DALLAS, Jan. 7, 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 Deutsche Bank U.S. Independent Refining Conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts on January 10, 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 January 10, 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
                                DRG&L / 713-529-6600

                                Media:  Blake Lewis
                                Lewis Public Relations
                                214-635-3020
                                Ruth Sheetrit
                                SMG Public Relations
                                011-972-547-555551

SOURCE Alon USA Energy, Inc.