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Subsequent Events (Details) - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2016 $ in Millions	USD ($) bbl	bbl / d	USD ($)
Martinez Logistics Assets [Domain]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 400
Capacity ratio | bbl	5,500,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 360
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned			$ 40
Whiting Assets [Domain]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 700
Capacity ratio	18,700	170
Capacity [Member] | Martinez Logistics Assets [Domain]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity ratio | bbl	35,000

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- Definition

Capacity Ratio: The maximum amount of barrels or other product that can be stored in a tank, distributed through a pipeline or produced/processed through other business operations expressed as a ratio.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)(4)
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- Definition

Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 30
-Paragraph 7
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6578-128477

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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