based on market pricing conditions. Our Big Spring refinery receives WTS and WTI crude by truck from local gathering systems, our own gathering system, and regional common carrier pipelines. Other feedstocks, including butane, isobutane and asphalt blending components, are delivered by truck and railcar. A majority of the natural gas we use to run the refinery is delivered by a pipeline in which we own a majority interest.
Major processes at our Big Spring refinery include crude distillation, vacuum distillation, naphtha reforming, naphtha and diesel hydrotreating, aromatic extraction, propane de-asphalting, fluid catalytic cracking, and alkylation. The Big Spring refinery has a Complexity Index of 11.6.
The chart below sets forth throughput composition at the Big Spring refinery for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
The Big Spring refinery primarily produces two grades of gasoline (premium CBOB and CBOB). Diesel and jet fuel products produced at the Big Spring refinery include military specification jet fuel, commercial jet fuel and ultra-low sulfur diesel. We also produce propane, propylene, certain aromatics, specialty solvents and benzene for use as petrochemical feedstocks, and asphalt along with other by-products such as sulfur and carbon black oil. The Big Spring refinery produces both low-sulfur gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, both on-road and off-road, pursuant to current EPA clean fuels standards, and certain boutique fuels supplied to the El Paso, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, markets.
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The chart below sets forth information concerning the Big Spring refinery's production slate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
Our Big Spring refinery sells products in both the wholesale rack and bulk markets. We sell transportation fuel production in excess of branded and unbranded marketing needs through bulk sales and exchange channels entered into with various oil companies and trading companies which are transported through a product pipeline network or truck deliveries, depending on location, and through terminals located in Texas (Abilene, Wichita Falls, El Paso), Arizona (Tucson, Phoenix), and New Mexico (Albuquerque, Moriarty).
For our Big Spring refinery, we compare our per barrel refined product margin to the Gulf Coast 3-2-1 crack spread, which is the approximate refined product margin resulting from processing one barrel of crude oil into two-thirds barrel of gasoline and one-third barrel of ultra-low sulfur diesel. Our Big Spring refinery is capable of processing substantial volumes of both sour crude oil or sweet crude oil, which we optimize based on price differentials. We measure the cost advantage of refining sour crude oil by calculating the difference between the price of WTI Cushing crude oil and the price of WTS, a medium, sour crude oil, taking into account differences in production yield. We refer to this differential as the WTI Cushing/WTS, or sweet/sour, spread. A widening of the sweet/sour spread can favorably influence the operating margin for our Big Spring refinery. The WTI Cushing less WTI Midland spread represents the differential between the average per barrel price of WTI Cushing crude oil and the average per barrel price of WTI Midland crude oil.
Krotz Springs Refinery
Our Krotz Springs refinery has a nameplate crude throughput capacity of 74,000 bpd, and is located on 381 acres of land that we own on the Atchafalaya River in central Louisiana. The main plant and associated tank farms adjacent to the refinery sit on approximately 250 acres. This location provides access to crude from barge, pipeline, railcar and truck. This combination of logistics assets provides us with diversified access to locally-sourced, domestic and foreign crude.
The Krotz Springs refinery is designed mainly to process light sweet crude oil. We are capable of receiving WTI Midland, LLS, HLS and foreign crude from the EMPCo Northline System (the "Northline System") and the Anchorage Pipeline. The Northline System delivers LLS, HLS and foreign crude oil from the St. James, Louisiana, crude oil terminalling complex. The Anchorage Pipeline connects the Krotz Springs refinery to the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. Additionally, the Krotz Springs refinery has the ability to receive crude oil sourced from West Texas. WTI crude oil is transported through the Energy Transfer Amdel pipeline to the Nederland terminal located near the Gulf Coast and from there is transported to the Krotz Springs refinery by barge via the Intracoastal Canal and the Atchafalaya River. The Krotz Springs refinery also receives approximately 20% of its crude by barge and truck from inland Louisiana and Mississippi and other locations.
Major processes at the Krotz Springs refinery include crude distillation, vacuum distillation, naphtha hydrotreating, naphtha isomerization and reforming, and gas oil/residual catalytic cracking to minimize low quality black oil production and to produce higher light product yields. The Krotz Springs refinery has a Complexity Index of 8.5. Additionally, in April 2019, the Krotz Springs refinery completed construction of an alkylation unit with approximately 6,000-bpd capacity that is designed to combine isobutane and butylene into alkylate and enable multiple grades of gasoline to be produced, including premium octane gasoline.
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The chart below sets forth information concerning the throughput at the Krotz Springs refinery for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
The Krotz Springs refinery produces CBOB 84 grade gasoline as well as HSD, light cycle oil, jet fuel, petrochemical feedstocks, LPG, slurry oil and alkylate. The Krotz Springs refinery produces low-sulfur gasoline, pursuant to the current EPA clean fuels standards.
The chart below sets forth information concerning the Krotz Springs refinery's production slate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
The Krotz Springs refinery markets transportation fuel substantially through pipeline and barge bulk sales, exchange channels and wholesale rack sales. These bulk sales, exchange arrangements and wholesale rack sales are entered into with various oil companies and trading companies and are transported to markets on the Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya River as well as to terminals along the Colonial Pipeline system in the southeastern United States.
For our Krotz Springs refinery, we compare our per barrel refined product margin to the Gulf Coast 2-1-1 high sulfur diesel crack spread, which is the approximate refined product margin calculated assuming that one barrel of LLS crude oil is converted into one-half barrel of Gulf Coast conventional gasoline and one-half barrel of Gulf Coast HSD. The Krotz Springs refinery has the capability to process substantial volumes of sweet crude oil to produce a high percentage of refined light products.
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Logistics Segment
Overview
Our logistics segment consists of Delek Logistics, a publicly-traded master limited partnership, and its subsidiaries. Our consolidated financial statements include its consolidated financial results. As of December 31, 2025, we owned a 63.3% limited partner interest in Delek Logistics, consisting of 33,868,203 common limited partner units, and the non-economic general partner interest. Delek Logistics is a variable interest entity as defined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Intercompany transactions with Delek Logistics and its subsidiaries are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.
Our logistics segment generates revenue by charging fees for gathering, transporting, offloading and storing crude oil and natural gas; for storing intermediate products and feedstocks; for marketing, distributing, transporting and storing refined products; and disposing and recycling water. A portion of Logistics' existing assets are both integral to and dependent on the successful operation of Refining's assets, as our logistics segment gathers, transports and stores crude oil, and markets, distributes, transports and stores refined products in select regions of the southeastern United States and East Texas primarily in support of the Tyler and El Dorado refineries, and in Central and West Texas and New Mexico, primarily in support of the Big Spring refinery. In addition, the logistics segment also provides crude oil, intermediate and refined products transportation services for, terminalling and marketing services to, and disposing and recycling water to, third parties primarily in Texas, the Delaware Basin in New Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee and Arkansas. Our Midland Water Gathering Assets support our water and recycling operations primarily in the Midland Basin in Texas and consist of assets acquired in H2O Midstream and Gravity Midstream acquisitions. In the Delaware Basin, we have been expanding our natural gas processing capabilities by constructing a new natural gas processing plant and adding AGI and sour gas processing capabilities. All intercompany transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
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The logistics segment network includes the following locations/properties:
| Terminal Locations | Pipelines (owned or leased) | Storage Tanks Locations |
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| Tennessee | Louisiana and Arkansas | Tennessee |
| Nashville | SALA Gathering System | Nashville |
| Memphis | El Dorado Pipeline System | Memphis |
| Texas | Magnolia Pipeline System | Arkansas |
| Tyler | Texas | North Little Rock |
| Big Sandy | Paline Pipeline System | El Dorado |
| San Angelo | McMurrey Pipeline System | Texas |
| Abilene | Nettleton Pipeline | Tyler |
| Mount Pleasant | Tyler-Big Sandy Product Pipeline | Big Sandy |
| Arkansas | Big Spring Pipeline and Crude Oil Gathering System | Big Spring |
| North Little Rock | Midland Gathering System | San Angelo |
| El Dorado | Midland Water Gathering System | Abilene |
| New Mexico | Mount Pleasant | |
| Delaware Gathering System | ||
| North Dakota | ||
| Water Gathering System |
All of the above properties/assets are located on real property owned by Delek. Additionally, all of the pipeline systems set forth above run across fee owned land, leased land, easements and rights-of-way. The logistics segment also owns a fleet of trucks and trailers used to transport crude oil, asphalt and other hydrocarbon products.
Logistics Segment - Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling
The logistics segment's wholesale marketing and terminalling business provides wholesale marketing and terminalling services to the refining segment and to independent third parties from whom it receives fees for marketing, transporting, storing and terminalling refined products and to whom it wholesale markets refined products. It generates revenue by (i) providing marketing services for the refined products output of the Tyler refinery, (ii) engaging in wholesale activity in West Texas at owned terminals in Abilene and San Angelo, Texas, as well as at terminals owned by third parties, whereby it purchases light products for sale and exchange to third parties and (iii) providing terminalling services to independent third parties and the refining segment. Three terminals, located in El Dorado, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee and North Little Rock, Arkansas, throughput refined product produced at the El Dorado refinery. Three terminals, located in Tyler, Big Sandy and Mount Pleasant Texas, throughput refined product produced at the Tyler refinery.
Logistics Segment - Gathering and Processing
The logistics segment's gathering and processing business owns or leases capacity on approximately 390 miles of operable crude oil transportation pipelines, approximately 169 miles of refined product pipelines, an approximately 767-mile crude oil gathering system and associated crude oil storage tanks with an aggregate of approximately 10.0 million barrels of active shell capacity. In addition, these assets include 195 MMcf/d of cryogenic natural gas processing capacity and 310 MBbl/d of water disposal capacity in the Delaware basin. These assets are primarily divided into the following operating systems:
the El Dorado Pipeline System, which transports crude oil to and refined products from the El Dorado refinery;
the SALA Gathering System, which gathers and transports crude oil production in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana, primarily for the El Dorado refinery;
the Paline Pipeline System, which primarily transports crude oil from Longview, Texas to third-party facilities in Beaumont or Nederland, Texas ("the Paline Pipeline System");
the East Texas Crude Logistics System, which currently transports a portion of the crude oil delivered to the Tyler refinery (the "East Texas Crude Logistics System");
the Tyler-Big Sandy Product Pipeline, which is a pipeline between the Tyler refinery and the Big Sandy Terminal;
the Memphis Pipeline;
the Big Spring Pipeline;
Midland Gathering Assets, which is a crude oil gathering system located in Howard, Borden and Martin Counties in Texas (the "Midland Gathering Assets", previously referred to as the Permian Gathering Assets);
Delaware Gathering Assets, which includes a crude oil gathering system located in Lea County New Mexico,133 miles of gas gathering pipelines with 150 MMcf/d of pipeline capacity, and 205 miles of water gathering pipelines with 220 MBbl/d of pipeline capacity; and
The Midland Water Gathering System (the "Midland Water Gathering System") consists of water disposal and recycling operations in the Midland Basin. These assets include 326,450 dedicated acres, approximately 567 miles of pipeline, 1,015 MBbl/d operational capacity and approximately 1,100 MBbl/d of interconnected disposal capacity.
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Logistics Segment - Storage and Transportation
The logistics segment's storage and transportation business includes trucks and ancillary assets that provide crude oil, intermediate and refined products transportation and storage services primarily in support of the Tyler, El Dorado and Big Spring refineries, as well as to third parties. In providing these services, we typically do not take ownership of the products or crude oil that we transport or store; and, therefore, the results of our transportation segment are not directly exposed to changes in commodity prices. These assets are primarily divided into the following operating systems:
the Tyler Tanks;
the El Dorado Tanks;
the North Little Rock Tanks;
the El Dorado Rail Racks;
the Tyler Crude Tank;
Big Spring Truck Unloading Station; and
the Big Spring Tanks.
In addition to these operating systems, the transportation segment owns or leases approximately 161 tractors and 306 trailers used to haul primarily crude oil and other products for related and third parties.
Logistics Segment - Joint Ventures
The logistics segment owns a portion of four joint ventures (accounted for as equity method investments) that have logistics assets, which serve third parties and the refining segment. These joint ventures are strategic investments in pipelines/pipeline systems which service various areas including the Permian Basin. These assets include the following:
| JV Name | Ownership Interest | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RIO Pipeline | 33% | Joint venture operates a 109-mile crude oil pipeline with a capacity of 145,000 barrels bpd, that originates in north Loving County, Texas near the Texas-New Mexico border and terminates in Midland, Texas ("RIO Pipeline") |
| Caddo Pipeline | 50% | Joint venture operates an 80-mile crude oil pipeline with a capacity of 80,000 bpd that originates in Longview, Texas, with destinations in the Shreveport, Louisiana area ("Caddo Pipeline") |
| Red River Pipeline | 33% | Joint venture that operates a 350-mile crude oil pipeline with a capacity of 235,000 bpd, between Oklahoma and Texas (the "Red River Pipeline") |
| W2W Holdings | 50% | Joint Venture that owns our 15.6% indirect interest in Wink to Webster, which operates a 650-mile crude oil pipeline system from Wink, Texas to Webster, Texas along with certain pipelines from Webster, Texas to other destinations in the Texas Gulf Coast |
Logistics Segment Supply Agreement
As of January 1, 2018, Delek Logistics purchased products from Delek and third parties at our Abilene and San Angelo terminals. To facilitate these purchases, Delek Logistics constructed a pipeline into our Abilene terminal to receive product from the pipeline owned by Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: HEP) through which Delek shipped product that was produced at the Big Spring refinery. Delek Logistics completed construction of a connection to the Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. ("Magellan") pipeline that allows Magellan to supply our Abilene and San Angelo terminals with product transported from the Gulf Coast. Delek Logistics also has active connections to the Magellan Orion Pipeline that enable us to ship product to our terminals and to acquire product from other shippers. Products purchased from Delek are generally based on daily market prices at the time of purchase limiting exposure to fluctuating prices. Products purchased from third parties are generally based on market prices at the time of purchase requiring price hedging risk management activities between the time of purchase and sale. Existing price risk hedging programs have been adjusted to correspond to the volume of product purchased from third parties.
Logistics Segment Operating Agreements With Delek
Delek Logistics has a number of long-term, fee-based commercial agreements with Delek and its subsidiaries that, among other things, establish fees for certain administrative and operational services provided by Delek and its subsidiaries to Delek Logistics, provide certain indemnification obligations and establish terms for fee-based commercial agreements for Delek Logistics to provide certain pipeline transportation, terminal throughput, finished product marketing and storage services to Delek. Most of these agreements have an initial term ranging from five to ten years, which may be extended for various renewal terms at the option of Delek. Each of these agreements requires Delek or a Delek subsidiary to pay for certain minimum volume commitments ("MVCs") or certain minimum storage capacities.
Logistics Segment Customers
In addition to certain of our subsidiaries, our logistics segment has various types of customers, including major oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors, utility and transportation companies and independent retail fuel operators.
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Logistics Segment Seasonality
The volume and throughput of crude oil and refined products transported through our pipelines and sold through our terminals and to third parties is directly affected by the level of supply and demand for all of such products in the markets served directly or indirectly by our assets. Supply and demand for such products fluctuates during the calendar year. Demand for gasoline, for example, is generally higher during the summer months than during the winter months due to seasonal increases in motor vehicle traffic. Varying vapor pressure requirements between the summer and winter months also tighten summer gasoline supply. In addition, our refining segment often performs planned maintenance during the winter, when demand for their products is lower. Accordingly, these factors can diminish the demand for crude oil or finished products by our customers, and therefore limit our volumes or throughput during these periods, and we expect that our operating results will generally be lower during the first and fourth quarters of the calendar year.
Logistics Segment Competition
Our logistics segment faces competition for the transportation and storage of crude oil and refined product from other pipeline owners whose pipelines and storage facilities (i) may have a location advantage over our pipelines offtake or storage facilities, (ii) may be able to transport or store more desirable crude oil or refined products, (iii) may be able to transport or store crude oil or refined product at a lower tariff or (iv) may be able to store more crude oil or refined product. With respect to the logistics segment's gathering and processing activities, competition is impacted by the prevalence of other midstream companies in the region with gathering lines, compression facilities, processing plants, and storage and transportation capabilities. Additionally, the demand for gathering and processing activities is dependent upon oil and gas production in the area. Our competitive position is dependent upon our ability to develop relationships with producers, to provide an integrated gathering and processing asset infrastructure, including rights-of-way, that allows us to demonstrate the breadth, quality, and relevance of our gathering and processing service offerings, and to secure strategic long-term contracts with those producers. In addition, the wholesale marketing and terminalling business in general is also very competitive. Our owned refined product terminals, as well as the other third-party terminals we use to sell refined products, compete with other independent terminal operators as well as integrated oil companies on the basis of terminal location, price, versatility and services provided. The costs associated with transporting products from a loading terminal to end users limit the geographic size of the market that can be competitively served by any terminal.
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Governmental Regulation and Environmental Matters
Environmental Sustainability
As part of the Company’s commitment to corporate sustainability, Delek publishes an annual Sustainability Report describing its environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) strategy, including initiatives related to emissions management and other environmental matters such as energy efficiency, water conservation, waste minimization and recycling. Information contained in the Sustainability Report is not incorporated by reference into, and does not constitute a part of, this Form 10-K. While the Company believes that its Sustainability Report and other voluntary ESG disclosures address areas of interest to a broad range of stakeholders, the Company does not currently believe that such disclosures address matters that are material to its operations, strategy, financial condition or results of operations in the near term. The Company continues to evaluate ESG-related topics through ongoing stakeholder engagement and internal assessments, and its views on materiality may evolve over time as circumstances, regulatory expectations and business conditions change. Given the estimates, assumptions and timelines underlying certain ESG initiatives, the materiality of these disclosures is inherently difficult to assess in advance.
Delek remains committed to managing its environmental footprint and advancing initiatives intended to enhance the sustainability, efficiency and resilience of its operations. In prior years, the Company established a Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions intensity reduction target based on a 2022 baseline year that reflects the Company’s current operational boundaries. The Company continues to evaluate its approach to emissions management and environmental performance in the context of evolving business priorities, operational considerations and stakeholder expectations. During 2025, the Company continued to pursue a range of environmental initiatives across its operations, including efforts related to emissions management, energy efficiency, water stewardship, waste minimization and recycling. The Company believes that these initiatives, together with ongoing evaluation of operational practices and technologies, support its broader environmental objectives and inform its longer-term sustainability strategy.
Rate Regulation of Petroleum Pipelines
The rates and terms and conditions of service on certain of our crude oil and refined products pipelines are subject to regulation by FERC under the Interstate Commerce Act (the “ICA”) and by the state regulatory commissions in the states in which we transport crude oil, intermediate and refined products. Certain of our pipeline systems are subject to such regulation and have filed tariffs with the appropriate authorities. We also comply with the reporting requirements for these pipelines. Some of our other pipeline systems have received a waiver from application of the FERC's tariff requirements, but comply with other applicable regulatory requirements
The FERC regulates interstate transportation under the ICA, the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the rules and regulations promulgated under those laws. The ICA, and its implementing regulations, require that tariff rates for interstate service on oil pipelines, including pipelines that transport crude oil, intermediate and refined products in interstate commerce, be just and reasonable and non-discriminatory, and that such rates and terms and conditions of service be filed with the FERC. Under the ICA, shippers may challenge new or existing rates or services. The FERC is authorized to suspend the effectiveness of a challenged rate for up to seven months, though rates are typically not suspended for the maximum allowable period. Our tariff rates are typically contractually subject to increase or decrease on July 1 of each year, by the amount of any change in various inflation-based indices, including the FERC oil pipeline index, the consumer price index and the producer price index; provided, however, that in no event will the fees be adjusted below the amount initially set forth in the applicable agreement.
Environmental, Health and Safety
We are subject to extensive federal, state and local environmental and safety laws and regulations enforced by various agencies, including, but not limited to, the EPA, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the "DOT") and OSHA, as well as numerous state, regional and local environmental, safety and pipeline agencies.
These laws and regulations govern the discharge, release and spillage of materials into the environment, waste management practices, pollution prevention measures and the composition of the fuels we produce, as well as the safe operation of our plants, pipelines and trucks and the safety of our workers, the public and the environment. Numerous permits or other authorizations are required under these laws and regulations for the operation of our refineries, renewable fuel facilities, terminals, pipelines, trucks, rail cars and related operations, and such permits and authorizations may be subject to revocation, modification and renewal.
Any failure to comply with these laws and permits may raise potential exposure to future claims and lawsuits involving environmental and safety matters, which could include soil, surface water and water contamination, air pollution, personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by substances which we manufactured, handled, used, released or disposed of, transported, or that relate to pre-existing conditions for which we have assumed responsibility. We believe that our current operations are in substantial compliance with existing environmental and safety requirements and permitting requirements. However, there have been and will continue to be ongoing discussions about environmental and safety matters with us and federal and state authorities, including receipt of and responses to notices of violations, citations and other enforcement actions, some of which have resulted, or may result in, changes to operating procedures and in capital expenditures. While it is often difficult to quantify future environmental or safety related expenditures, we anticipate that continuing capital investments and changes in operating procedures will be required for the foreseeable future to comply with existing and new requirements, as well as evolving interpretations of existing laws and regulations. Capital investments in 2026 and 2027 related to compliance with environmental, health and safety regulations are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. These estimates do not include amounts related to capital investments that management has deemed to be strategic investments. These amounts could materially change as a result of governmental and regulatory actions.
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We generate wastes that may be subject to the RCRA and comparable state and local requirements. The EPA and various state agencies have limited the approved methods of managing, transporting, recycling and disposing of hazardous and certain non-hazardous wastes. Our refineries are large quantity generators of hazardous waste. Our other facilities, such as terminals, generate lesser quantities of hazardous wastes.
CERCLA, also known as Superfund, imposes liability, without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct, on certain classes of persons who are considered to be responsible for the release of a hazardous substances into the environment. Analogous state laws impose similar responsibilities and liabilities on responsible parties. In the course of our ordinary operations, our various businesses generate waste, some of which falls within the broad statutory definition of a hazardous substance and some of which may have been disposed of at sites that may require future cleanup under Superfund. At this time, our El Dorado refinery has been named as a de minimis potentially responsible party at one Superfund site, for which we believe future costs will not be material.
As of December 31, 2025, we have recorded an environmental liability of approximately $36.0 million, primarily related to the estimated probable costs of remediating, or otherwise addressing, certain environmental issues of a non-capital nature at the Tyler, El Dorado, Big Spring and Krotz Springs refineries as well as terminals and retail stations, some of which we no longer own. This liability includes estimated costs for ongoing investigation and remediation efforts, which were already being performed by the former operators of the refineries and terminals prior to our acquisition of those facilities, for known contamination of soil and groundwater, as well as estimated costs for additional issues which have been identified subsequent to the acquisitions. Approximately $4.9 million of the total liability is expected to be expended over the next 12 months, with most of the balance expended by 2037, although some costs may extend up to 24 years. In the future, we could be required to extend the expected remediation period or undertake additional investigations of our refineries, pipelines and terminal facilities, which could result in additional remediation liabilities.
Our operations are subject to certain requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”), as well as related state and local laws and regulations governing air emission. Certain CAA regulatory programs applicable to our refineries, terminals and other operations require capital expenditures for the installation of air pollution control devices, operational procedures to minimize emissions and monitoring and reporting of emissions. A consent decree was entered in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in June 2019 resolving alleged historical violations of the CAA at our Big Spring refinery. In addition to a civil penalty of $0.5 million that we paid in June 2019, the Company will be required to expend capital for pollution control equipment that may be significant over the next 3 years. There are no more capital obligations required after 2028.
The EPA has also finalized revisions the National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("NAAQS") for particulate matter with a nominal mean aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less (PM 2.5). This regulation is currently being challenged in US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. On November 24th, 2025, EPA asked the court to vacate the new standard. EPA may propose a revised version of the regulation in the future. Delek at this time does not believe that the revised NAAQS will have a material impact to Delek.
In December 2020, the EPA designated a portion of Howard County, Texas surrounding the Delek Big Spring refinery and a neighboring carbon black plant as non-attainment for the sulfur dioxide (SO2) 1-hour primary NAAQS of 75 ppb. In October 2022, the TCEQ submitted a State Implementation Plan ("SIP") to the EPA which created new requirements that were effective no later than January 1, 2025. The SIP does include reduced SO2 emission limitations for the Big Spring Refinery. The reduced emission limits are not expected to result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Additionally, non-attainment areas are subject to Nonattainment New Source Review ("NNSR") which is a permitting program for industrial facilities to ensure that new and modified sources of SO2 emissions do not impede progress toward cleaner air. Delek does not anticipate that SO2 NNSR will significantly impact the Big Spring refinery.
The EPA’s RFS-2 requires that all refiners remit environmental credits, called RINs, which may be generated by blending renewable fuels into the fuel products they produce, or else purchasing RINs on the market, and that such RINs shall be used to satisfy the related renewable volume obligation ("RVO"). Each of our refineries is an obligated party under RFS-2. To the extent that any of our refineries is unable to blend renewable fuels to generate sufficient RINs ("RINs Obligation"), it must purchase RINs to satisfy its annual requirement. Based on our current operating structure, we are unable to blend sufficient quantities of ethanol and biodiesel to meet our RINs Obligation and have to purchase RINs. In June 2022, the EPA finalized volumes for compliance years 2020, 2021 and 2022 under the RFS program, announced supplemental volume obligations for compliance years 2022 and 2023 and established new provisions of the RFS which addressed bio-intermediates. Additionally, the EPA denied the petitions for small refinery exemptions for prior period compliance years. In June 2023, the EPA published the final volume obligations for the years 2023-2025.
The EPA’s Tier 3 gasoline sulfur standards require that all gasoline (and any ethanol-gasoline blend) meet an annual production average sulfur level of 10 ppm or less while maintaining the existing Tier 2 per-gallon sulfur caps of 80 ppm at the refinery gate and 95 ppm downstream. Small volume refineries that increase their annual average crude oil processing above the 75,000 bpd level must comply with the Tier 3 requirements within 30 months from the time that processing level was exceeded. Compliance is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
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Our operations are also subject to the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA-90”) and comparable state and local requirements. The CWA, and similar laws, prohibit any discharge into surface waters, ground waters, injection wells and publicly-owned treatment works, except as allowed by pre-treatment permits and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits issued by federal, state and local governmental agencies. The OPA-90 prohibits the discharge of oil into "Waters of the U.S." and requires that affected facilities have plans in place to respond to spills and other discharges. The CWA also regulates filling or discharges to wetlands and other "Waters of the U.S." To date, these rules have not materially impacted our business, however, if the scope of the CWA’s jurisdiction is expanded through new regulatory amendments or legal challenges, we could face increased operating costs or other impediments that could alter the way we conduct our business, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In recent years, various legislative and regulatory measures to address climate change and GHG emissions (including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxides) have been discussed or implemented. They include proposed and enacted federal regulation and state actions to develop statewide, regional or nationwide programs designed to control and reduce GHG emissions from fixed sources, such as our refineries, power plants and oil and gas production operations, as well as mobile transportation sources and fuels. EPA rules require us to report GHG emissions from our refinery operations and use of fuel products produced at our refineries on an annual basis. While the cost of compliance with the reporting rule is not material, data gathered under the rule may be used in the future to support additional regulation of GHG. Moreover, the EPA directly regulates GHG emissions from refineries and other major sources through the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) and Federal Operating Permit programs and may require Best Available Control Technology for GHG emissions above a certain threshold if emissions of other pollutants would otherwise require PSD permitting.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA") of the DOT regulates the design, construction, testing, operation, maintenance, reporting and emergency response of crude oil, petroleum product and other hazardous liquids pipelines and other facilities, including certain tank facilities used in the transportation of such liquids. These requirements are complex, subject to change and, in certain cases, can be costly to comply with. We believe our operations are in substantial compliance with these regulations, but we cannot be certain that substantial expenditures will not be required to remain in compliance. Moreover, certain of these rules are difficult to insure adequately, and we cannot assure that we will have adequate insurance to address costs and damages from any noncompliance.
The U. S. Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty and Job Creation Act of 2011 (“Pipeline Safety Act”) increased the maximum civil penalties for certain violations from $100,000 to $200,000 per violation per day and from a total cap of $1 million to $2 million. A number of the provisions of the Pipeline Safety Act have the potential to cause owners and operators of pipeline facilities to incur significant capital expenditures and/or operating costs. Additionally, PHMSA regulation that impose additional responsibilities concerning the operation, maintenance, and inspection of hazardous liquid pipelines; the reporting of pipeline incidents; reference standards for in-line pipeline inspection and the direct assessment of stress corrosion cracking; and other requirements. Additional potential new regulations of pipelines have been proposed by PHMSA and we are monitoring these developments to the extent applicable to our operations. The DOT has issued guidelines with respect to securing regulated facilities such as our bulk terminals against terrorist attack. We have instituted security measures and procedures in accordance with such guidelines to enhance the protection of certain of our facilities. We cannot provide any assurance that these security measures would fully protect our facilities from an attack.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") of the DOT regulates safety standards and monitors drivers and equipment of commercial motor carrier fleets. Such standards include vehicle and maintenance inspection requirements, limitations on the number of hours drivers may operate vehicles and financial responsibility requirements. We believe that the operations of our fleet of crude oil and finished products truck transports are substantially in compliance with these regulations and safety requirements.
Human Capital Management
As of December 31, 2025, we had 1,902 full-time employees, 26.6% of which (approximately 505 employees) were subject to a collective bargaining agreement. We recognize that the key to a successful future for Delek depends on the success of our employees and we continue to target a diverse talent pool of employees, at all levels, throughout the company. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our employees and have adopted a number of policies and programs to support and advance our human capital resources as discussed below.
Inclusion
Delek is dedicated to fostering a culture comprised of different and diverse backgrounds united in purpose, as outlined in our Opportunity and Inclusion Policy, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Employee Handbook, and Human Rights Policy. All employees must participate in respectful communication and anti-harassment training to create a more inclusive work environment. We believe that a diverse talent pool brings unique perspectives, experiences, ideas, and solutions that drive our business forward.
Our talent acquisition strategy focuses on colleges and universities with diverse student populations that align to our unique needs and skill sets.
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Turnover and Talent Management
Delek understands the importance of attracting and retaining top talent. We have established relationships with local colleges and universities to increase interest in our organization and industry among upcoming graduates. Our strong internship program offers participants the opportunity to receive annual scholarships based on performance.
Leadership development programs are crucial to our success. Delek offers several levels of leadership development for new leaders, seasoned leaders, future leaders, and even a new tailored program for frontline supervisors in our refineries called "Forging Leaders" program. These classes focus on enhancing communication, change management, and strategy implementation skills.
We strive to maintain a workplace where people are treated with dignity, decency, and respect, as outlined in our Sexual Harassment Policy, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and Employee Handbook. Our programs ensure employees are trained and aligned on safety and environmental performance expectations. We use behavior-based techniques that involve management, employees, and contract workers to focus on daily safety behavior through constant evaluation and adaptation.
Benefits and Wellness Programs
Delek seeks to promote a lifestyle of wellness — physically, financially, emotionally, and socially. Our benefits package and employee programs are designed to create a healthy balance of work and life. We offer a benefits package designed to promote the health and wellness of our employees, which includes employer-contributions for medical coverage, and a rebate of paid health premiums for completing annual preventative screenings. Other physical health benefits include the telemedicine program, tobacco cessation program, access to onsite or local fitness centers, and active outings and step challenges.
Delek also recognizes the importance of our employees’ financial health and provides competitive base salaries. We also offer a long-term equity plan, life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, dependent scholarship program, financial planning resources, professional and leadership development and employee service awards.
Delek believes in a healthy balance between work and life and offers a variety of programs and resources to ensure every team member can be at their best. We provide a variety of programs to promote this balance such as paid time off and holidays, parental leave, dependent care flexible spending accounts, the employee assistance program and the Delek Employee Care Fund. We also believe in investing in our employees’ social and community health. To foster a better community for our employees, we provide programs such as at-work socials, after-hours company sponsored recreation events, the Delek Day of Caring, which provides community volunteer opportunities, and the Delek Fund for Hope, which supports 501(c)(3) non-profits in the communities where our employees live and work.
Health and Safety Initiatives
Delek is committed to its core value of safety and discipline, and strives to create a safe work environment through programs in personal safety, process safety, health and wellness, and facility and employee security. Delek applies safety management systems and drives strong execution of those processes to create operational excellence. Delek’s “Integrity Management System” ("IMS") creates a structured approach to all aspects of our business. The IMS requires that work processes be documented, defined accountability, and employees be trained to execute those processes. The IMS provides layers of assurance and verification, where Delek “checks” to ensure processes are being executed as defined.
Delek’s 10 “Life Saving Rules” apply to everyone who works at or on behalf of a Delek site. These rules protect our employees and contractors, communicate and reinforce Delek’s safe work expectations, and provide accountability for safety. The Life Saving Rules address safety issues such as energy isolation, working from heights, safe excavation, use of personal protective equipment, and safe driving. Delek adheres to all federal, state, and local government regulatory requirements for safety, including OSHA’s process safety management standards, and the EPA’s Risk Management Program. Delek also applies industry safety best practices, such as those published by the American Petroleum Institute.
Delek increases employee engagement and ownership of safety through its “Drive Zero” efforts, which aim to create an incident-free workplace. We track and investigate incidents and near misses and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Since 2022, we have held an annual, company-wide “Safety Day” that provides all employees a chance to re-focus on safety fundamentals, and learn new tools to enhance their safety. Fundamentally, daily safety meetings, job safety analyses and every employee’s “Stop Work Authority” foster a culture of health, safety, and environmental awareness and accountability embraced at all levels of Delek, from front line workers to management and executive leadership. In addition to our culture and continual assessment, Delek expects all employees and leadership to meet safety expectations and Delek empowers our employees to make adjustments or stop work as needed in order to correct, or prevent, adverse safety or environmental conditions. Delek evaluates the safety performance and systems of contract companies before allowing them to work at Delek sites. Contract company employees are provided site-specific training on safety processes and hazards before they begin work at a Delek site.
Delek’s focus on emergency preparedness ensures that Delek is prepared to respond, should an emergency occur. These efforts include defined response plans, specially-trained responders, practice drills, and an inventory of emergency response equipment. Delek practices its response plans at all levels of the organization, within Refining, Logistics and the Corporate organization. Delek partners with agencies and public first responders for training and field exercises. Delek applies standardized, nationally-accepted incident command structures to ensure consistent, predictable, and effective emergency management. Delek is applying advanced technologies to increase our response capabilities.
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Delek implemented a standardized, company-wide emergency notification system. Delek also applies drone technology within its response plans to provide a real-time situational assessment that allows teams to respond more efficiently and effectively to emergencies.
Community Relations
Delek operates a 501(c)(3) non-profit called the Delek Fund for Hope that supports nonprofits alongside our employees and business partners in the communities where we live and work. Employees are able to give a portion of their paycheck to the Fund for Hope and/or complete volunteer hours within their local community. The Delek Day of Caring encourages employees to take paid and after hour time to volunteer with their local nonprofits.
Information Technology
In 2025, Delek remained focused on enhancing infrastructure, ensuring robust security measures, streamlining enterprise applications, and advancing innovation, artificial intelligence, and data analytics to support Delek's strategic and operational goals. Delek further enhanced its business continuity by reducing recovery time and recovery point objectives, ensuring that our systems are capable of quickly recovering from any potential disruptions. In addition, Delek continued to enhance its cybersecurity standards across its information technology ("IT") and operational technology ("OT") including enhanced training programs for employees and refined reviews of cybersecurity incidents.
Corporate Headquarters
We lease our corporate headquarters at 310 Seven Springs Way, Suite 400 and 500, Brentwood, Tennessee. The lease is for 56,141 square feet of office space. The lease term expires January 31, 2030.
Liens and Encumbrances
The majority of the assets described in this Form 10-K are pledged and encumbered under certain of our debt facilities. See Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.
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