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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Threshold, Amount Of Aggregate Facility Commitments And Borrowing Base

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Threshold, Percentage Of Aggregate Facility Commitments And Borrowing Base

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Secured Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Unrestricted Net Income (Loss) And Retained Earnings, Excess (Deficit) of

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Period, Period Four

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Period, Period One

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Period, Period Three

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Period, Period Two

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Debt Instrument, Principal Payment, Percentage

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Line Of Credit Facility, Asset Based Availability, Net Orderly Liquidation Value, Percentage

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Line Of Credit Facility, Asset Based Availability, Value Of Asset, Percentage

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Line Of Credit Facility, Dividend Restriction Threshold As Amount Of Availability

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Line Of Credit Facility, Dividend Restriction Threshold As Amount Of Availability With Consideration Of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line Of Credit Facility, Dividend Restriction Threshold As Percentage Of Revolving Commitments And Borrowing Base

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Line Of Credit Facility Dividend Restriction Threshold As Percentage Of Revolving Commitments And Borrowing Base With Consideration Of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line Of Credit Facility, Dividend Restrictions, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line Of Credit Facility, Sublimit

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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.

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Description of restrictions on the entity's ability to pay dividends as required by the terms of the credit facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)		9 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)	Mar. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 14, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes				$ 500,000,000
Fixed charge coverage ratio		0.64
Fixed charge coverage ratio threshold, percentage of aggregate facility commitments and borrowing base		17.50%
Fixed charge coverage ratio threshold, amount of aggregate facility commitments and borrowing base		$ 70,000,000
Dividend restrictions		After giving effect to the applicable restrictions on certain payments, which could include dividends under the credit agreement (which restrictions are only applicable when availability under the credit agreement does not exceed the greater of 25% of the lesser of the revolving commitments and the borrowing base and $100 million (and if availability under the credit agreement does not exceed the greater of 40% of the lesser of the revolving commitments and the borrowing base and $100 million, then our fixed charge coverage ratio must be at least 1.0 to 1.0) and the indenture, and subject to compliance with applicable law. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had a shortfall of approximately $245.7 million of its net income and retained earnings subject to such restrictions before the fixed charge ratio would exceed 1.0 to 1.0 .
Net income and retained earnings free of restrictions, excess (deficit) of			$ (245,700,000)
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed charge coverage ratio		1.0	1.0
Period for fixed charge coverage ratio threshold (in days)		3 days
Dividend restriction threshold as a percentage of revolving commitments and borrowing base		25.00%
Dividend restriction threshold as amount of availability		$ 100,000,000
Dividend restrictions, fixed charge coverage ratio		1.0
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured leverage ratio		4.5
Dividend restriction threshold as a percentage of revolving commitments and borrowing base with consideration of fixed charge coverage ratio		40.00%
Dividend restriction threshold as amount of availability with consideration of fixed charge coverage ratio		$ 100,000,000
Federal Funds Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		0.50%
LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		1.00%
Interest period one (in months)		1 month
Interest period two (in months)		2 months
Interest period three (in months)		3 months
Interest period four (in months)		6 months
Cash
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		100.00%
Credit Card Receivables
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		90.00%
Investment Grade Accounts
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		90.00%
Other Accounts
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		85.00%
Midstream Refined Products Inventory
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		80.00%
Refined Retail Products Inventory
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		75.00%
Retail Merchandise Inventory
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of asset available to borrow against		70.00%
Percentage of net orderly liquidation value available to borrow against		85.00%
Asset-Based Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 450,000,000
Outstanding debt		$ 0
Asset-Based Loan Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		1.50%
Asset-Based Loan Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		2.00%
Asset-Based Loan Facility \| Alternative Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		0.50%
Asset-Based Loan Facility \| Alternative Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		1.00%
Term Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 200,000,000
Proceeds borrowed from credit facility	$ 200,000,000
Term (in years)		4 years
Quarterly amortization payment (percent)		5.00%
Term Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		2.50%
Term Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		2.75%
Term Facility \| Alternative Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		1.50%
Term Facility \| Alternative Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over variable rate (percent)		1.75%
Incremental Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 150,000,000
Letter Of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, sublimit		$ 200,000,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)		6.00%		6.00%