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Maximum Leverage Ratio

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Maximum Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

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Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio

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

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 MXN	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost			$ 2,000,000
Interest Costs Capitalized			2,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Bilateral Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	$ 11,000,000		$ 11,000,000
Interest rate in effect	1.75%		1.75%		1.75%
Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	$ 37,500,000		$ 37,500,000
Interest rate in effect	2.00%		2.00%		2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Debt	$ 800,000	$ 800,000	$ 3,400,000	2,800,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	1,000,000,000		1,000,000,000
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross	7,500,000		7,500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Incremental Increases	300,000,000		$ 300,000,000
Maximum Leverage Ratio			5.50
Maximum Senior Secured Leverage Ratio			3.50
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio			2.50
Borrowings outstanding	0		$ 0
Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000		300,000,000
Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Debt	$ 5,800,000	5,800,000	$ 17,500,000	17,500,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.50%		7.50%		7.50%
Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000
Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Debt	$ 5,900,000	5,900,000	$ 17,700,000	17,600,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.63%		5.63%		5.63%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 350,000,000		$ 350,000,000
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Debt	$ 5,200,000	5,200,000	$ 15,600,000	7,900,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.63%		5.63%		5.63%
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding	$ 0		$ 0			$ 30,000,000
SemMexico [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding	0		0			$ 0
SemMexico [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	$ 15,000,000		$ 15,000,000		MXN 292,800,000
Interest rate in effect	0.28%		0.28%		0.28%
SemMexico [Member] \| 100 million MXP facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 5,100,000		$ 5,100,000		MXN 100,000,000
Borrowings outstanding	0		0
Rose Rock Midstream, L.P. [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Debt	3,800,000	$ 1,400,000	$ 6,900,000	$ 5,600,000
Mexican bank prime rate [Member] \| SemMexico [Member] \| 100 million MXP facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			1.50%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	302,000,000		$ 302,000,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	367,000,000		367,000,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Senior unsecured notes due 2023 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 319,000,000		$ 319,000,000