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	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Partners' Capital			$ (68,423)
Partners' Capital Account, Unit-based Compensation			764
Issuance of common units			92,460
Offering costs for issuance of common units			(330)
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared			(39,270)
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners	$ 17,874	$ 15,915	31,881	$ 31,238
Partners' Capital	17,082		17,082
Common Units [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	(9,858)	(8,346)	(19,453)	(16,320)
Subordinated Units [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared	(9,181)	$ (7,927)	(18,135)	$ (15,512)
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Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Partners' Capital			327,351
Partners' Capital Account, Unit-based Compensation			764
Issuance of common units			92,460
Offering costs for issuance of common units			(330)
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared			(12,633)
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners			11,174
Partners' Capital	418,786		418,786
Western Refining, Inc. [Member] \| General Partner [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Partners' Capital			(1,085)
Partners' Capital Account, Unit-based Compensation			0
Issuance of common units			0
Offering costs for issuance of common units			0
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared			(1,682)
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners			0
Partners' Capital	(2,767)		(2,767)
Western Refining, Inc. [Member] \| Common Units [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Partners' Capital			(105,090)
Partners' Capital Account, Unit-based Compensation			0
Issuance of common units			0
Offering costs for issuance of common units			0
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared			(6,820)
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners			5,658
Partners' Capital	(106,252)		(106,252)
Western Refining, Inc. [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member] \| Limited Partner [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Partners' Capital			(289,289)
Partners' Capital Account, Unit-based Compensation			0
Issuance of common units			0
Offering costs for issuance of common units			0
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared			(18,135)
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners			15,049
Partners' Capital	(292,375)		(292,375)
Preferred Partner [Member] \| Western Refining, Inc. [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Partners' Capital			(310)
Partners' Capital Account, Unit-based Compensation			0
Issuance of common units			0
Offering costs for issuance of common units			0
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared			0
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners			0
Partners' Capital	$ (310)		$ (310)