Segment Information - Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	$ 4,685,059	$ 2,819,400	$ 12,766,475	$ 8,282,875
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Sales and other revenues	4,685,059	2,819,400	12,766,475	8,282,875
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)	3,822,858	2,377,238	10,608,892	6,647,960
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment	0	(62,849)	(318,862)	227,711
Operating expenses	352,520	332,496	1,086,620	964,200
Selling, general and administrative expenses	91,056	74,453	250,785	237,559
Depreciation and amortization	121,220	125,280	369,341	396,033
Long-lived asset impairment	0	0	0	436,908
Income (loss) from operations	297,405	(27,218)	769,699	(627,496)
Earnings of equity method investments	3,689	1,316	8,875	5,186
Capital expenditures	215,504	83,272	548,345	213,008
Cash and cash equivalents	1,481,562		1,481,562		$ 1,368,318
Total assets	12,897,181		12,897,181		11,506,864
Long-term debt	3,072,352		3,072,352		3,142,718
Capital expenditures			471,412	174,366
Corporate, Other and Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	(3)	0	4	0
Intersegment revenues	(287,067)	(159,486)	(762,782)	(484,932)
Sales and other revenues	(287,070)	(159,486)	(762,778)	(484,932)
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)	(265,275)	(136,807)	(683,244)	(418,000)
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		0	(509)	0
Operating expenses	471	(18,074)	4,798	(56,592)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	13,386	4,482	25,532	13,659
Depreciation and amortization	2,477	4,593	(1,976)	13,659
Long-lived asset impairment				0
Income (loss) from operations	(38,129)	(13,680)	(107,379)	(37,658)
Earnings of equity method investments	0	0	0	0
Capital expenditures	147,640	26,635	339,553	47,123
Cash and cash equivalents	1,231,720		1,231,720		1,179,493
Total assets	1,275,518		1,275,518		1,240,226
Long-term debt	1,739,043		1,739,043		1,737,115
Refining | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	3,993,570	2,339,782	10,837,876	6,880,444
Intersegment revenues	189,441	56,331	455,089	178,039
Sales and other revenues	4,183,011	2,396,113	11,292,965	7,058,483
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)	3,605,600	2,211,342	9,986,862	6,113,530
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		(62,849)	(318,353)	227,711
Operating expenses	248,316	256,079	772,593	754,612
Selling, general and administrative expenses	32,345	30,866	90,977	94,677
Depreciation and amortization	77,890	79,146	245,910	251,019
Long-lived asset impairment				215,242
Income (loss) from operations	218,860	(118,471)	514,976	(598,308)
Earnings of equity method investments	0	0	0	0
Capital expenditures	40,814	41,740	114,325	106,856
Cash and cash equivalents	18,056		18,056		3,106
Total assets	7,266,496		7,266,496		6,203,847
Long-term debt	0		0		0
Lubricants and Specialty Products | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	666,033	452,878	1,850,786	1,330,021
Intersegment revenues	501	2,164	9,500	8,911
Sales and other revenues	666,534	455,042	1,860,286	1,338,932
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)	482,533	302,703	1,305,274	952,430
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		0	0	0
Operating expenses	60,940	54,488	183,003	156,459
Selling, general and administrative expenses	41,476	36,773	124,612	121,654
Depreciation and amortization	19,226	17,432	58,499	59,260
Long-lived asset impairment				204,708
Income (loss) from operations	62,359	43,646	188,898	(155,579)
Earnings of equity method investments	0	0	0	0
Capital expenditures	7,833	6,995	17,534	20,387
Cash and cash equivalents	218,970		218,970		163,729
Total assets	2,119,076		2,119,076		1,864,313
Long-term debt	0		0		0
HEP | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	25,459	26,740	77,809	72,410
Intersegment revenues	97,125	100,991	298,193	297,982
Sales and other revenues	122,584	127,731	376,002	370,392
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)	0	0	0	0
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		0	0	0
Operating expenses	42,793	40,003	126,226	109,721
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3,849	2,332	9,664	7,569
Depreciation and amortization	21,627	24,109	66,908	72,095
Long-lived asset impairment				16,958
Income (loss) from operations	54,315	61,287	173,204	164,049
Earnings of equity method investments	3,689	1,316	8,875	5,186
Capital expenditures	19,217	7,902	76,933	38,642
Cash and cash equivalents	12,816		12,816		21,990
Total assets	2,236,091		2,236,091		2,198,478
Long-term debt	1,333,309		1,333,309		$ 1,405,603
Corporate and Other | Renewable diesel units
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating expenses	13,100	1,800	37,200	2,700
Capital expenditures	$ 141,300	$ 20,500	$ 325,300	$ 33,100