Business Segment Information (Reconciliation of Segment Margin to Net Income) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes	$ (31,215,000)	$ 146,328,000	$ 132,304,000
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(30,940,000)	(28,627,000)	(23,235,000)
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	0	0	(30,443,000)
General and administrative	57,929,000	73,876,000	71,820,000
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	324,249,000	291,731,000	307,519,000
Interest expense, net	287,235,000	244,663,000	226,156,000
Adjustment to include distributable cash generated by equity investees not included in income and exclude equity in investees net income	(23,461,000)	(24,635,000)	(21,199,000)
Other non-cash items	(15,445,000)	13,488,000	8,315,000
Distributions from unrestricted subsidiaries not included in income	0	0	32,000,000
Cancellation of debt income	0	0	(8,618,000)
Loss on debt extinguishment	15,367,000	4,627,000	794,000
Differences in timing of cash receipts for certain contractual arrangements	(601,000)	56,341,000	51,102,000
Gain on sale of asset, net to our ownership interest	0	0	(32,000,000)
Acquired fixed assets, useful life	0	0	(671,000)
Impairment expense	43,003,000	0	0
Total Segment Margin	673,043,000	827,062,000	770,055,000
Genesis Alkali Holdings Company, LLC [Member] | Subsidiaries [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests			(30,400,000)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest redemption value adjustments	$ 0	$ 0	30,443,000
Genesis Energy, LLC | Affiliated Entity | Independence Hub, LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership equity interest	80.00%
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Independence Hub, LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Distributions from unrestricted subsidiaries not included in income			$ 32,000,000