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Management Team

Thomas J. Nimbley has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 2010. He provided consulting services from June 2005 to April 2010 and assisted in the acquisition of two refineries. From September 2001 to March 2005, Mr. Nimbley served as Senior Vice President and head of Refining for Phillips Petroleum Company and subsequently Senior Vice President and head of Refining for ConocoPhillips domestic refining system (13 locations) following the merger of Phillips and Conoco. Prior to that, Mr. Nimbley was named Vice President and Refinery Manager at the Tosco Corporation as Tosco acquired the Bayway Refinery from Exxon in April 1993.

Michael D. Gayda has served as our President since June 2010 following a short stint as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary beginning in April 2010. Mr. Gayda served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Petroplus Holdings A.G. from May 2006 until January 2010. Prior to Petroplus, he served as an executive officer of Premcor Inc. until its sale to Valero in August 2005. Before joining Premcor, Mr. Gayda served as General Counsel—Refining for Phillips 66 Company, a division of Phillips Petroleum Company, following Phillips Petroleum's acquisition of Tosco Corporation in September 2001.

Donald F. Lucey has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer since April 2010. Prior to this, he served as our Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations and Assistant Secretary beginning in April 2008. Mr. Lucey served as Senior Vice President, Commercial for Premcor Inc. from April 2002 until August 2005. He formerly worked at Tosco Corporation, subsequently Phillips Petroleum Company, where he managed Atlantic Basin fuel oil activities. Before joining Tosco, Mr. Lucey worked with Phibro Energy throughout the United States and abroad in its fuel oil products and solid fuels departments.

Matthew C. Lucey has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since April 2010. He had been named Vice President, Finance in April 2008. Previously, Mr. Lucey served as a Managing Director of M.E. Zukerman & Co., a New York-based private equity firm specializing in several sectors of the broader energy industry, from 2001 to 2008. While at M.E. Zukerman & Co., Mr. Lucey participated in all aspects of the firm's energy investment activities including the Management Committee of Penreco, a manufacturer of specialty petroleum products; Cortez Pipeline Company, a 500 mile CO2 pipeline; and Venture Coke Company, a merchant petroleum coke calciner. Before joining M.E. Zukerman & Co., Mr. Lucey spent six years in the banking industry.

Jeffrey Dill has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since May 2010 and from March 2008 until September 2009. During the interim from September 2009 to May 2010, Mr. Dill served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Maxum Petroleum, Inc.. He also served as Consulting General Counsel and Secretary for NTR Acquisition Co. from April 2007 to February 2008. Previously he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Neurogen Corporation from March 2006 to December 2007. Mr. Dill has over 15 years experience providing legal support to refining, transportation and marketing organizations in the petroleum industry, including positions at Premcor Inc., ConocoPhillips Company, Tosco Corporation and Unocal. He has extensive acquisition and merger experience in the industry.