New Accounting Standards	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]
New Accounting Standards	New Accounting Standards Recently Adopted Pronouncement On January 1, 2017, we adopted ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. ASU No. 2015-11 changes the inventory measurement principle for entities using the FIFO or average cost methods. For entities utilizing one of these methods, the inventory measurement principle changed from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. We follow the FIFO and average cost methods, and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. Recently Issued Pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. This ASU is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments. Additionally, the costs to obtain and fulfill a contract, including assets to be recognized, are to be capitalized and such capitalized costs are to be disclosed. All of our nitrogen fertilizer production is sold to affiliates of the General Partner. The Services and Offtake Agreement, under which all of our nitrogen fertilizer products are sold, is accounted for as an operating lease comprised entirely of variable lease payments associated with the sale of our nitrogen fertilizer products, therefore, it does not meet the definition of a contract as defined by ASU No. 2014-09. As such, our adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 on January 1, 2018 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the lease accounting requirements in ASC Topic 840, Leases. This ASU will require lessees to recognize the rights and obligations resulting from virtually all leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease) on their balance sheets as right-of-use assets with corresponding lease liabilities. For lessors, ASU No. 2016-02 leaves the current lessor accounting in ASC Topic 840 largely unchanged. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted, and requires the modified retrospective method of adoption. Under ASU No. 2016-02, and consistent with the current accounting treatment under ASC Topic 840, we expect that the Services and Offtake Agreement will continue to be accounted for as an operating lease. We expect the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, which expands and refines hedge accounting for both financial and non-financial risk components, aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of hedging instruments and hedged items in the financial statements, and includes certain targeted improvements to ease the application of current guidance related to the assessment of hedge effectiveness. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted in any interim period. We do not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

New Accounting Standards

Recently Adopted Pronouncement

On January 1, 2017, we adopted ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. ASU No. 2015-11 changes the inventory measurement principle for entities using the FIFO or average cost methods. For entities utilizing one of these methods, the inventory measurement principle changed from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. We follow the FIFO and average cost methods, and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. This ASU is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments. Additionally, the costs to obtain and fulfill a contract, including assets to be recognized, are to be capitalized and such capitalized costs are to be disclosed. All of our nitrogen fertilizer production is sold to affiliates of the General Partner. The Services and Offtake Agreement, under which all of our nitrogen fertilizer products are sold, is accounted for as an operating lease comprised entirely of variable lease payments associated with the sale of our nitrogen fertilizer products, therefore, it does not meet the definition of a contract as defined by ASU No. 2014-09. As such, our adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 on January 1, 2018 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the lease accounting requirements in ASC Topic 840, Leases. This ASU will require lessees to recognize the rights and obligations resulting from virtually all leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease) on their balance sheets as right-of-use assets with corresponding lease liabilities. For lessors, ASU No. 2016-02 leaves the current lessor accounting in ASC Topic 840 largely unchanged. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted, and requires the modified retrospective method of adoption. Under ASU No. 2016-02, and consistent with the current accounting treatment under ASC Topic 840, we expect that the Services and Offtake Agreement will continue to be accounted for as an operating lease. We expect the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, which expands and refines hedge accounting for both financial and non-financial risk components, aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of hedging instruments and hedged items in the financial statements, and includes certain targeted improvements to ease the application of current guidance related to the assessment of hedge effectiveness. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted in any interim period. We do not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.