This segment is from Tuesday's edition of 'Digging for Value', in which sector analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman discuss energy & materials news with host Alison Southwick. The twice-weekly show can be viewed on Tuesdays & Thursdays. It can also be found on Twitter, along with our extended coverage of the energy & materials sectors @TMFEnergy.
Taking a look ahead, some of the country's small- to mid-sized refiners will be announcing earnings later this week. Motley Fool analyst Taylor Muckerman lays out what he will be looking for with companies such as CVR Refining (CVRR +0.00%), Marathon Petroleum (MPC 0.59%) and Western Refining (WNR +0.00%). If you'd like go get a bit of an idea how they might have fared, check out Phillips 66 (PSX +0.01%) today. While it is a much larger company, its geographic diversification could help hint at how these regional players performed.
These 3 companies have been keeping refiners busy lately
