Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Petroleum_Refineries mi	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Payments Related to Tax Withholding for Share-based Compensation				$ 300	$ 100
Sales and other revenues	$ 3,719,247	$ 2,847,270		10,258,594	7,580,632
Net income (loss)	287,717	87,671		324,008	(261,409)
Purchase of treasury stock				$ 290
Number of refineries located in Tulsa, Oklahoma | Petroleum_Refineries				2
Refinery Distance From Main City [Miles] | mi				65
Allowance for doubtful accounts reserve	4,000		$ 4,000	$ 4,000			$ 2,300
Proceeds from inventory repurchase agreements				36,700	43,900
Payments under inventory repurchase agreements				(37,900)	(44,900)
Goodwill	$ 2,213,805		$ 2,213,805	$ 2,213,805			2,022,463
Goodwill						$ 185,200
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss		309,300			309,300
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount	10.00%		10.00%	10.00%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ 158,386	22,196		$ 173,593	$ 6,459
Effective income tax rate				34.90%	(2.50%)
Asset Impairment Charges				$ 19,247	$ 344,800
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	$ 23,200
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%
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	3,409,795	2,832,195		9,413,008	7,530,804
Goodwill	1,700,000		1,700,000	1,700,000
HEP [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Sales and other revenues	110,364	92,611		325,141	289,517
Goodwill	300,000		300,000	300,000
Other Segments [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Sales and other revenues	298,137	$ 0	809,600	809,643	0
Net income (loss)	22,600		43,600
Goodwill	200,000		$ 200,000	200,000
Parent [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Net income (loss)				284,313
Purchase of treasury stock				$ 290	$ 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