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Compressor Units Horsepower

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Percentage of Horsepower of Total Fleet

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Change in the number of units for each class of partners' capital accounts during the year due to acquisitions. Partners include general, limited and preferred partners.

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Transactions Related to the Partnership (Narratives) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, hp in Millions										1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 20, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 15, 2017 $ / shares	May 16, 2017 $ / shares	Feb. 15, 2017 $ / shares	Nov. 17, 2016 $ / shares	Aug. 16, 2016 $ / shares	May 18, 2016 $ / shares	Mar. 01, 2016 USD ($) shares	Feb. 16, 2016 $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2017 hp compressor_unit $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2017 hp compressor_unit $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2016 $ / shares shares
Transactions related to the partnership
Dividends declared and paid per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.1200	$ 0.1200	$ 0.1200	$ 0.1200	$ 0.0950	$ 0.0950		$ 0.1875		$ 0.12	$ 0.095	$ 0.36	$ 0.3775
March 2016 Acquisition
Transactions related to the partnership
Purchase price \| $								$ 18,768
General Partner
Transactions related to the partnership
General partner units interest (as a percentage)											2.00%		2.00%
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares										93,163				5,205
General Partner \| March 2016 Acquisition
Transactions related to the partnership
General partner units interest (as a percentage)								2.00%
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares								5,205
Limited Partner Units \| March 2016 Acquisition
Transactions related to the partnership
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares								257,000
Net proceeds from the sale of partnership units \| $								$ 1,800
Archrock GP LLC \| Common Units [Member]
Transactions related to the partnership
Shares issued (shares) \| shares													94,506	6,363
Common Stock
Transactions related to the partnership
Shares issued (shares) \| shares										4,600,000
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock \| $										$ 60,300
Common Stock \| Archrock GP LLC
Transactions related to the partnership
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock \| $										$ 1,300
Common Stock \| Stock Options
Transactions related to the partnership
Shares issued (shares) \| shares										600,000
Subsequent Event
Transactions related to the partnership
Dividends declared and paid per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.2850
Authorized distributions to limited partnership, amount \| $	$ 8,700
Archrock GP LLC \| Subsequent Event
Transactions related to the partnership
Authorized distributions to limited partnership, amount \| $	$ 20,500
Archrock Partners, L.P
Transactions related to the partnership
Vie ownership percentage													43.00%
Number of compressor units \| compressor_unit											6,046		6,046
Compressor units horsepower \| hp											3.3		3.3
Percentage of horsepower in fleet											85.00%		85.00%