Inventory Financing Agreements	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Other Commitments [Abstract]
Inventory Financing Agreements	Note 8—Inventory Financing Agreements Supply and Offtake Agreements On June 1, 2015, we entered into several agreements with J. Aron & Company ("J. Aron") to support the operations of our Hawaii refinery (the "Supply and Offtake Agreements"). The Supply and Offtake Agreements have a term of three years with two one-year extension options upon mutual agreement of the parties. During the term of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we and J. Aron will identify mutually acceptable contracts for the purchase of crude oil from third parties. Per the Supply and Offtake Agreements, J. Aron will provide up to 94 thousand barrels per day of crude oil to our Hawaii refinery. Additionally, we agreed to sell and J. Aron agreed to buy, at market prices, refined products produced at our Hawaii refinery. We will then repurchase the refined products from J. Aron prior to selling the refined products to our retail operations or to third parties. The agreements also provide for the lease of crude oil and certain refined product storage facilities to J. Aron. Following expiration or termination of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we are obligated to purchase the crude oil and refined product inventories then owned by J. Aron and located at the leased storage facilities at then-current market prices. Our obligations under the Supply and Offtake Agreements are secured by a security interest on substantially all of the assets of our subsidiary Par Hawaii Refining, LLC ("PHR"), a security interest on the equity interests held by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Par Petroleum, LLC, in PHR and a mortgage whereby PHR granted to J. Aron a lien on all real property and improvements owned by PHR, including our Hawaii refinery. While title to the crude oil and certain refined product inventories will reside with J. Aron, the Supply and Offtake Agreements will be accounted for similar to a product financing arrangement; therefore, the crude oil and refined products inventories will continue to be included on our condensed consolidated balance sheet until processed and sold to a third party. Each reporting period, we record a liability in an amount equal to the amount we expect to pay to repurchase the inventory held by J. Aron based on current market prices. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we incurred approximately $1.7 million and $5.6 million in handling fees related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively, which is included in Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation) on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we incurred approximately $2.8 million and $4.0 million in handling fees related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively, which is included in Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation) on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, Interest expense and financing costs, net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations includes approximately $0.9 million and $2.2 million of expenses related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, Interest expense and financing costs, net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations includes approximately $0.6 million and $0.9 million of expenses related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively. The Supply and Offtake Agreements also include a deferred payment arrangement ("Deferred Payment Arrangement") whereby we can defer payments owed under the agreements up to the lesser of $125 million or 85% of the eligible accounts receivable and inventory. Upon execution of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we paid J. Aron a deferral arrangement fee of $1.3 million. The deferred amounts under the Deferred Payment Arrangement will bear interest at a rate equal to 90-day LIBOR plus 3.75% per annum. We also agreed to pay a deferred payment availability fee equal to 0.75% of the unused capacity under the Deferred Payment Arrangement. Amounts outstanding under the Deferred Payment Arrangement are included in Obligations under inventory financing agreements on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the amount outstanding under the Deferred Payment Arrangement are included within Cash flows from financing activities on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. As of September 30, 2016, the capacity of the Deferred Payment Arrangement was $63.5 million and we had $62.0 million outstanding. Under the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we pay or receive certain fees from J. Aron based on changes in market prices over time. In September 2015, we entered into an agreement to fix this market fee for the period from October 1, 2015 through November 30, 2016 whereby J. Aron agreed to pay us a total of $18 million to be settled in fourteen equal monthly payments. In February 2016, we fixed the market fee for the remainder of the term of the Supply and Offtake Agreements for an additional $14.6 million to be settled in eighteen equal monthly payments. The receivable from J. Aron was recorded as a reduction to our Obligations under inventory financing agreements pursuant to our Master Netting Agreement. As of September 30, 2016, the receivable was $18.5 million. The agreements also provide us with the ability to economically hedge price risk on our inventories and crude oil purchases. Please read Note 10—Derivatives for further information. Supply and Exchange Agreements On September 25, 2013, we entered into several agreements with Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays"), referred to collectively as the Supply and Exchange Agreements, for the purpose of managing our working capital and the crude oil and refined product inventory at the Hawaii refinery. Effective July 31, 2014, we supplemented the Supply and Exchange Agreements by entering into the Refined Product Supply Master Confirmation, pursuant to which Barclays provided refined product supply and intermediation arrangements to us. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we incurred approximately $6.9 million in handling fees related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements, which is included in Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation) on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. We incurred no handling fees related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements during the three months ended September 30, 2015. Interest expense and financing costs, net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations included approximately $2.3 million of interest expense related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. We incurred no interest expense related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements during the three months ended September 30, 2015. Upon execution of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, PHR terminated the Supply and Exchange Agreements with Barclays, subject to certain obligations to reimburse Barclays for third-party claims. We recognized a loss of $17.4 million on the termination of the agreements which consisted of a loss of $13.3 million for the cash settlement value of the liability that had previously been measured assuming settlement with inventory on hand and a loss of $5.6 million for the acceleration of deferred financing costs. These losses were partially offset by a $1.5 million exit fee received from Barclays. The net loss of $17.4 million related to the termination of the Supply and Exchange Agreements is included in Loss on termination of financing agreements on our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The cash paid to settle the obligation is included in Payments for termination of supply and exchange agreements in the Cash flows from financing activities section of our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Note 8—Inventory Financing Agreements

Supply and Offtake Agreements

On June 1, 2015, we entered into several agreements with J. Aron & Company ("J. Aron") to support the operations of our Hawaii refinery (the "Supply and Offtake Agreements"). The Supply and Offtake Agreements have a term of three years with two one-year extension options upon mutual agreement of the parties.

During the term of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we and J. Aron will identify mutually acceptable contracts for the purchase of crude oil from third parties. Per the Supply and Offtake Agreements, J. Aron will provide up to 94 thousand barrels per day of crude oil to our Hawaii refinery. Additionally, we agreed to sell and J. Aron agreed to buy, at market prices, refined products produced at our Hawaii refinery. We will then repurchase the refined products from J. Aron prior to selling the refined products to our retail operations or to third parties. The agreements also provide for the lease of crude oil and certain refined product storage facilities to J. Aron. Following expiration or termination of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we are obligated to purchase the crude oil and refined product inventories then owned by J. Aron and located at the leased storage facilities at then-current market prices. Our obligations under the Supply and Offtake Agreements are secured by a security interest on substantially all of the assets of our subsidiary Par Hawaii Refining, LLC ("PHR"), a security interest on the equity interests held by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Par Petroleum, LLC, in PHR and a mortgage whereby PHR granted to J. Aron a lien on all real property and improvements owned by PHR, including our Hawaii refinery.

While title to the crude oil and certain refined product inventories will reside with J. Aron, the Supply and Offtake Agreements will be accounted for similar to a product financing arrangement; therefore, the crude oil and refined products inventories will continue to be included on our condensed consolidated balance sheet until processed and sold to a third party. Each reporting period, we record a liability in an amount equal to the amount we expect to pay to repurchase the inventory held by J. Aron based on current market prices.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we incurred approximately $1.7 million and $5.6 million in handling fees related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively, which is included in Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation) on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we incurred approximately $2.8 million and $4.0 million in handling fees related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively, which is included in Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation) on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, Interest expense and financing costs, net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations includes approximately $0.9 million and $2.2 million of expenses related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, Interest expense and financing costs, net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations includes approximately $0.6 million and $0.9 million of expenses related to the Supply and Offtake Agreements, respectively.

The Supply and Offtake Agreements also include a deferred payment arrangement ("Deferred Payment Arrangement") whereby we can defer payments owed under the agreements up to the lesser of $125 million or 85% of the eligible accounts receivable and inventory. Upon execution of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we paid J. Aron a deferral arrangement fee of $1.3 million. The deferred amounts under the Deferred Payment Arrangement will bear interest at a rate equal to 90-day LIBOR plus 3.75% per annum. We also agreed to pay a deferred payment availability fee equal to 0.75% of the unused capacity under the Deferred Payment Arrangement. Amounts outstanding under the Deferred Payment Arrangement are included in Obligations under inventory financing agreements on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the amount outstanding under the Deferred Payment Arrangement are included within Cash flows from financing activities on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. As of September 30, 2016, the capacity of the Deferred Payment Arrangement was $63.5 million and we had $62.0 million outstanding.

Under the Supply and Offtake Agreements, we pay or receive certain fees from J. Aron based on changes in market prices over time. In September 2015, we entered into an agreement to fix this market fee for the period from October 1, 2015 through November 30, 2016 whereby J. Aron agreed to pay us a total of $18 million to be settled in fourteen equal monthly payments. In February 2016, we fixed the market fee for the remainder of the term of the Supply and Offtake Agreements for an additional $14.6 million to be settled in eighteen equal monthly payments. The receivable from J. Aron was recorded as a reduction to our Obligations under inventory financing agreements pursuant to our Master Netting Agreement. As of September 30, 2016, the receivable was $18.5 million.

The agreements also provide us with the ability to economically hedge price risk on our inventories and crude oil purchases. Please read Note 10—Derivatives for further information.

Supply and Exchange Agreements

On September 25, 2013, we entered into several agreements with Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays"), referred to collectively as the Supply and Exchange Agreements, for the purpose of managing our working capital and the crude oil and refined product inventory at the Hawaii refinery. Effective July 31, 2014, we supplemented the Supply and Exchange Agreements by entering into the Refined Product Supply Master Confirmation, pursuant to which Barclays provided refined product supply and intermediation arrangements to us.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we incurred approximately $6.9 million in handling fees related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements, which is included in Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation) on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. We incurred no handling fees related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements during the three months ended September 30, 2015.

Interest expense and financing costs, net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations included approximately $2.3 million of interest expense related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. We incurred no interest expense related to the Supply and Exchange Agreements during the three months ended September 30, 2015.

Upon execution of the Supply and Offtake Agreements, PHR terminated the Supply and Exchange Agreements with Barclays, subject to certain obligations to reimburse Barclays for third-party claims. We recognized a loss of $17.4 million on the termination of the agreements which consisted of a loss of $13.3 million for the cash settlement value of the liability that had previously been measured assuming settlement with inventory on hand and a loss of $5.6 million for the acceleration of deferred financing costs. These losses were partially offset by a $1.5 million exit fee received from Barclays. The net loss of $17.4 million related to the termination of the Supply and Exchange Agreements is included in Loss on termination of financing agreements on our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The cash paid to settle the obligation is included in Payments for termination of supply and exchange agreements in the Cash flows from financing activities section of our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.