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Commitments and Contingencies - Coffeyville Second Consent Decree (Details) - EHS - CRRM $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($) issue	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Marquee issues under the Clean Air Act | issue	4
Percentage of refining capacity	95.00%
Environmental civil penalty	$ 0.7
Estimated costs of additional incremental capital expenditures		$ 0.7

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Represents the civil penalty paid under the Second Consent Decree.

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Represents the estimated costs associated with the Second Consent Decree.

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Percentage of refining capacity

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Represents the number of marquee issues under the Clean Air Act.

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