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	Apr. 28, 2017 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) location item	Feb. 02, 2017 location	Feb. 02, 2017 MMBbls	Feb. 02, 2017 bbl	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) location item	Apr. 30, 2017 item	Apr. 25, 2017 USD ($)
Subsequent Events
Number of sites in sales portfolio			6
Aggregate storage capacity (in million barrels)				1.1	1.1
Sites held for sale, expected period						12 months
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Real Estate Firm Coordinated Sale [Member]
Subsequent Events
Net book value of assets held for sale \| $		$ 0.1				$ 0.1
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Real Estate Firm Coordinated Sale [Member]
Subsequent Events
Number of locations divested						45
Number of sites classified as held for sale \| item		16				16
Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Real Estate Firm Coordinated Sale [Member]
Subsequent Events
Number of sites in sales portfolio		75				75
Number of sites classified as held for sale		22				22
Subsequent event
Subsequent Events
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Distributions Declared, Per Unit \| $ / shares	$ 0.4625
Subsequent event \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Real Estate Firm Coordinated Sale [Member]
Subsequent Events
Number of additional sites classified as held for sale \| item							1
Subsequent event \| Annualized basis
Subsequent Events
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Distributions Declared, Per Unit \| $ / shares	$ 1.85
Subsequent event \| Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Events
Total available commitments \| $								$ 1,300.0