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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Holly Energy Partners (Details) bbl in Thousands, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) bbl	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) customer	Dec. 31, 2020 customer	Dec. 31, 2019 customer
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Number of significant customers \| customer			0	0
Osage Pipeline
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		50.00%
Cushing Connect Joint Venture \| HEP
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Barrels of crude oil per day \| bbl	160
Barrels of crude oil, value \| bbl	1,500
Percent of budget which construction costs payable by HEP		10.00%
Cushing Connect Joint Venture \| HEP \| Minimum
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Expected construction costs	$ 70.0
Cushing Connect Joint Venture \| HEP \| Maximum
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Expected construction costs	$ 75.0
UNEV Pipeline
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		75.00%
HEP
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Percentage of ownership in variable interest entity		57.00%
Number of significant customers \| customer		2
Minimum annualized payments under agreement		$ 352.8
HEP \| HollyFrontier \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue Benchmark \| HEP
Holly Energy Partners Entity [Line Items)
Concentration risk, percentage of total revenues		79.00%