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Rose Rock Midstream, L.P. -Distributions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2014	May 15, 2014	Aug. 14, 2014	Nov. 14, 2014	Feb. 13, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	May 15, 2015
Distribution of Q4 2013 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution per unit	$ 0.4650
Total distributions to partners	$ 12,841
Distribution of Q1 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution per unit		$ 0.4950
Total distributions to partners		13,903
Distribution of Q2 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution per unit			$ 0.5350
Total distributions to partners			16,718
Distribution of Q3 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution per unit				$ 0.5750
Total distributions to partners				18,866
Distribution of Q4 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution per unit					$ 0.6200
Total distributions to partners					24,269
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Distribution of Q3 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distribution Date						May 15, 2015
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Date of Record						May 05, 2015
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2015 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Total distributions to partners							28,379
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distributions Declared, Per Unit							$ 0.6350
Parent [Member] \| General Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2013 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
General partner distributions	257
Incentive distributions	244
Parent [Member] \| General Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
General partner distributions		278
Incentive distributions		488
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Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
General partner distributions			334
Incentive distributions			888
Parent [Member] \| General Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q3 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
General partner distributions				377
Incentive distributions				1,835
Parent [Member] \| General Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2014 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
General partner distributions					485
Incentive distributions					3,487
Parent [Member] \| General Partner [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2015 earnings [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Incentive distributions							4,450
Managing Member or General Partner, Subsequent Distribution Amount							568
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2013 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions	2,041
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2013 earnings [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions	3,901
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions		2,173
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2014 earnings [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions		4,153
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q2 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions			3,646
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q2 2014 earnings [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions			4,488
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q3 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions				3,918
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q3 2014 earnings [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions				4,824
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions					6,551
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2014 earnings [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions					5,202
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2015 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared							13,148
Parent [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2015 earnings [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared							0
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2013 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions	6,398
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions		6,811
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q2 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions			7,362
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q3 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions				7,912
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Distribution of Q4 2014 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Limited partner distributions					8,544
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Distribution of Q1 2015 earnings [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Abstract]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared							$ 10,213