Vertex Energy, Inc

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Vertex Energy Q1 2022 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants have been placed on listen-only mode, and the floor will be open for questions and comments after the presentation. It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Noel Ryan, with the investor relations team. Noel, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Paul. Good morning, and welcome to Vertex Energy's first quarter 2022 results conference call. Leading the call today are our chairman and CEO, Ben Cowart, CFO Chris Carlson, and EVP of Development Alvaro Ruiz. We issued a press release before the market opened this morning detailing our recent operational and financial results. I'd like to remind you that management's commentary and responses to questions on today's conference call may include forward-looking statements which, by their nature, are uncertain and outside of the company's control. Although these forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs, actual results could differ materially. For discussion of some of the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ, please refer to the risk factors section of Vertex Energy's latest annual and quarterly filings with the SEC. Additionally, please note you can find reconciliations of the historical non-GAAP financial measures discussed during our call and the press release issued today. Today's call will begin with remarks from Ben Cowart, followed by a financial review from Chris Carlson. At the conclusion of these prepared remarks, we'll open the line for questions. And with that, I'll turn the call over to Ben.

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