Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Partners' Capital Notes [Abstract]

Schedule of Capital Units

The following table details the changes in the number of our common units outstanding from December 31, 2019 through March 31, 2020:

Common units outstanding on December 31, 2019	228,403,428
Units repurchased during 2020	(3,631,784	)
January 2020–Settlement of employee LTIP awards	275,093
During 2020–Other(a)	9,550
Common units outstanding on March 31, 2020	225,056,287

(a) Common units issued to settle the equity-based retainers paid to independent directors of our general partner.

Schedule of Distributions

Distributions we paid during 2019 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

 

Payment Date	Per Unit Cash Distribution Amount			Total Cash Distribution
02/14/2019		$	0.9975		$	227,832
05/15/2019		1.0050			229,545
08/14/2019		1.0125			231,258
11/14/2019		1.0200			232,971
Total		$	4.0350		$	921,606
02/14/2020		$	1.0275		$	234,774
05/15/2020(a)		1.0275			231,245
Total		$	2.0550		$	466,019

(a) Our general partner’s board of directors declared this cash distribution in April 2020 to be paid on May 15, 2020 to unitholders of record at the close of business on May 8, 2020.