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Put and Call Option Contracts (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 gal
Derivative [Line Items]
Total fuel price derivative instruments, gallons	54,355,000	[1]
Unleaded Fuel
Derivative [Line Items]
Total fuel price derivative instruments, gallons	36,953,000	[1]
Diesel
Derivative [Line Items]
Total fuel price derivative instruments, gallons	17,402,000	[1]
[1] The settlement of the put and call option contracts is based upon the New York Mercantile Exchange’s New York Harbor Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygen Blending and the U.S. Department of Energy’s weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel price for the month.

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