Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Petroleum_Refineries mi	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 152,712	$ 0		$ 152,712	$ 0
Operating Lease, Liability	451,626			$ 451,626		$ 15,900	$ 433,400
Number of refineries located in Tulsa, Oklahoma | Petroleum_Refineries				2
Refinery Distance From Main City [Miles] | mi				65
Allowance for doubtful accounts reserve	4,400			$ 4,400				$ 3,600
Goodwill	2,375,651			2,375,651				2,246,435
Proceeds from inventory repurchase agreements				12,600	23,600
Payments under inventory repurchase agreements				(12,900)	$ (24,100)
Assets Acquired - Goodwill	283,600			$ 283,600
Results of Operations, Transportation Costs		$ 24,000	$ 24,000
HEP
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in variable interest entity				57.00%
Goodwill	312,873			$ 312,873				$ 314,229
Lubricants and other specialty products - acquisition
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Goodwill	329,300			329,300
Refining
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0			0
Goodwill	1,733,500			1,733,500
HEP
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0			0
Goodwill	$ 312,900			$ 312,900