HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE:DINO) today announced the formation of Green Trail Fuels, LLC ("Green Trail Fuels"), a new joint venture with UPOP Holdings ("UPOP"), in which HF Sinclair will hold a 50% non-operating economic interest. The joint venture will include 30 retail sites across Colorado and New Mexico.

As part of the joint venture, HF Sinclair will supply fuel from its proximate regional refineries, strengthening the company's branded marketing footprint in the Rockies and Southwest regions.

"This joint venture represents a strategic step forward for our Marketing segment," said Steve Ledbetter, executive vice president, Commercial, HF Sinclair. "The establishment of this new partnership allows us to accelerate growth of the Sinclair brand at an expedited pace and capture synergies across our integrated asset base."

Green Trail Fuels is expected to:

Accelerate growth of Sinclair-branded locations through incremental branded retail sites
Create operational and logistics synergies with HF Sinclair's existing midstream and refining assets
Provide a scalable platform for future growth opportunities that augment its existing wholesale network and are aligned with HF Sinclair's disciplined growth strategy
Provide exposure to additional margin streams through the partnership

HF Sinclair will supply fuel from its existing refinery locations, with UPOP operating the retail sites as a trusted, growth‑oriented partner.

For a list of Sinclair-branded retail locations, please visit https://www.sinclairoil.com/find-sinclair-gas-station-near-you.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and lubricants and specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry. HF Sinclair markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacic Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states and supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,700 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand to more than 350 additional locations throughout the country. HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries.

Forward-Looking Statements

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