The number of days after the end of the accounting period in which available cash is required to be distributed.

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Number of Designated Units excluded from distributions during calendar year.

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Date of record for distribution of cash or unit to limited partner of limited partnership (LP), in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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Date of distribution for distribution of cash or unit to limited partner of limited partnership (LP), in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions declared to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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Equity and Distributions, Distributions (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Number of days after quarter end to distribute available cash	45 days
Number of Designated Units excluded from distributions		35,380,000	45,120,000
Cash Distribution [Member] \| First Quarter 2014 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.3550
Record Date			Apr. 30, 2014
Payment Date			May 07, 2014
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Second Quarter 2014 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.3600
Record Date			Jul. 31, 2014
Payment Date			Aug. 07, 2014
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Third Quarter 2014 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.3650
Record Date			Oct. 31, 2014
Payment Date			Nov. 07, 2014
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Fourth Quarter 2014 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.3700
Record Date			Jan. 30, 2015
Payment Date			Feb. 06, 2015
Cash Distribution [Member] \| First Quarter 2015 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.3750
Record Date		Apr. 30, 2015
Payment Date		May 07, 2015
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Second Quarter 2015 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.3800
Record Date		Jul. 31, 2015
Payment Date		Aug. 07, 2015
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Third Quarter 2015 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.3850
Record Date		Oct. 30, 2015
Payment Date		Nov. 06, 2015
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Fourth Quarter 2015 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.3900
Record Date		Jan. 29, 2016
Payment Date		Feb. 05, 2016
Cash Distribution [Member] \| First Quarter 2016 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)	$ 0.3950
Record Date	Apr. 29, 2016
Payment Date	May 06, 2016
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Second Quarter 2016 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)	$ 0.4000
Record Date	Jul. 29, 2016
Payment Date	Aug. 05, 2016
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Third Quarter 2016 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)	$ 0.4050
Record Date	Oct. 31, 2016
Payment Date	Nov. 07, 2016
Cash Distribution [Member] \| Fourth Quarter 2016 Distribution [Member]
Distributions to Partners [Abstract]
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per unit)	$ 0.4100
Record Date	Jan. 31, 2017
Payment Date	Feb. 07, 2017