Acquisitions (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block]	3. Acquisitions of Common Control Assets The transactions described below are acquisitions in which we purchased assets from wholly-owned subsidiaries of Western. Each transaction represents a transfer of assets between entities under common control and, as such, we have recorded the transactions at the historical book value of the assets as required by GAAP. The financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been retrospectively adjusted to include the combined financial results of the assets related to the following common control transactions. St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction On September 15, 2016, 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. The St. Paul Park Logistics Assets acquired by WNRL included approximately 4.0 million barrels of refined product and crude oil storage tanks, a light products terminal, a heavy products loading rack, certain rail and barge facilities, certain other related logistics assets and two crude oil pipeline segments and one pipeline segment not currently in service, each of which is approximately 2.5 miles and extends from Western's refinery in St. Paul Park, Minnesota to Western's tank farm in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. In connection with the St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction, we entered into a terminalling, transportation and storage services agreement with Western (the "St. Paul Park Terminalling Agreement"). Pursuant to the St. Paul Park Terminalling Agreement, we agreed to provide product storage services, product throughput services and product additive and blending services at the terminal facilities located at or near Western's refinery in St. Paul Park, Minnesota. In exchange for such services, Western has agreed to certain minimum volume commitments and to pay certain fees. The St. Paul Park Terminalling Agreement has an initial term of ten years, which may be extended for up to two renewal terms of five years each upon the mutual agreement of the parties. See Note 17, Related Party Transactions, for additional information. TexNew Mex Pipeline Acquisition On October 30, 2015, WNRL acquired the TexNew Mex Pipeline System in exchange for $170 million in cash, 421,031 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL and 80,000 TexNew Mex Units. We entered into an amendment to our pipeline and gathering services agreement with Western in connection with the TexNew Mex Pipeline Acquisition.

3. Acquisitions of Common Control Assets

The transactions described below are acquisitions in which we purchased assets from wholly-owned subsidiaries of Western. Each transaction represents a transfer of assets between entities under common control and, as such, we have recorded the transactions at the historical book value of the assets as required by GAAP. The financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been retrospectively adjusted to include the combined financial results of the assets related to the following common control transactions.

St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction

On September 15, 2016, 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.

The St. Paul Park Logistics Assets acquired by WNRL included approximately 4.0 million barrels of refined product and crude oil storage tanks, a light products terminal, a heavy products loading rack, certain rail and barge facilities, certain other related logistics assets and two crude oil pipeline segments and one pipeline segment not currently in service, each of which is approximately 2.5 miles and extends from Western's refinery in St. Paul Park, Minnesota to Western's tank farm in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

In connection with the St. Paul Park Logistics Transaction, we entered into a terminalling, transportation and storage services agreement with Western (the "St. Paul Park Terminalling Agreement"). Pursuant to the St. Paul Park Terminalling Agreement, we agreed to provide product storage services, product throughput services and product additive and blending services at the terminal facilities located at or near Western's refinery in St. Paul Park, Minnesota. In exchange for such services, Western has agreed to certain minimum volume commitments and to pay certain fees. The St. Paul Park Terminalling Agreement has an initial term of ten years, which may be extended for up to two renewal terms of five years each upon the mutual agreement of the parties. See Note 17, Related Party Transactions, for additional information.

TexNew Mex Pipeline Acquisition

On October 30, 2015, WNRL acquired the TexNew Mex Pipeline System in exchange for $170 million in cash, 421,031 common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL and 80,000 TexNew Mex Units. We entered into an amendment to our pipeline and gathering services agreement with Western in connection with the TexNew Mex Pipeline Acquisition.