We are an independent energy company, organized in the State of Wyoming in 1977, engaged in crude oil refining and the wholesale marketing of refined petroleum products. We operate refineries in Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Dorado, Kansas with a total annual average crude oil capacity of approximately 182,000 barrels per day. Both of our refineries are complex refineries, which means that they can process heavier, less expensive types of crude oil and still produce a high percentage of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other high value refined products. We focus our marketing efforts in the Rocky Mountain region and the Plains States, which we believe are among the most attractive refined products markets in the United States.
Cheyenne Refinery
Our Cheyenne Refinery has a permitted crude oil capacity of 52,000 barrels per day. Crude oil is purchased from local producers and also imported via the Express Pipeline from Canada. The Cheyenne Refinery has a coking unit, which allows the refinery to process extensive amounts of heavy crude oil for use as a feedstock. The ability to process heavy crude oil lowers our raw material costs because heavy crude oil is generally less expensive than lighter types of crude oil. Historically, heavy crude oil has accounted for 85% or more of the Cheyenne Refinery's crude oil charge. We market Cheyenne's refined products primarily in the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountain region, which encompasses eastern Colorado (including the Denver metropolitan area), eastern Wyoming, and western Nebraska (the "Eastern Slope"). The Cheyenne Refinery's product mix includes gasoline (41%), diesel fuel (30%), and asphalt and other refined petroleum products (29%).
El Dorado Refinery
The El Dorado Refinery is one of the largest refineries in the Plains States and the Rocky Mountain region with an average crude oil capacity of 130,000 barrels per day. The El Dorado Refinery can select from many different types of crude oil because of its direct access to the Cushing, Oklahoma hub, which is connected by pipelines to the Gulf Coast and to Canada. This access, combined with the El Dorado Refinery's complexity, gives it the flexibility to refine a wide variety of crude oils. The El Dorado Refinery also has a coking unit, which allows the refinery to process a large percentage of heavy, discounted crudes. We market El Dorado's refined products primarily in the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountain region, which encompasses eastern Colorado (including the Denver metropolitan area) and eastern Wyoming, and throughout the Plains States. The El Dorado Refinery's product mix includes gasoline (55%), diesel and jet fuel (34%) and asphalt, chemicals and other refined petroleum products (11%).
Frontier's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FTO". Corporate headquarters are located in Houston, Texas. Operations headquarters are located in Denver, Colorado with operations in Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Dorado, Kansas.
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