Financing Receivable, Imputed Interest Rate

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Revenue From Contracts With Entities Under Common Control,, Annual Payments Receivable, Allocated Utility Costs

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Revenue From Contracts With Entities Under Common Control,, Annual Payments Receivable, Gross

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Revenue From Contracts With Entities Under Common Control, Annual Payments Receivable, Net

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer, when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from related parties including affiliates, employees, joint ventures, officers and stockholders, immediate families thereof, and pension funds.

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in outstanding loans including accrued interest.

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Amount of interest income earned from interest-bearing assets owed to the entity by related party.

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Interest received on loans and other debt instruments during the current period.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from long-term debt by a related party. Related parties, include, but are not limited to, affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, and pension trusts.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions - Sale Leaseback (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Apr. 01, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing receivables – related parties	$ 301,000,000	$ 301,000,000		$ 0
April 2020 Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contract asset - related parties				$ 0
April 2020 Transaction \| Norco Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing receivables – related parties			$ 302,000,000
April 2020 Transaction \| Affiliated Entity \| Norco Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contract asset - related parties			$ 244,000,000
April 2020 Transaction \| Terminaling Services \| Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest income	7,000,000	7,000,000
Reduction in financing receivables		1,000,000
Proceeds from interest income	5,000,000
Proceeds from principal repayments	1,000,000
April 2020 Transaction \| Terminaling Services \| Affiliated Entity \| Norco Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual payments receivable	140,000,000	140,000,000
Annual payments receivable, gross	151,000,000	151,000,000
Annual payments receivable, net	$ 11,000,000	$ 11,000,000
April 2020 Transaction \| Terminaling Services \| Affiliated Entity \| Shell Oil Products (SOPUS)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing receivable, imputed interest rate		11.10%
April 2020 Transaction \| Terminaling Services \| Affiliated Entity \| Shell Chemical
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing receivable, imputed interest rate		7.40%