Defined Benefit (Pension) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2023

United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees

Data updated 2026-05-15

$39M
Total assets
114
Participants
83rd
Percentile by assets
$343,991
Avg per participant

Sponsored by United Refining Company Β· Pennsylvania Β· Manufacturing

What the 2023 filing shows

United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees holds $39M for 114 participants - about $343,991 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 1.6% over the 2023 plan year.

$39M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
114
covered participants
83rd
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$343,991
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2023

What the Filing Says About United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees

United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by United Refining Company, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $39M in total end-of-year assets and covers 114 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 251411751, and the plan has been effective since 1976-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $39M at the beginning of 2023 to $39M at year-end - up 1.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at N/A, with reported net income of -$5M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years United Refining Company has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $196M to $134M, a decline of 31.8%, while reported participants moved from 1,109 to 1,120 (+1.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $255M; the softest was 2024 at $134M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $196M in assets across 4 plans covering 1,109 participants; 2023 - $255M in assets across 4 plans covering 1,120 participants; 2024 - $134M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,120 participants.

By assets, United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees outranks 83% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$39M
Total Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Assets (End of Year)N/A
Net Income-$5M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN251411751
Plan Effective Date1976-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (United Refining Company)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,109 $196M
2023 4 1,120 $255M
2024 3 1,120 $134M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees holds $39M in total assets with 114 participants. It is sponsored by United Refining Company.
What type of plan is United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees?
United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1976-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 251411751.
Who sponsors the United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees?
United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees is sponsored by United Refining Company, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 251411751 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees perform in 2023?
United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees edged up modestly - up 1.6% during 2023, moving from $39M to $39M in total assets. Net income was -$5M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees's numbers.

  • By total assets, United Refining Company Pension Plan for Hourly Employees ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • United Refining Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 31.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 251411751.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.