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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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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 10) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Investment in affiliates	$ 5.6	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Velocity Pipeline Partners, LLC \| Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Noncontrolling ownership interest	40.00%
Investment in affiliates	$ 5.6
Expected investment	$ 9.3
Velocity Pipeline Partners, LLC \| Velocity Central Oklahoma Pipeline LLC
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Ownership interest	60.00%