Organization (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]	1. Organization Western Refining Logistics, LP ("WNRL" or the "Partnership"), "we," "us," "our" and the "Company" refer to Western Refining Logistics, LP, and, unless the context otherwise requires, our subsidiaries. References to “Western” refer to Western Refining, Inc. WNRL is a Delaware limited partnership formed in July 2013, by Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC ("WRGP" or the "General Partner"), our general partner. WRGP is 100% owned by Western and holds all general partner interests in WNRL, all of which are non-economic interests. As of September 30, 2016, Western owned 52.6% of the limited partner interest in WNRL and public unitholders held the remaining 47.4%. See Note 11, Equity, for additional information. WNRL is principally a fee-based growth-oriented partnership that was formed to own, operate, develop and acquire logistics and related assets and businesses including terminals, storage tanks, pipelines and other logistics assets related to the terminalling, transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil and refined products. WNRL's businesses include 692 miles of pipelines, 12.4 million barrels of active terminal and pipeline storage capacity, distribution of wholesale petroleum products and crude oil and asphalt trucking. On September 15, 2016, we acquired certain terminalling, transportation and storage assets from a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western consisting of the Cottage Grove tank farm and certain terminals and storage assets located on site at Western's St. Paul Park refinery ("St. Paul Park Logistics Assets"). The St. Paul Park Logistics Assets primarily receive, store and distribute crude oil, feedstock and refined products associated with Western's St. Paul Park refinery. We acquired the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets from Western in exchange for $195 million in cash and 628,224 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL. We refer to this transaction as the "St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction." This transaction was between entities under common control and we recorded the purchase of the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets at Western's historical book value as required by GAAP. We funded the cash portion of the consideration through a combination of $20.3 million in direct borrowings under our revolving credit facility and $174.7 million of cash on hand, primarily generated from our equity offering of 8,625,000 common units during the third quarter of 2016. See Note 3, Acquisitions of Common Control Assets, for additional information. On September 7, 2016, we entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Partnership of 7,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership. The closing of the offering occurred on September 13, 2016. We also granted the underwriter an option to purchase additional common units on the same terms which was exercised in full and closed on September 30, 2016, for 1,125,000 additional common units. See Note 11, Equity, for additional information. On May 16, 2016, we entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Partnership of 3,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership. The closing of the offering occurred on May 20, 2016. We also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 562,500 additional common units on the same terms, which was exercised in full and closed on June 1, 2016. See Note 11, Equity, for additional information. On October 30, 2015, WNRL acquired a segment of the TexNew Mex Pipeline system from Western that currently extends from our crude oil station in Star Lake, New Mexico, in the Four Corners region to our T station in Eddy County, New Mexico (the "TexNew Mex Pipeline System"). We also acquired an 80,000 barrel crude oil storage tank located at our crude oil pumping station in Star Lake, New Mexico and certain other related assets ("TexNew Mex Pipeline Acquisition") from Western. We acquired these assets in exchange for $170 million in cash, 421,031 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL and 80,000 units of a class of limited partner interests in WNRL referred to as the "TexNew Mex Units." This transaction was between entities under common control and we recorded the purchase of the TexNew Mex Pipeline System assets at Western's historical book value as required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). See Note 3, Acquisitions of Common Control Assets, for additional information. The financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been retrospectively adjusted to include the combined financial results of the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets prior to September 15, 2016, and the TexNew Mex Pipeline System prior to October 30, 2015. The historical operations of the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets prior to the St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction generally recorded operating costs and other expenses associated with storage and terminalling services and recorded no revenue. For periods subsequent to the St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction, the results of operations for the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets will reflect revenues based on contractual rates set forth in our commercial agreements with Western. See Note 17, Related Party Transactions, for additional information. Our operations include two reporting segments: the logistics segment and the wholesale segment. See Note 4, Segment Information, for further discussion of our business segments.

1. Organization

Western Refining Logistics, LP ("WNRL" or the "Partnership"), "we," "us," "our" and the "Company" refer to Western Refining Logistics, LP, and, unless the context otherwise requires, our subsidiaries. References to “Western” refer to Western Refining, Inc. WNRL is a Delaware limited partnership formed in July 2013, by Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC ("WRGP" or the "General Partner"), our general partner. WRGP is 100% owned by Western and holds all general partner interests in WNRL, all of which are non-economic interests. As of September 30, 2016, Western owned 52.6% of the limited partner interest in WNRL and public unitholders held the remaining 47.4%. See Note 11, Equity, for additional information.

WNRL is principally a fee-based growth-oriented partnership that was formed to own, operate, develop and acquire logistics and related assets and businesses including terminals, storage tanks, pipelines and other logistics assets related to the terminalling, transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil and refined products. WNRL's businesses include 692 miles of pipelines, 12.4 million barrels of active terminal and pipeline storage capacity, distribution of wholesale petroleum products and crude oil and asphalt trucking.

On September 15, 2016, we acquired certain terminalling, transportation and storage assets from a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western consisting of the Cottage Grove tank farm and certain terminals and storage assets located on site at Western's St. Paul Park refinery ("St. Paul Park Logistics Assets"). The St. Paul Park Logistics Assets primarily receive, store and distribute crude oil, feedstock and refined products associated with Western's St. Paul Park refinery. We acquired the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets from Western in exchange for $195 million in cash and 628,224 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL. We refer to this transaction as the "St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction." This transaction was between entities under common control and we recorded the purchase of the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets at Western's historical book value as required by GAAP. We funded the cash portion of the consideration through a combination of $20.3 million in direct borrowings under our revolving credit facility and $174.7 million of cash on hand, primarily generated from our equity offering of 8,625,000 common units during the third quarter of 2016. See Note 3, Acquisitions of Common Control Assets, for additional information.

On September 7, 2016, we entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Partnership of 7,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership. The closing of the offering occurred on September 13, 2016. We also granted the underwriter an option to purchase additional common units on the same terms which was exercised in full and closed on September 30, 2016, for 1,125,000 additional common units. See Note 11, Equity, for additional information.

On May 16, 2016, we entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Partnership of 3,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership. The closing of the offering occurred on May 20, 2016. We also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 562,500 additional common units on the same terms, which was exercised in full and closed on June 1, 2016. See Note 11, Equity, for additional information.

On October 30, 2015, WNRL acquired a segment of the TexNew Mex Pipeline system from Western that currently extends from our crude oil station in Star Lake, New Mexico, in the Four Corners region to our T station in Eddy County, New Mexico (the "TexNew Mex Pipeline System"). We also acquired an 80,000 barrel crude oil storage tank located at our crude oil pumping station in Star Lake, New Mexico and certain other related assets ("TexNew Mex Pipeline Acquisition") from Western. We acquired these assets in exchange for $170 million in cash, 421,031 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL and 80,000 units of a class of limited partner interests in WNRL referred to as the "TexNew Mex Units." This transaction was between entities under common control and we recorded the purchase of the TexNew Mex Pipeline System assets at Western's historical book value as required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). See Note 3, Acquisitions of Common Control Assets, for additional information.

The financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been retrospectively adjusted to include the combined financial results of the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets prior to September 15, 2016, and the TexNew Mex Pipeline System prior to October 30, 2015. The historical operations of the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets prior to the St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction generally recorded operating costs and other expenses associated with storage and terminalling services and recorded no revenue. For periods subsequent to the St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction, the results of operations for the St. Paul Park Logistics Assets will reflect revenues based on contractual rates set forth in our commercial agreements with Western. See Note 17, Related Party Transactions, for additional information.

Our operations include two reporting segments: the logistics segment and the wholesale segment. See Note 4, Segment Information, for further discussion of our business segments.