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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 08, 2021 shares	Oct. 31, 2021 shares	Aug. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) Facility Customer Segment $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 shares	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2022 USD ($)	May 31, 2022 USD ($)
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of facilities for manufacture and distribution of products | Facility				4
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount | $							$ 75,000,000	$ 100,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Stock repurchase program, average cost of repurchased shares | $ / shares				$ 13
Stock repurchase program,number of shares repurchased				13,500,000
Common stock, shares authorized				150,000,000	150,000,000
Number of customers accounted as percentage of accounts receivable | Customer				6
Insurance coverage of general liability and auto liability risks | $				$ 100,000,000
Insurance policy covering pollution liability | $				$ 50,000,000
Tax benefit recognized				greater than 50%
Incentive tax credit receivable | $				$ 0
Number of reportable segment | Segment				1
Receivables, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Customers including Affiliates
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage				52.00%
Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Koch Fertilizer LLC [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage				21.00%	15.00%	10.00%
Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers L.L.C. [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage				14.00%	12.00%	13.00%
Special Dividend [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Special dividend payable in shares			0.3
Special dividend paid in common shares	9,100,000	9,100,000
Eldridge [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, average cost of repurchased shares | $ / shares				$ 13
Stock repurchase program,number of shares repurchased				9,000,000.0
Maximum [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Credit sales, payment terms				60 days
Maximum [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Issuance and sale of common stock upon the exchange of redeemable preferred shares					60,400,000
Minimum [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
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