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Other Assets (Schedule Of Other Assets) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Goodwill, Cost 62,016us-gaap_GoodwillGross $ 62,016us-gaap_GoodwillGross  
Goodwill, Net 62,016us-gaap_Goodwill 62,016us-gaap_Goodwill 29,990us-gaap_Goodwill
Total intangible assets 279,167wlk_IntangibleAssetsGrossIncludingGoodwill 219,249wlk_IntangibleAssetsGrossIncludingGoodwill  
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization (60,736)wlk_IntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization (60,203)wlk_IntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization  
Intangible assets, net 218,431us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetIncludingGoodwill 159,046us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetIncludingGoodwill  
Available-for-sale investments 15,414us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent  
Cost-method investments 57,147us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments    
Notes receivable from affiliate 1,025us-gaap_DueFromAffiliateNoncurrent 1,025us-gaap_DueFromAffiliateNoncurrent  
Turnaround costs 107,892wlk_TurnaroundCostsGross 107,732wlk_TurnaroundCostsGross  
Turnaround costs, Accumulated Amortization (56,493)wlk_AccumulatedAmortizationTurnaroundCosts (37,276)wlk_AccumulatedAmortizationTurnaroundCosts  
Turnaround costs, Net 51,399wlk_TurnaroundCostsNet 70,456wlk_TurnaroundCostsNet  
Debt issuance costs, Cost 20,406us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentGross 19,220us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentGross  
Debt issuance costs, Accumulated Amortization (11,282)us-gaap_AccumulatedAmortizationOfNoncurrentDeferredFinanceCosts (9,608)us-gaap_AccumulatedAmortizationOfNoncurrentDeferredFinanceCosts  
Debt issuance costs, Net 9,124us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet 9,612us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet  
Other, Costs 49,546wlk_NoncurrentAssetsOtherGross 31,288wlk_NoncurrentAssetsOtherGross  
Other, Accumulated Amortization (18,245)wlk_AccumulatedAmortizationNoncurrentAssetsOther (14,489)wlk_AccumulatedAmortizationNoncurrentAssetsOther  
Other, Net 31,301wlk_NoncurrentAssetsOtherNet 16,799wlk_NoncurrentAssetsOtherNet  
Other assets, Cost 530,597wlk_OtherAssetsNoncurrentGross 378,514wlk_OtherAssetsNoncurrentGross  
Other assets, Accumulated Amortization (146,756)wlk_OtherAssetsNoncurrentAccumulatedAmortization (121,576)wlk_OtherAssetsNoncurrentAccumulatedAmortization  
Other assets, net (383,841)us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent (256,938)us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent  
Total Deferred Charges and Other Assets, Noncurrent, Gross 251,430wlk_TotalDeferredChargesandOtherAssetsNoncurrentGross 159,265wlk_TotalDeferredChargesandOtherAssetsNoncurrentGross  
Accumulated Amortization, Total Deferred Charges and Other Assets (86,020)wlk_AccumulatedAmortizationTotalDeferredChargesandOtherAssetsNonCurrent (61,373)wlk_AccumulatedAmortizationTotalDeferredChargesandOtherAssetsNonCurrent  
Total Deferred Charges and Other Assets, NonCurrent, Net 165,410wlk_TotalDeferredChargesandOtherAssetsNonCurrentNet 97,892wlk_TotalDeferredChargesandOtherAssetsNonCurrentNet  
Turnaround Costs [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Weighted Average Life 5 years    
Debt Issuance Costs [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Weighted Average Life 13 years    
Other, Net [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Weighted Average Life 3 years    
Licenses and intellectual property [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Intangible assets, Cost 82,611us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
63,765us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
 
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization (35,732)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
(43,190)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
 
Intangible assets, Net 46,879us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
20,575us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
 
Weighted Average Life 16 years    
Trademarks [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Intangible assets, Cost 42,790us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
6,361us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
 
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization (759)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
0us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
 
Intangible assets, Net 42,031us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
6,361us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
 
Weighted Average Life 19 years    
Customer relationships [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Intangible assets, Cost 75,249us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
75,249us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
 
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization (17,374)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
(12,176)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
 
Intangible assets, Net 57,875us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
63,073us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
 
Weighted Average Life 14 years    
Other [Member]      
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Intangible assets, Cost 16,501us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
11,858us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
 
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization (6,871)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
(4,837)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
 
Intangible assets, Net 9,630us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
$ 7,021us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
 
Weighted Average Life 7 years