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ISSUANCE OF COMMON UNITS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
ISSUANCE OF COMMON UNITS [Abstract]  
ISSUANCE OF COMMON UNITS
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ISSUANCE OF COMMON UNITS

On February 9, 2011, the Partnership completed a public offering of 1,874,500 common units at a price of $39.35 per common unit, before the payment of underwriters' discounts, commissions and offering expenses (per unit value is in dollars, not thousands).  Following this offering, the common units represented a 95.7% limited partnership interest in the Partnership.  Total proceeds from the sale of the 1,874,500 common units, net of underwriters' discounts, commissions and offering expenses were $70,330.  The Partnership's general partner contributed $1,505 in cash to the Partnership in conjunction with the issuance in order to maintain its 2% general partner interest in the Partnership.  On February 9, 2011, the Partnership made a $65,500 payment to reduce the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility.
 
On August 17, 2010, the Partnership completed a public offering of 1,000,000 common units, representing limited partner interests at a purchase price of $29.13 per common unit.  The Partnership received net proceeds of approximately $28,070 after payment of underwriters' discounts.  The Partnership used the net proceeds of $28,070 to redeem from subsidiaries of Martin Resource Management an aggregate number of common units equal to the number of common units issued in the offering.   Martin Resource Management reimbursed the Partnership for its payments of commissions and offering expenses.   As a result of these simultaneous transactions, the Partnership's  general partner was not required to contribute cash to the Partnership in conjunction with the issuance of these units in order to maintain its 2% general partner interest in the Partnership since there was no net increase in the outstanding limited partner units.

On February 8, 2010, the Partnership completed a public offering of 1,650,000 common units at a price of $32.35 per common unit, before the payment of underwriters' discounts, commissions and offering expenses (per unit value is in dollars, not thousands).  Following this offering, the common units represented a 93.3% limited partner interest in the Partnership.  Total proceeds from the sale of the 1,650,000 common units, net of underwriters' discounts, commissions and offering expenses were $50,530.  The Partnership's general partner contributed $1,089 in cash to the Partnership in conjunction with the issuance in order to maintain its 2% general partner interest in the Partnership.  On February 8, 2010, the Partnership reduced the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility by $45,000.