Equity-Based Compensation (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Equity-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

9. Equity-Based Compensation

Our general partner's board of directors adopted the Western Refining Logistics, LP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP Plan") in connection with the completion of the Offering. The LTIP is for the benefit of employees, consultants and non-employee directors of our general partner and its affiliates.

On October 16, 2013, we issued phantom unit awards under the LTIP Plan to certain non-employee directors as compensation in connection with the completion of the Offering. The fair value of our phantom units was determined based on the sales price per common unit associated with the Offering of $22.00. The estimated fair value of our phantom units is amortized on a straight-line basis over the scheduled vesting periods of individual awards. As of December 31, 2013, there were 4,489,092 common units reserved for future grants under the LTIP Plan.

We incurred a nominal amount of unit-based compensation expense as of December 31, 2013.

The fair value at grant date of nonvested phantom units outstanding as of December 31, 2013, was $0.2 million. Total unrecognized compensation cost related to our nonvested phantom units totaled $0.2 million as of December 31, 2013 that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 0.99 years.

A summary of our unit award activity for the year ended December 31, 2013, is set forth below:

	Number of Phantom Units	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2012	—	$	—
Awards granted	10,908	22.00
Awards vested	—	—
Awards forfeited	—	—
Nonvested at December 31, 2013	10,908	22.00