Asset Acquisition (Table)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation [Abstract]

Purchase Price Allocation

Purchase Price Allocation (in thousands):
Purchase Price to Clearfield Energy, Inc.		$	214,957
	Total purchase price	$	214,957
Assets acquired:
	Current assets	$	17,622
	Assets held for disposition		19,500
	Property, plant, and equipment		89,752
	Goodwill		152,627
	Intangibles		37,600
Liabilities assumed:
	Current liabilities		(24,784)
	Liabilities held for disposition		(2,627)
	Deferred taxes		(65,228)
	Long term liabilities		(9,505)
	Total purchase price	$	214,957

Pro Forma

	Year Ended
	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(in thousands except for per unit data)
Pro forma total revenues	$	1,761,762	$	2,266,868
Pro forma net loss	$	(39,021)	$	(15,476)
Pro forma net loss attributable to Crosstex Energy, Inc.	$	(14,762)	$	(8,460)
Pro forma net loss per common unit:
Basic and Diluted	$	(0.30)	$	(0.18)