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Debt, Accounts Receivable Sales Facility and Capitalized Interest (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Capitalized Interest (Textual)      
Interest costs incurred, capitalized $ 16,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurredCapitalized $ 17,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurredCapitalized  
Credit Facilities [Member] | A/R Sales Facility [Member]      
Accounts Receivable Sales Facility (Textual)      
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity 1,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
   
Maturity date of accounts receivable sales facility Jul. 31, 2015    
Proceeds from accounts receivable sales facility 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromOtherDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
0us-gaap_ProceedsFromOtherDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
 
Repayments under accounts receivable sales facility 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
 
Amount outstanding $ 100,000,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
  $ 100,000,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= vlo_ARSalesFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember