Valero Energy (VLO) 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Exhibit 99.01

Valero Energy Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

SAN ANTONIO, July 28, 2009 — Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) today reported a net loss of $254 million, or $0.48 per share, for the second quarter of 2009, compared to second quarter 2008 net income of $734 million, or $1.37 per share. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net income was $55 million, or $0.11 per share, compared to net income of $995 million, or $1.85 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2008.

The second quarter 2009 operating loss was $317 million, versus $1.2 billion of operating income in the second quarter of 2008. The decline in operating income was primarily due to lower diesel and jet fuel margins and lower sour crude oil differentials versus the same quarter last year. For example, benchmark Gulf Coast ultra-low-sulfur diesel margins versus West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil decreased 74 percent from $28.85 per barrel in the second quarter of 2008 to $7.57 per barrel in the second quarter of 2009. The Maya heavy sour crude oil differential to WTI decreased 78% from $20.99 per barrel in the second quarter of 2008 to $4.57 per barrel in the second quarter of 2009.

“This is a very challenging environment for sour crude oil refiners,” said Bill Klesse, Valero’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. “The downturn in the global economy has sharply reduced demand for refined products at a time when new refining capacity is coming online around the world. Also, sour crude oil differentials have narrowed mainly because key supplies of lower quality crude oils have come off the market. As a result, global product inventories are high and refining margins are depressed. When the global economy improves, we expect that product demand, sour crude oil production, and refining margins will also improve.

“The previously announced shutdown of our Aruba refinery was completed in mid-July mainly because of very poor margins. Our plan is to review the margin outlook in September to decide whether to restart the plant or keep it down. Also, by that time, we should have a decision from the arbitration panel on the turnover tax arbitration. We will continue to monitor our other refineries for situations in which it makes economic sense to slow or shut down specific units or the entire plant. Obviously, coking economics are very weak.

“In our other lines of business, we are achieving solid results. Operating income in our retail operations increased an impressive 33% from $49 million in the second quarter of 2008 to $65 million in the second quarter of 2009. Our ethanol business, which we acquired at an outstanding value in the second quarter, is off to a great start. Despite only partial operations and start-up costs in the second quarter, our ethanol business earned $22 million of operating income. We now have all seven of the ethanol plants operating.

The recent decrease in corn prices has been positive on ethanol margins and the profitability of our plants,” Klesse said.

Regarding cash flows in the second quarter of 2009, the company spent $556 million for the acquisition of the ethanol plants and working capital from VeraSun Energy Corporation and $698 million for capital expenditures, of which $82 million was for turnaround and catalyst expenditures. The company paid $78 million in dividends on its common stock and received net proceeds of $799 million from the issuance of 46 million shares of common stock. The company paid off $209 million of maturing debt and ended the second quarter with $1.6 billion in cash and temporary cash investments.

“Due in part to our recent equity offering, we have a healthy cash balance that we plan to safeguard,” Klesse said. “Although this is a market in which buying refining capacity is cheaper than building it, we will patiently wait for the right opportunity at an attractive price.”

Commenting on carbon legislation, Klesse said, “A very important issue that every consumer, taxpayer, and investor should examine is the deceptively titled ‘American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,’ which the United States House of Representatives narrowly passed in June. This legislation, in some form, will be before the Senate early this fall. We recognize the concerns about climate change and increasing carbon dioxide levels. However, a hidden tax imposed by this legislation in the form of a cap-and-trade system on hydrocarbons will significantly raise the consumer price of gasoline and other fuels, and more than a million high-paying jobs will disappear from our already weakened economy—with no measurable improvement in global climate change. I urge all Valero investors to contact their Congressmen, Senators, and the President to express opposition to any potential bill. To assist you with this effort, Valero has created a resource at www.voicesforenergy.com.”

“In times like this, our focus is on managing costs and optimizing our assets. We previously cut our 2009 capital expenditures budget to $2.5 billion. We have achieved more than $250 million of expense reductions from various cost-saving initiatives since 2007 as we improve Valero’s competitive position,” said Klesse.

Valero’s senior management will hold a conference call at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) today to discuss this earnings release and provide an update on company operations. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available on the company’s web site at www.valero.com.

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Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio with approximately 22,000 employees and 2008 revenues of $119 billion. The company owns and operates 16 refineries throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean with a combined throughput capacity of approximately three million barrels per day, making it the largest refiner in North America. Valero is also a leading ethanol producer with seven ethanol plants in the Midwest with a combined capacity of 780 million gallons per year, and is one of the nation’s largest retail operators with approximately 5,800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Beacon brands.

Statements contained in this release that state the company’s or management’s expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words “believe,” “expect,” “should,” “could,” “estimates,” and other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. It is important to note that actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. For more information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or forecasted, see Valero’s annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EARNINGS RELEASE
(Millions of Dollars, Except per Share, per Barrel, and per Gallon Amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2009 (1)			2008 (2)			2009 (1)			2008 (2)
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA:
Operating Revenues (3)	$	17,925		$	36,640		$	31,749		$	64,585
Costs and Expenses:
Cost of Sales		16,543			33,673			28,171			59,342
Operating Expenses		1,015			1,133			2,012			2,247
Retail Selling Expenses		171			190			340			378
General and Administrative Expenses		124			117			269			252
Depreciation and Amortization Expense		389			369			767			736
Total Costs and Expenses		18,242			35,482			31,559			62,955
Operating Income (Loss)		(317	)		1,158			190			1,630
Other Income (Expense), Net		(24	)		15			(25	)		35
Interest and Debt Expense:
Incurred		(118	)		(107	)		(237	)		(223	)
Capitalized		36			24			76			43
Income (Loss) Before Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(423	)		1,090			4			1,485
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(169	)		356			(51	)		490
Net Income (Loss)	$	(254	)	$	734		$	55		$	995
Earnings (Loss) per Common Share (4)	$	(0.48	)	$	1.39		$	0.11		$	1.88
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (in millions)		525			526			520			529
Earnings (Loss) per Common Share — Assuming Dilution	$	(0.48	)	$	1.37		$	0.11		$	1.85
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding— Assuming Dilution (in millions) (5)		530			534			525			537

	June 30,		December 31,
	2009		2008
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and Temporary Cash Investments	$	1,623	$	940
Total Debt	$	7,368	$	6,576

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VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EARNINGS RELEASE
(Millions of Dollars, Except per Share, per Barrel, and per Gallon Amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2009			2008 (2)			2009			2008 (2)
Operating Income (Loss) by Business Segment:
Refining	$	(268	)	$	1,235		$	339		$	1,803
Retail:
U.S.		36			25			61			39
Canada		29			24			60			60
Total Retail		65			49			121			99
Ethanol (1)		22			—			22			—
Total Before Corporate		(181	)		1,284			482			1,902
Corporate		(136	)		(126	)		(292	)		(272	)
Total	$	(317	)	$	1,158		$	190		$	1,630
Depreciation and Amortization by Business Segment:
Refining	$	346		$	336		$	690		$	667
Retail:
U.S.		18			16			35			33
Canada		8			8			14			16
Total Retail		26			24			49			49
Ethanol (1)		5			—			5			—
Total Before Corporate		377			360			744			716
Corporate		12			9			23			20
Total	$	389		$	369		$	767		$	736
Operating Highlights:
Refining:
Throughput Margin per Barrel	$	4.64		$	10.82		$	6.69		$	9.68
Operating Costs per Barrel:
Refining Operating Expenses	$	4.30		$	4.53		$	4.39		$	4.61
Depreciation and Amortization		1.53			1.35			1.54			1.37
Total Operating Costs per Barrel	$	5.83		$	5.88		$	5.93		$	5.98
Throughput Volumes (Mbbls per Day):
Feedstocks:
Heavy Sour Crude		451			593			511			587
Medium/Light Sour Crude		582			715			601			685
Acidic Sweet Crude		104			80			108			77
Sweet Crude		616			658			589			643
Residuals		248			253			184			223
Other Feedstocks		186			128			178			144
Total Feedstocks		2,187			2,427			2,171			2,359
Blendstocks and Other		302			319			307			318
Total Throughput Volumes		2,489			2,746			2,478			2,677
Yields (Mbbls per Day):
Gasolines and Blendstocks		1,196			1,232			1,160			1,228
Distillates		793			982			812			927
Petrochemicals		70			77			65			77
Other Products (6)		426			446			434			442
Total Yields		2,485			2,737			2,471			2,674

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VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EARNINGS RELEASE
(Millions of Dollars, Except per Share, per Barrel, and per Gallon Amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Refining Operating Highlights by Region (7):
Gulf Coast (2):
Operating Income (Loss)	$	(176	)	$	1,043		$	(7	)	$	1,480
Throughput Volumes (Mbbls per Day)		1,395			1,495			1,355			1,437
Throughput Margin per Barrel	$	3.94		$	13.25		$	5.48		$	11.46
Operating Costs per Barrel:
Refining Operating Expenses	$	3.92		$	4.34		$	4.05		$	4.52
Depreciation and Amortization		1.41			1.24			1.46			1.28
Total Operating Costs per Barrel	$	5.33		$	5.58		$	5.51		$	5.80
Mid-Continent:
Operating Income	$	18		$	103		$	190		$	218
Throughput Volumes (Mbbls per Day)		370			439			385			426
Throughput Margin per Barrel	$	6.03		$	7.85		$	8.07		$	8.28
Operating Costs per Barrel:
Refining Operating Expenses	$	3.76		$	3.99		$	3.75		$	4.16
Depreciation and Amortization		1.72			1.27			1.59			1.30
Total Operating Costs per Barrel	$	5.48		$	5.26		$	5.34		$	5.46
Northeast:
Operating Loss	$	(169	)	$	(35	)	$	(88	)	$	(30	)
Throughput Volumes (Mbbls per Day)		440			527			458			541
Throughput Margin per Barrel	$	2.88		$	5.81		$	6.06		$	5.91
Operating Costs per Barrel:
Refining Operating Expenses	$	5.39		$	5.06		$	5.48		$	4.77
Depreciation and Amortization		1.71			1.49			1.64			1.45
Total Operating Costs per Barrel	$	7.10		$	6.55		$	7.12		$	6.22
West Coast:
Operating Income	$	59		$	124		$	244		$	135
Throughput Volumes (Mbbls per Day)		284			285			280			273
Throughput Margin per Barrel	$	9.03		$	11.92		$	11.66		$	9.99
Operating Costs per Barrel:
Refining Operating Expenses	$	5.15		$	5.41		$	5.12		$	5.48
Depreciation and Amortization		1.61			1.73			1.73			1.80
Total Operating Costs per Barrel	$	6.76		$	7.14		$	6.85		$	7.28

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VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EARNINGS RELEASE
(Millions of Dollars, Except per Share, per Barrel, and per Gallon Amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Retail — U.S.:
Company-Operated Fuel Sites (Average)		1,001			949			1,003			949
Fuel Volumes (Gallons per Day per Site)		5,119			5,104			5,052			5,023
Fuel Margin per Gallon	$	0.125		$	0.129		$	0.121		$	0.121
Merchandise Sales	$	307		$	282		$	573		$	527
Merchandise Margin (Percentage of Sales)		28.6	%		29.8	%		29.5	%		30.1	%
Margin on Miscellaneous Sales	$	21		$	22		$	44		$	50
Selling Expenses	$	115		$	121		$	229		$	241
Retail — Canada:
Fuel Volumes (Thousand Gallons per Day)		3,093			3,103			3,176			3,191
Fuel Margin per Gallon	$	0.253		$	0.270		$	0.252		$	0.286
Merchandise Sales	$	49		$	54		$	88		$	100
Merchandise Margin (Percentage of Sales)		29.2	%		28.6	%		29.5	%		28.5	%
Margin on Miscellaneous Sales	$	7		$	10		$	15		$	19
Selling Expenses	$	56		$	69		$	111		$	137
Ethanol (1):
Ethanol Production (Thousand Gallons per Day)		1,617			N/A			813			N/A
Gross Margin per Gallon of Ethanol Production	$	0.47			N/A		$	0.47			N/A
Operating Costs per Gallon of Ethanol Production:
Ethanol Operating Expenses	$	0.29			N/A		$	0.29			N/A
Depreciation and Amortization		0.03			N/A			0.03			N/A
Total Operating Costs per Gallon of Ethanol Production	$	0.32			N/A		$	0.32			N/A
Average Market Reference Prices and Differentials (Dollars per Barrel):
Feedstocks (at U.S. Gulf Coast):
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude Oil	$	59.54		$	123.98		$	51.26		$	110.96
WTI Less Sour Crude Oil (8)	$	0.33		$	5.70		$	1.02		$	5.77
WTI Less Mars Crude Oil	$	2.19		$	6.96		$	0.70		$	6.97
WTI Less Maya Crude Oil	$	4.57		$	20.99		$	4.51		$	18.90
Products:
U.S. Gulf Coast:
Conventional 87 Gasoline Less WTI	$	10.57		$	6.60		$	9.36		$	5.42
No. 2 Fuel Oil Less WTI	$	3.84		$	23.03		$	7.34		$	19.11
Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel Less WTI	$	7.57		$	28.85		$	11.31		$	24.61
Propylene Less WTI	$	(10.89	)	$	(6.77	)	$	(8.69	)	$	(3.77	)
U.S. Mid-Continent:
Conventional 87 Gasoline Less WTI	$	10.58		$	5.89		$	9.58		$	5.43
Low-Sulfur Diesel Less WTI	$	6.24		$	28.84		$	8.94		$	24.88
U.S. Northeast:
Conventional 87 Gasoline Less WTI	$	9.85		$	4.34		$	8.99		$	3.70
No. 2 Fuel Oil Less WTI	$	4.69		$	24.94		$	9.06		$	21.35
Lube Oils Less WTI	$	25.64		$	33.65		$	46.37		$	32.97
U.S. West Coast:
CARBOB 87 Gasoline Less WTI	$	18.07		$	16.08		$	18.60		$	12.56
CARB Diesel Less WTI	$	7.92		$	30.83		$	10.81		$	25.39

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VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EARNINGS RELEASE
(Millions of Dollars, Except per Share, per Barrel, and per Gallon Amounts)
(Unaudited)

(1)	The information presented for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 includes the operations related to the acquisition of certain ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy Corporation. Ethanol plants located in Charles City, Fort Dodge and Hartley, Iowa; Aurora, South Dakota; and Welcome, Minnesota were purchased on April 1, 2009, and ethanol plants in Albert City, Iowa and Albion, Nebraska were purchased on April 9, 2009 and May 8, 2009, respectively. The ethanol production volumes reflected in this earnings release are based on 91 calendar days and 181 calendar days, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 rather than the actual daily production, which varied by facility.
(2)	Effective July 1, 2008, Valero sold its Krotz Springs Refinery to Alon Refining Krotz Springs, Inc. (Alon), a subsidiary of Alon USA Energy, Inc. The nature and significance of Valero’s post-closing participation in an offtake agreement with Alon represents a continuation of activities with the Krotz Springs Refinery for accounting purposes, and as such the results of operations related to the Krotz Springs Refinery have not been presented as discontinued operations in the Statement of Income Data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008. The refining operating highlights, both consolidated and for the Gulf Coast region, presented in this earnings release include the Krotz Springs Refinery for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.
(3)	Includes excise taxes on sales by Valero’s U.S. retail system of $229 million and $204 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $433 million and $398 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(4)	Effective January 1, 2009, Valero adopted FASB Staff Position No. EITF 03-6-1 (FSP No. EITF 03-6-1), “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities,” which requires restricted stock granted under Valero’s stock-based compensation plans to be treated as participating securities under the two-class method of determining basic earnings per common share. Basic earnings per common share for prior periods are to be adjusted to conform to this FSP. The adoption of FSP No. EITF 03-6-1 did not have any effect on the calculation of basic earnings per common share for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, but did reduce the $1.40 basic earnings per common share originally reported for the three months ended June 30, 2008.
(5)	Common equivalent shares have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share for the three months ended June 30, 2009 as the effect of including such shares would be antidilutive.
(6)	Primarily includes gas oils, No. 6 fuel oil, petroleum coke, and asphalt.
(7)	The regions reflected herein contain the following refineries:Gulf Coast— Corpus Christi East, Corpus Christi West, Texas City, Houston, Three Rivers, Krotz Springs (prior to its sale effective July 1, 2008), St. Charles, Aruba, and Port Arthur Refineries;Mid-Continent—McKee, Ardmore, and Memphis Refineries;Northeast— Quebec City, Paulsboro, and Delaware City Refineries; andWest Coast—Benicia and Wilmington Refineries.
(8)	The market reference differential for sour crude oil is based on 50% Arab Medium and 50% Arab Light posted prices.

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