Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements (Details)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) mi	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Petroleum_Refineries mi	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Number of refineries located in Tulsa, Oklahoma | Petroleum_Refineries		2
Refinery Distance From Main City [Miles] | mi		65
Allowance for doubtful accounts reserve	$ 2,300,000	$ 2,300,000	$ 2,400,000
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0
Goodwill	$ 2,331,781,000	$ 2,331,781,000	2,331,781,000
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount	8.00%	8.00%
UNEV Pipeline [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Description of pipeline acquired (inches)		12
Length of pipeline (miles) | mi		427
SLC Pipeline [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Length of pipeline (miles) | mi		95
Frontier Pipeline [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture		50.00%
Length of pipeline (miles) | mi	289	289
HEP [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in variable interest entity		39.00%
Percentage of general partner interest		2.00%
Goodwill	$ 288,991,000	$ 288,991,000	$ 288,991,000
Goodwill, Gross	$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Frontier Pipeline [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%	50.00%
SLC Pipeline [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	25.00%	25.00%
UNEV Pipeline [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	75.00%	75.00%
El Dorado [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 1,700,000,000	$ 1,700,000,000
Cheyenne [Member]
Ownership Interest By Project Type [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000