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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)	Oct. 16, 2013 shares	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) mi bbl	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 operating_segments mi bbl	Oct. 30, 2015 bbl	Oct. 15, 2014 shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| operating_segments					2
Pipeline, Miles \| mi			685		685
Active Storage Capacity \| bbl			8,200,000		8,200,000
Public [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	34.70%
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Public Offering	15,812,500
Western Refining, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest			100.00%		100.00%
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	65.30%				66.40%
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross \| $		$ 320,000,000		$ 320,000,000
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest		66.20%
TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross \| $			$ 170,000,000
Common Units [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Issued							1,160,092
Common Units [Member] \| Public [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Public Offering	15,812,500
Common Units [Member] \| Western Refining, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Public Offering	6,998,500
Common Units [Member] \| Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Issued							1,160,092
Common Units [Member] \| TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable \| $			421,031
TexNew Mex Units [Member] \| TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable \| $			$ 80,000
TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member] \| Pipelines and related assets
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Active Storage Capacity \| bbl						80,000