Partners' Capital, Mezzanine Equity and Distributions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Partners' Capital and Distributions [Abstract]

Schedule of Paid Distributions

We paid or will pay the following distributions to our common unitholders in 2017 and 2018:

Distribution For	Date Paid		Per Unit Amount		Total Amount
2017
1st Quarter	May 15, 2017		$	0.7200	$	88,257
2nd Quarter	August 14, 2017		$	0.7225	$	88,563
3rd Quarter	November 14, 2017		$	0.5000	$	61,290
4th Quarter	February 14, 2018		$	0.5100	$	62,515
2018
1st Quarter	May 15, 2018		$	0.5200	$	63,741
2nd Quarter	August 14, 2018		$	0.5300	$	64,967
3rd  Quarter	November 14, 2018	(1)	$	0.5400	$	66,193

(1) This distribution was declared on October 9, 2018 and will be paid to unitholders of record as of October 31, 2018.

Schedule of Changes in Preferred Stock Units

The following tables show the change in our mezzanine and preferred units balances from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018:

	As of September 30,
Mezzanine Capital Balance	2018
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	697,151
Distributions paid-in-kind	50,671
Allocation of Distributions paid in-kind to Preferred Distribution Rate Reset Election (Note 16)	(3,095		)
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	744,727

	Nine months ended September 30,
Number of Class A Convertible Preferred Units	2018
Balance as of December 31, 2017	22,411,728
Distributions paid-in-kind	1,503,162
Balance as of September 30, 2018	23,914,890