Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Monthly Capacity Fee Revenue, Amount Received	$ 229,000
Environmental Remediation Expense	4,500,000
Maximum Exposure for Environmental Remediation under Omnibus Agreement	1,000,000
Maximum Remediation Recoveries per Event under Omnibus Agreement	20,000,000
Recorded Related Party Environmental Recoveries Receivable	3,500,000
Delek allocated payroll expense		500,000
Lion Oil Insurance Expense Allocation		400,000
Lion Oil Shared Services Allocation		200,000
J. Christy Services		100,000
Refining throughput fee per barrel		0.35
Refining storage fee monthly revenue		300,000
Refining services agreement minimum monthly revenue		700,000
Omnibus Agreement Annual Amount	2,700,000
Administrative Fees, Amount Paid	900,000
Indemnification Deductible	900,000
Annual Maximum Tank Repair and Maintenance Expense	500,000
Maximum Non-Discretionary Maintenance Capital Expenditures	3,000,000
Equity award based compensation expense recognized for allocated related party services		100,000
Delek US [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management Fee, Amount Paid	2,500,000
Retail [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management Fee, Amount Paid		300,000
Lion Pipeline and SALA Gathering [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party		3,700,000
Nashville Terminalling [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party		200,000
Crude Transportation and Storage Fees [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party		2,400,000
Tax consequence compensation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party		200,000
Lion Pipeline System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	14,000
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	8,800,000	3,700,000
Throughput Commitment Tariff Rate	2.25
East Texas Crude Logistics System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	35,000
Minimum Annual Storage Fee Revenue, Amount	250,000
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	2,600,000	2,400,000
Throughput Commitment Tariff Rate	0.40
Throughput Volume Subject to Additional Fee	50,000
Throughput Commitment Rate, Additional for Excess Barrels	0.20
East Texas Marketing System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	50,000
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	3,000,000	2,800,000
Throughput Commitment Tariff Rate	0.5964
Terminalling System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Throughput Commitment Tariff Rate	0.50
Big Sandy Terminal [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	400,000
Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Monthly Capacity Fee Revenue Amount	450,000
Minimum [Member] \| East Texas Marketing System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Profit Sharing Incentive Fee Revenue, Quarterly Amount	175,000
Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Monthly Capacity Fee Revenue Amount	529,250
Maximum [Member] \| East Texas Marketing System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Profit Sharing Incentive Fee Revenue, Quarterly Amount	500,000
Finished product [Member] \| Refining [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party	12,800,000	4,700,000
Crude Oil Pipeline [Member] \| Lion Pipeline System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	46,000
Throughput Commitment Tariff Rate	0.85
Bulk biofuels [Member] \| Refining [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party	6,200,000
Bulk biofuels [Member] \| Delek US [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party		42,500,000
RINs [Member] \| Delek US [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	1,800,000
Refined Product Pipeline [Member] \| Lion Pipeline System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	40,000
Throughput Commitment Tariff Rate	0.10
Memphis Terminal [Member] \| Terminalling System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	10,000
Maximum Terminal Loading Capacity, Percentage	75.00%
Big Sandy Terminal [Member] \| Terminalling System [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum Throughput Commitment	5,000
Minimum Annual Storage Fee Revenue, Amount	$ 50,000
Maximum Terminal Loading Capacity, Percentage	55.00%

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