Debt (Carrying Amounts Of Long-Term Debt) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 HEP	Dec. 31, 2012 HEP	Dec. 31, 2013 Holly Corporation Member	Dec. 31, 2012 Holly Corporation Member	Dec. 31, 2013 9.875% Senior Notes Due 2017	Jun. 30, 2013 9.875% Senior Notes Due 2017	Dec. 31, 2012 9.875% Senior Notes Due 2017	Dec. 31, 2013 6.875% Senior Notes Due 2018	Dec. 31, 2012 6.875% Senior Notes Due 2018	Dec. 31, 2013 Holly Financing Obligation	Dec. 31, 2012 Holly Financing Obligation	Dec. 31, 2013 Holly Credit Agreement HEP	Dec. 31, 2012 Holly Credit Agreement HEP	Dec. 31, 2013 8.25% Senior Notes Due 2018 HEP	Dec. 31, 2012 8.25% Senior Notes Due 2018 HEP	Dec. 31, 2013 6.5% Senior Notes Due 2020 HEP	Dec. 31, 2012 6.5% Senior Notes Due 2020 HEP	Mar. 31, 2012 6.5% Senior Notes Due 2020 HEP
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes, Noncurrent							$ 0	$ 286,800,000	$ 286,812,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000					$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount							0		(7,468,000)							(1,297,000)	(1,602,000)	(4,073,000)	(4,725,000)
Long-term Debt, Gross							0		279,344,000	155,054,000	155,910,000					148,703,000	148,398,000	295,927,000	295,275,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium										5,054,000	5,910,000
Capital Lease Obligations												34,835,000	36,311,000
Borrowings outstanding under revolving credit agreement														363,000,000	421,000,000
Other Long-term Debt, Noncurrent			807,630,000	864,673,000
Long-term debt (HEP: $807,630 and $864,673, respectively)	$ 997,519,000	$ 1,336,238,000	$ 807,630,000	$ 864,673,000	$ 189,889,000	$ 471,565,000