Consolidated Statements Of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Sales and other revenues	$ 2,018,724	$ 3,006,626
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,625,163	2,251,373
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment	(56,121)	(6,546)
Costs of products sold, net	1,569,042	2,244,827
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	252,583	263,596
General and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	25,621	29,569
Depreciation and amortization	87,880	80,012
Total operating costs and expenses	1,935,126	2,618,004
Income from operations	83,598	388,622
Other income (expense):
Earnings (loss) of equity method investments	2,765	(7,807)
Interest income	75	962
Interest expense	(12,087)	(10,154)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(8,718)	0
Gain (loss) on sale of assets	65	766
Other income (expense) total	(17,900)	(16,233)
Income before income taxes	65,698	372,389
Income tax provision (benefit):
Current	(24,354)	139,198
Deferred	46,662	(9,470)
Income tax provision total	22,308	129,728
Net income	43,390	242,661
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	22,137	15,785
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders	$ 21,253	$ 226,876
Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
Basic	$ 0.12	$ 1.16
Diluted	0.12	1.16
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.33	$ 0.32
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	176,737	195,069
Diluted	176,784	195,121