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Insurance coverage of general liability and auto liability risks.

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Insurance policy covering pollution liability.

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Number of facilities for manufacture and distribution of products.

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The number of shares common stock issue in exchanged for preferred stock.

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Summary of significant accounting policies.

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Tax benefit recognized.

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The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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	Oct. 08, 2021 shares	Oct. 31, 2021 shares	Sep. 30, 2021 shares	Aug. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Facility Customer Segment shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2019
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of facilities for manufacture and distribution of products \| Facility					4
Common stock, shares authorized \| shares					150,000,000	75,000,000
Number of customers accounted as percentage of accounts receivable \| Customer					6
Insurance coverage of general liability and auto liability risks \| $					$ 100.0
Insurance policy covering pollution liability \| $					$ 50.0
Tax benefit recognized					greater than 50%
Incentive tax credit receivable \| $						$ 1.4
Number of reportable segment \| Segment					1
Receivables, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Customers including Affiliates
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage					50.00%
Net Sales [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Koch Fertilizer LLC [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage					15.00%	10.00%	11.00%
Net Sales [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers L.L.C. [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage					12.00%	13.00%	9.00%
Special Dividend [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Special dividend payable in shares				0.3
Special dividend paid in common shares \| shares	9,100,000	9,100,000
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Credit sales, payment terms					60 days
Maximum [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Issuance and sale of common stock upon the exchange of redeemable preferred shares \| shares			60,400,000
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Credit sales, payment terms					30 days