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Property and Equipment (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Non-Leased Assets    
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, at cost $ 385,950vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease $ 701,083vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease [1]
Accumulated depreciation, property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease (109,922)vlp_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyAndEquipmentExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease (155,511)vlp_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyAndEquipmentExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease [1]
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, net 276,028vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentNetExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableforLease 545,572vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentNetExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableforLease [1]
Assets Under Operating Leases    
Assets under operating leases, at cost 440,832us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross [2] 118,021us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross [1],[2]
Accumulated depreciation, assets under operating leases (72,085)us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAccumulatedDepreciation [2] (19,019)us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAccumulatedDepreciation [1],[2]
Assets under operating leases, net 368,747us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNet [2] 99,002us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNet [1],[2]
Property and Equipment, Total    
Property and equipment, at cost 826,782us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 819,104us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross [1],[3]
Accumulated depreciation (182,007)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (174,530)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment [1],[3]
Property and equipment, net 644,775us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 644,574us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet [1],[3]
Pipelines and Related Assets [Member]    
Non-Leased Assets    
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, at cost 227,859vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PipelinesMember		 227,780vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PipelinesMember		 [1]
Assets Under Operating Leases    
Assets under operating leases, at cost 45,695us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PipelinesMember		 [2] 45,695us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PipelinesMember		 [1],[2]
Property and Equipment, Total    
Property and equipment, at cost 273,554us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PipelinesMember		 273,475us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PipelinesMember		 [1]
Terminals and Related Assets [Member]    
Non-Leased Assets    
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, at cost 110,237vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= vlp_TerminalsMember		 432,047vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= vlp_TerminalsMember		 [1]
Assets Under Operating Leases    
Assets under operating leases, at cost 395,137us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= vlp_TerminalsMember		 [2] 72,326us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= vlp_TerminalsMember		 [1],[2]
Property and Equipment, Total    
Property and equipment, at cost 505,374us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= vlp_TerminalsMember		 504,373us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= vlp_TerminalsMember		 [1]
Other [Member]    
Non-Leased Assets    
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, at cost 9,442vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember		 9,439vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember		 [1]
Assets Under Operating Leases    
Assets under operating leases, at cost 0us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember		 [2] 0us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember		 [1],[2]
Property and Equipment, Total    
Property and equipment, at cost 9,442us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember		 9,439us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember		 [1]
Land [Member]    
Non-Leased Assets    
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, at cost 4,672vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 4,672vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 [1]
Assets Under Operating Leases    
Assets under operating leases, at cost 0us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 [2] 0us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 [1],[2]
Property and Equipment, Total    
Property and equipment, at cost 4,672us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 4,672us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 [1]
Construction-in-Progress [Member]    
Non-Leased Assets    
Property and equipment excluding assets subject to operating lease, at cost 33,740vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 27,145vlp_PropertyAndEquipmentGrossExcludingAssetsSubjectToOrAvailableForLease
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 [1]
Assets Under Operating Leases    
Assets under operating leases, at cost 0us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 [2] 0us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 [1],[2]
Property and Equipment, Total    
Property and equipment, at cost $ 33,740us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 $ 27,145us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 [1]
[1] Prior period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted for the Houston and St. Charles Terminal Acquisition.
[2] Represents assets owned by us for which we are the lessor (see Note 4). Substantially all of the assets acquired in the Houston and St. Charles Terminal Acquisition were reflected as assets under operating leases on March 1, 2015.
[3] Prior period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted for the acquisition of the Houston and St. Charles Terminal Services Business from Valero Energy Corporation. See Notes 1 and 3.