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Amortization Period of Planned Major Maintenance Activities, Minimum

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Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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Depreciation of property, plant and equipment directly related to goods produced and sold during the reporting period.

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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 210.5-03.2(a))
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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization period of planned major maintenance activities, minimum		3 years
Amortization period of planned major maintenance activities, maximum		5 years
Deferred turnaround expenditures	$ 32,700,000	$ 0	$ 32,661,000	$ 0
Cost of revenues		6,029,000	4,604,000	3,017,000
Operating expense		22,861,000	16,340,000	11,428,000
General and administrative expense		$ 2,929,000	$ 2,108,000	$ 855,000
Refining Equipment \| Minimum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		8 years
Refining Equipment \| Maximum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		47 years
Logistic \| Minimum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		3 years
Logistic \| Maximum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		30 years
Retail Site \| Minimum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		14 years
Retail Site \| Maximum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		18 years
Corporate \| Minimum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		3 years
Corporate \| Maximum
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		7 years
Software
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
PP&E useful life		3 years