The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Period Type:	instant

Accounting Policies - Segment Reporting (Details) - segment	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Jul. 01, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	May 14, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	3
Alon USA Energy, Inc.
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		47.00%	47.00%	48.00%