DALLAS, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ALJ) ("Alon") today announced that the Company's management will be participating in one-on-one meetings with institutional investors at the Credit Suisse Energy Summit to be held in Vail, Colorado on February 4 - 7, 2013. Management will be representing and answering questions on both Alon USA Energy, Inc. and Alon USA Partners, LP (NYSE: ALDW).

The Company's meeting materials will be available beginning on February 6, 2013 on the Investor Relations section of the Alon USA Energy website at www.alonusa.com, as well as on the Alon USA Partners website at www.alonpartners.com.

Alon USA Energy, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, operating primarily in the South Central, Southwestern and Western regions of the United States. The Company directly owns crude oil refineries in California, Louisiana and Oregon, with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 180,000 barrels per day. Alon USA also owns 100% of the general partner and approximately 82% of the limited partner interests in Alon USA Partners, LP (NYSE: ALDW), which owns a crude oil refinery in Texas with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 70,000 barrels per day. Alon USA is a leading producer of asphalt, which it markets through its asphalt terminals predominately in the Western United States. Alon USA is the largest 7-Eleven licensee in the United States and operates approximately 300 convenience stores in Texas and New Mexico.


    Contacts:                  Amir Barash, Vice President -
                               Investor Relations
                               Alon USA Energy, Inc.
                               972-367-3808

                                Investors: Jack Lascar/Sheila
                                Stuewe
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                               Media: Blake Lewis
                               Lewis Public Relations
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                               SMG Public Relations
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SOURCE Alon USA Energy, Inc.