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Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Credit Facilities (Details) - 9 months ended Sep. 30, 2018 | CAD ($) | USD ($)
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Uncommitted Letter of Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued |  |  | $ 307,000,000
Credit Facilities [Member] | Valero Revolver [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Facility amount |  |  | 3,000,000,000
Maturity date |  | Nov. 30, 2020 |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued |  |  | 0
Availability |  |  | 2,940,000,000
Credit Facilities [Member] | Valero Revolver Letter of Credit [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued |  |  | 60,000,000
Credit Facilities [Member] | VLP Revolver [Member] | Valero Energy Partners LP [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Facility amount |  |  | 750,000,000
Maturity date |  | Nov. 30, 2020 |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued |  |  | 0
Availability |  |  | 750,000,000
Credit Facilities [Member] | VLP Revolver Letter of Credit [Member] | Valero Energy Partners LP [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued |  |  | 0
Credit Facilities [Member] | IEnova Revolver [Member] | Central Mexico Terminals [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Facility amount |  |  | 340,000,000
Maturity date |  | Feb. 28, 2028 |
Outstanding borrowings |  |  | 71,000,000
Availability |  |  | 269,000,000
Credit Facilities [Member] | Canadian Revolver [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Facility amount | [1] | $ 75,000,000 |
Maturity date | [1] | Nov. 30, 2018 |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued | [1] | $ 0 |
Availability | [1] | 70,000,000 |
Credit Facilities [Member] | Canadian Revolver Letter of Credit [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued | [1] | $ 5,000,000 |
Credit Facilities [Member] | A/R Sales Facility [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Facility amount |  |  | 1,300,000,000
Maturity date |  | Jul. 31, 2019 |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued |  |  | 100,000,000
Availability |  |  | 1,200,000,000
Credit Facilities [Member] | Committed Letter of Credit Facility Expires November 2018 [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility |  |  |
Facility amount | [1] |  | 100,000,000
Maturity date | [1] | Nov. 30, 2018 |
Outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued | [1] |  | 0
Availability | [1] |  | $ 100,000,000
[1] | This facility is expected to be amended to extend the maturity date from November 2018 to November 2019.

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- Definition The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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