Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Petroleum_Refineries mi	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Proceeds and Excess Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation	$ 0			$ 100
Sales and other revenues	3,458,864	$ 2,714,638		6,539,347	$ 4,733,362
Net income (loss)	74,073	(392,470)		36,291	(349,080)
Purchase of treasury stock				$ 274
Number of refineries located in Tulsa, Oklahoma | Petroleum_Refineries				2
Refinery Distance From Main City [Miles] | mi				65
Allowance for doubtful accounts reserve	3,700		$ 3,700	$ 3,700		$ 2,300
Proceeds from inventory repurchase agreements				26,200	29,800
Payments under inventory repurchase agreements				(27,000)	(30,200)
Goodwill	2,205,490		2,205,490	2,205,490		2,022,463
Goodwill	$ 184,200		$ 184,200	$ 184,200
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss		309,300			309,300
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount	18.00%		18.00%	18.00%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ 31,996	(38,045)		$ 15,207	$ (15,737)
Effective income tax rate				29.50%	4.30%
Asset Impairment Charges	19,247			$ 19,247	$ 344,800
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	$ 23,200
HEP [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in variable interest entity				36.00%
Percentage of general partner interest	2.00%			2.00%
Goodwill	$ 288,991		$ 288,991	$ 288,991		$ 288,991
2911 Petroleum Refining [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Sales and other revenues	3,141,137	2,699,022		6,003,213	4,698,609
Goodwill	1,700,000		1,700,000	1,700,000
HEP [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Sales and other revenues	109,143	94,896		214,777	196,906
Goodwill	300,000		300,000	300,000
Other Segments [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Sales and other revenues	309,566	$ 0	511,500	511,506	0
Net income (loss)	12,600		21,100
Goodwill	200,000		$ 200,000	200,000
Parent [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Net income (loss)				12,299
Purchase of treasury stock				$ 274	$ 0
Operating Expense [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	19,200
Reduced Depreciation [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	$ 4,000