Get a Sneak Peak at these Oil Refiners

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 , Marathon Petroleum and Western Refining . If you'd like go get a bit of an idea how they might have fared, check out Phillips 66 today. While it is a much larger company, its geographic diversification could help hint at how these regional players performed.

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