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Business Combination, Cash Consideration, Denominator

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Business Combination, Cash Consideration, Numerator

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Business Combination, Cash Consideration, Quarterly Cash Dividend Threshold

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Entity Shares Issued Per Acquiree Share

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Working Capital

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Amount of consideration transferred in asset acquisition. Includes, but is not limited to, cash, liability incurred by acquirer, and equity interest issued by acquirer.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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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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MERGER AND DISPOSITION - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2023 day $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.001			$ 0.001
Gain (loss) on sale \| $		$ 5,651	$ 0
Green Plains Partners Merger
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration (in dollars per share)				$ 2.00
Numerator used to determine cash consideration (in dollars per share)				$ 0.455
Denominator used for cash consideration (in days) \| day				90
Quarterly cash dividend threshold (in dollars per share)				$ 0.455
Green Plains Partners Merger \| Common Stock
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Entity shares issued per acquire share (in shares)				0.405
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)				$ 0.001
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Atkinson Transaction
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received \| $	$ 22,900
Working capital \| $	1,000
Gain (loss) on sale \| $	4,600
Storage Assets And Railcar Leases Related To Atkinson Plant
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration transferred \| $	$ 2,100