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Operating Results and Liquidity	9 Months Ended
Operating Results and Liquidity	Sep. 30, 2011
Operating Results and Liquidity [Abstract]
Operating Results and Liquidity	Operating Results and Liquidity Future operating results will depend on market factors, primarily the difference between the prices the Company receives from customers for produced products compared to the prices the Company pays to suppliers for crude oil. The Company plans to continue to operate the refinery at current or higher utilization rates as long as the refinery is able to generate cash operating margin. Management believes its current liquidity, including additional funding from Alon USA, is adequate to operate the refinery. The Company's refinery average throughput was 66,330 barrels per day for the three months ended September 30, 2011. The Company is completing several capital projects that are intended to improve crude slate flexibility, fluid catalytic cracking capacity and yields, and jet fuel yield. In order to begin integrating these upgrades, the Company's refinery was shut down at the beginning of November. The Company anticipates that the tie-in of these capital projects will be completed during the first half of November. Cash flow from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $23,686.