Benefit Plans - Key Assumptions for Projected Benefit Obligation and Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Wyoming Refining plan
Projected benefit obligation:
Discount rate	2.65%	3.30%	4.20%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Net periodic benefit costs:
Discount rate	3.30%	4.20%	3.65%
Expected long-term rate of return	6.25%	6.50%	6.50%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
U.S. Oil plan
Projected benefit obligation:
Discount rate	2.35%	3.10%	0.00%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	0.00%
Net periodic benefit costs:
Discount rate	3.10%	4.10%	0.00%
Expected long-term rate of return	6.00%	6.00%	0.00%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	0.00%

Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate increase of compensation, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, pay-related defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate of return on plan assets, reflecting average rate of earnings expected on existing plan assets and expected contributions, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
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Weighted average rate of compensation increase used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, pay-related defined benefit plan.

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