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Acquisitions (Details) (Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member], USD $)
1 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 15, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross $ 320,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross  
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest 66.20%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPMembersOrLimitedPartnersOwnershipInterest  
Payments for (Proceeds from) Businesses and Interest in Affiliates (51,000,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates  
Intercompany Agreements, Description 10  
Common Units [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Issued   1,160,092us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= wnr_WesternRefiningWholesaleLLCMember
/ us-gaap_CapitalUnitsByClassAxis
= wnr_CommonUnitsMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Revolving Credit Agreement - WNRL [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Long-term Line of Credit   269,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= wnr_WesternRefiningWholesaleLLCMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= wnr_RevolvingCreditAgreementWNRLMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember