Acquisitions (Details)	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($) bbl $ / gal	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) mi bbl	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) bbl	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) bbl	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) mi bbl	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2015 bbl	Oct. 15, 2014 USD ($) shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pipeline, Miles | mi						705
Distribution to Western due to acquisitions | $		$ 244,900,000				$ 195,000,000	$ 170,000,000	$ 320,000,000
Active Storage Capacity						12,400,000
Crude Oil Trucking Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required	1,525,000
Fuel Distribution and Supply Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required	645,000
Profit Margin, per Gallon | $ / gal	0.03
Product Supply Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required					79,000
St. Paul Park Logistics Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pipeline, Miles | mi			2.5
Distribution to Western due to acquisitions | $			$ 195,000,000
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	66.20%
Distribution to Western due to acquisitions | $	$ 320,000,000				$ 320,000,000
Payments for (Proceeds from) Businesses and Interest in Affiliates | $	$ (51,000,000)
Intercompany Agreements, Description	10
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member] | Common Units [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Issued | shares										1,160,092
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member] | Revolving Credit Agreement - WNRL [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit | $										$ 269,000,000
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member] | Crude Oil Trucking Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required	1,525,000
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member] | Fuel Distribution and Supply Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required	645,000
Profit Margin, per Gallon | $ / gal	0.03
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member] | Product Supply Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Quantity Required	79,000
TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Volume Required				13,000
Distribution to Western due to acquisitions | $				$ 170,000,000
TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member] | Common Units [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable | $				421,031
TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member] | TexNew Mex Units [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable | $				$ 80,000
Crude Oil Storage Tanks [Member] | St. Paul Park Logistics Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Active Storage Capacity			4,000,000
Pipelines and related assets | St. Paul Park Logistics Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pipeline Segments			2
Pipelines and related assets | TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Volume Required				80,000
Intercompany Agreements, Description				10
Active Storage Capacity									80,000
Pipelines, Inactive [Member] | St. Paul Park Logistics Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pipeline Segments			1
Western Refining, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest						52.60%
Western Refining, Inc. [Member] | TexNew Mex 16 inch pipeline [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Economic Rights, Crude Oil Throughput, Percent									80.00%
Common Units [Member] | St. Paul Park Logistics Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable | $			$ 628,224
Common Units [Member] | Western Refining Wholesale, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Issued | shares										1,160,092