Quarterly Financial Data (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Information [Text Block]

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

Summarized quarterly financial data is as follows:

	First		Second		Third		Fourth		Total
	(In thousands, except per unit data)
Year Ended December 31, 2012 (1)
Revenues	$	68,415	$	68,660	$	74,054	$	81,431	$	292,560
Operating income	$	31,602	$	30,116	$	35,572	$	40,973	$	138,263
Income before income taxes	$	19,431	$	19,204	$	23,909	$	28,932	$	91,476
Net income	$	19,356	$	19,128	$	23,773	$	28,848	$	91,105
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners	$	21,774	$	22,003	$	23,336	$	27,039	$	94,152
Limited partners’ per unit interest in net income – basic and diluted	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.32	$	0.37	$	1.29
Distributions per limited partner unit	$	0.448	$	0.455	$	0.462	$	0.470	$	1.835
Year Ended December 31, 2011 (1)
Revenues	$	45,122	$	50,908	$	49,151	$	69,087	$	214,268
Operating income	$	22,262	$	26,648	$	20,598	$	36,705	$	106,213
Income before income taxes	$	14,441	$	18,391	$	12,431	$	27,560	$	72,823
Net income	$	14,213	$	18,373	$	12,508	$	27,495	$	72,589
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners	$	14,600	$	18,673	$	15,632	$	30,894	$	79,799
Limited partners’ per unit interest in net income – basic and diluted	$	0.25	$	0.34	$	0.26	$	0.51	$	1.38
Distributions per limited partner unit	$	0.428	$	0.433	$	0.438	$	0.443	$	1.740

(1) Prior period amounts have been revised. See Note 2 for additional information. The table below outlines the impact of such corrections on quarterly limited partners' interest in net income. Other differences in amounts previously reported relate to the acquisitions as discussed in Notes 2 and 3.

	First			Second			Third			Fourth		Total
	Increase (Decrease)
	(In thousands, except per unit data)
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners	$	(205	)	$	(1,159	)	$	(1,157	)	$	—	$	—
Limited partners’ per unit interest in net income – basic and diluted	$	—		$	(0.02	)	$	(0.02	)	$	—	$	—
Year Ended December 31, 2011
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners	$	(569	)	$	(339	)	$	(1,112	)	$	48	$	(1,972	)
Limited partners’ per unit interest in net income – basic and diluted	$	(0.01	)	$	—		$	(0.03	)	$	—	$	(0.04	)