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Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk (Details) (Revenues)	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Minimum
Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk
Percentage required for qualification as major customer (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Marathon Petroleum Corporation | Consolidated revenue
Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk
Percentage of major customer revenue (as a percent)	16.00%	14.00%	14.00%
ConocoPhillips Company | Consolidated revenue
Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk
Percentage of major customer revenue (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%	12.00%

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Threshold percentage which the entity uses for disclosure.

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- Definition

For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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