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Business Segments - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment			2
Net sales	$ 1,453.8	$ 1,240.3	$ 4,395.3	$ 3,429.0
Cost of materials and other	1,132.4	1,005.7	3,582.2	2,719.3
Intersegment elimination
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	(1.4)	(1.7)	(4.8)	(4.3)
Cost of materials and other	(1.4)	(1.7)	(4.8)	(4.6)
Intersegment elimination | Petroleum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	(0.4)	(0.4)	(1.6)	(1.3)
Cost of materials and other	0.0	(1.2)	(0.1)	(2.9)
Intersegment elimination | Nitrogen Fertilizer
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	(0.9)	(1.2)	(3.0)	(2.9)
Cost of materials and other	$ (0.6)	$ (0.5)	$ (1.6)	$ (1.7)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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