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Purchase And Supply Commitment, Deferred Payment Arrangement, Outstanding Amount

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Purchase And Supply Commitment, Deferred Payment Arrangement, Percentage Of Inventory

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of oil and gas supplies dedicated or contracted that can be used to fulfill existing contract or agreement.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Inventory Financing Agreement (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Inventory Financing Agreement (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 item	Jun. 19, 2017 item
Inventory Financing Agreements
Interest expense	$ 58.7	$ 41.8	$ 163.7	$ 136.0
Inventory Financing Obligations \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Inventory Financing Agreements
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate			3.25%
Inventory Financing Obligations
Inventory Financing Agreements
Interest expense	8.5	$ 6.2	$ 23.1	$ 22.5
Deferred payment arrangement, maximum percentage of eligible inventory			90.00%
Deferred payment arrangement, outstanding amount	47.0		$ 47.0			$ 36.0
Obligations under inventory financing agreements	0.0		0.0		$ 5.0
Inventory Financing Obligations \| Macquarie
Inventory Financing Agreements
Amount retained from initial inventory to cover credit and liquidation risks	$ 20.6		$ 20.6
Great Falls, MT \| Inventory Financing Obligations
Inventory Financing Agreements
Barrels of crude oil per day provided by Macquarie \| item							30,000
Shreveport \| Inventory Financing Obligations
Inventory Financing Agreements
Barrels of crude oil per day provided by Macquarie \| item								60,000
Montana/Renewables \| Inventory Financing Obligations
Inventory Financing Agreements
Barrels of crude oil per day provided by Macquarie \| item	15,000		15,000