Business Combinations (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		11 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 02, 2012	Feb. 14, 2013 8.00% senior notes due 2018	Mar. 02, 2012 AE Holdings	Feb. 01, 2013 Basin Transload bbl item	Dec. 31, 2013 Basin Transload	Dec. 31, 2013 Basin Transload	Feb. 28, 2013 Basin Transload	Dec. 31, 2012 Basin Transload Pro-forma	Dec. 31, 2011 Basin Transload Pro-forma	Dec. 31, 2013 Cascade Kelly	Feb. 15, 2013 Cascade Kelly bbl ft	Dec. 31, 2013 Cascade Kelly Purchase price adjustment Ethanol plant	Feb. 15, 2013 Cascade Kelly 8.00% senior notes due 2018	Dec. 31, 2012 Cascade Kelly Pro-forma	Dec. 31, 2011 Cascade Kelly Pro-forma	Mar. 02, 2012 Alliance	Mar. 31, 2012 Alliance	Dec. 31, 2012 Alliance	Dec. 31, 2012 Alliance Pro-forma	Dec. 31, 2011 Alliance Pro-forma	Mar. 02, 2012 Alliance AE Holdings	Mar. 02, 2012 Alliance AE Holdings Members of Slifka family	Dec. 12, 2012 Mutual Oil item
Acquisitions
Percentage of outstanding membership interests acquired from AE Holdings						60.00%	60.00%	60.00%	60.00%				100.00%										100.00%
Combined rail loading capacity per day (in barrels)						160,000
Rail transloading facility, storage capacity (in barrels)													200,000
Number of transloading facilities operated						2
Expenditures related to certain capital expansion projects						$ 91,100,000
Purchase price																		312,400,000
Reduction in fair value of ethanol plant	(146,900,000)													35,700,000
Affiliate ownership percentage of seller in acquisition																								95.00%
Summary of the purchase price
Number of common units issued					5,850,000														5,850,000
Fair value of common units issued in equity consideration (in dollars per share)			$ 22.31
Net assets acquired						91,083,000							94,179,000												5,700,000
Total fair value of common units issued																		130,500,000
Number of gasoline stations acquired																									6
Preliminary allocation of the purchase price
Deepwater marine terminal, leased dock access capacity (in feet)													1,200
Assets purchased:
Accounts receivable						2,003,000							296,000
Inventory													131,000
Prepaid expenses						68,000							96,000
Property and equipment						29,112,000							60,903,000
Intangibles						26,162,000
Total identifiable assets purchased						57,345,000							61,426,000
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable						(1,326,000)							(1,428,000)
Other current liabilities													(1,507,000)
Total liabilities assumed						(1,326,000)							(2,935,000)
Net identifiable assets acquired						56,019,000							58,491,000
Non-controlling interest						(51,000,000)
Goodwill	154,078,000	32,326,000				86,064,000							35,688,000												1,200,000
Net assets acquired						91,083,000							94,179,000												5,700,000
Cash consideration																		181,900,000							6,900,000
Intangible assets acquired
Amortization period								2 years
Amortization expense								12,000,000
Estimated remaining amortization expense
2014	18,045,000						11,200,000	11,200,000
2015	9,886,000						2,690,000	2,690,000
Total	67,769,000	60,822,000					13,890,000	13,890,000
Supplemental Pro-Forma Information
Sales										17,875,503,000	16,426,250,000					17,875,503,000	16,426,250,000				17,875,503,000	16,426,250,000
Net income										14,666,000	9,205,000					14,666,000	9,205,000				14,666,000	9,205,000
Net income per limited partner unit, basic and diluted										$ 0.48	$ 0.32					$ 0.48	$ 0.32				$ 0.48	$ 0.32
Stated interest rate (as a percent)				8.00%											8.00%
Actual results since acquisition date
Amount of sales of acquiree included in consolidated operating results since acquisition date							8,700,000					11,000,000								1,800,000,000
Amount of net loss of acquiree included in consolidated operating results since acquisition date							2,300,000					200,000								26,400,000
Alliance receivable
Receivable amount																		4,700,000
Receivable fair value																		$ 0