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Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk (Details) (Revenues, Customer Concentration Risk)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
     
Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk      
Major customer percentage of total revenue 17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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ExxonMobil Corporation
     
Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk      
Major customer percentage of total revenue 15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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Phillips 66
     
Major Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk      
Major customer percentage of total revenue   11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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