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Equity (Details)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Oct. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Public [Member]      
Capital Unit [Line Items]      
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest 33.90%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPMembersOrLimitedPartnersOwnershipInterest
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Public [Member] | Common Units [Member]      
Capital Unit [Line Items]      
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding 15,858,156us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
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  15,823,408us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= wnr_CommonUnitsMember
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= wnr_PublicMember
Western Refining, Inc. [Member]      
Capital Unit [Line Items]      
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest 66.10%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPMembersOrLimitedPartnersOwnershipInterest
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= wnr_WesternRefiningInc.Member
66.20%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPMembersOrLimitedPartnersOwnershipInterest
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= wnr_WesternRefiningInc.Member
 
Western Refining, Inc. [Member] | Common Units [Member]      
Capital Unit [Line Items]      
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding 8,158,592us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= wnr_WesternRefiningInc.Member
  8,158,592us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= wnr_CommonUnitsMember
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= wnr_WesternRefiningInc.Member
Western Refining, Inc. [Member] | Subordinated Units [Member]      
Capital Unit [Line Items]      
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding 22,811,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= wnr_SubordinatedUnitsMember
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= wnr_WesternRefiningInc.Member
  22,811,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= wnr_SubordinatedUnitsMember
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= wnr_WesternRefiningInc.Member
Phantom Share Units (PSUs) [Member] | WNRL 2013 LTIP [Member]      
Capital Unit [Line Items]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period 34,748us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_PhantomShareUnitsPSUsMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= wnr_WNRL2013LTIPMember