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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Fair value portion of warrants not settleable in cash classified as equity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Fair Value Measurements - Carrying Value and Fair Value of Long-Term Debt and Other Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jul. 14, 2016
5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	5.00%		5.00%
J. Aron Forward Sale
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Current yield used for long-term debt fair value estimate	8.00%
Wyoming Refining Senior Secured Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Current yield used for long-term debt fair value estimate		11.06%
Carrying Value \| Warrant
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Warrants not settleable in cash, fair value	$ 7,345	$ 5,134
Carrying Value \| Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt		57,426
Carrying Value \| Wyoming Refining Senior Secured Revolver
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	9,502	6,700
Carrying Value \| Hawaii Retail Credit Facilities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	83,773	93,853
Carrying Value \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	94,328	91,029
Carrying Value \| J. Aron Forward Sale
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	27,855
Carrying Value \| Par Wyoming Holdings Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	66,091	65,908
Carrying Value \| Wyoming Refining Senior Secured Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	48,652	55,480
Fair Value \| Warrant
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Warrants not settleable in cash, fair value	7,345	5,134
Fair Value \| Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt		62,367
Fair Value \| Wyoming Refining Senior Secured Revolver
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	9,502	6,700
Fair Value \| Hawaii Retail Credit Facilities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	83,773	93,853
Fair Value \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	154,116	122,229
Fair Value \| J. Aron Forward Sale
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	27,523
Fair Value \| Par Wyoming Holdings Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	66,091	65,908
Fair Value \| Wyoming Refining Senior Secured Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 48,652	$ 55,480