Employee Incentive Plan (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2012		2011		2012		2011
Cost of share-based compensation charged to general and
	administrative expense	$	2,272	$	1,367	$	6,746	$	4,753
Cost of share-based compensation charged to operating expense			310		205		949		935
Total amount charged to income		$	2,582	$	1,572	$	7,695	$	5,688
Interest of non-controlling partners in share-based compensation		$	1,338	$	638	$	4,054	$	2,310
Amount of related income tax benefit recognized in income		$	459	$	347	$	1,347	$	1,252

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
				Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
		Number of
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Restricted Units:		Units
Non-vested, beginning of period			949,844	$	10.45
	Granted		371,600		16.81
	Vested*		(261,768)		7.87
	Forfeited		(41,617)		15.02
Non-vested, end of period			1,018,059	$	13.24
Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in thousands)		$	15,678
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* Vested units include 63,512 units withheld for payroll taxes paid on behalf of employees.

Scheduleof Share Based Compensation Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Vestedand Fair Value Vested Table [Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Restricted Units:	2012		2011		2012		2011
Aggregate intrinsic value of units vested	$	448	$	329	$	4,031	$	6,438
Fair value of units vested	$	452	$	389	$	2,060	$	5,945
As of September 30, 2012, there was $6.3 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted units. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years.

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Restricted Shares:	2012		2011			2012		2011
Aggregate intrinsic value of shares vested	$	537	$	226	$	3,963	$	3,915
Fair value of shares vested	$	448	$	342	$	1,714	$	5,623
As of September 30, 2012 there was $6.3 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to CEI restricted shares for directors, officers and employees. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.4 years.

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
				Weighted
		Number of		Average
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Unit Options:		Units		Exercise Price
Outstanding, beginning of period			451,574	$	6.99
	Exercised		(69,773)		5.03
	Forfeited		(11,281)		15.58
Outstanding, end of period			370,520	$	7.11
Options exercisable at end of period			304,799
Weighted average contractual term (years) end of period:
	Options outstanding		6.4
	Options exercisable		6.2
Aggregate intrinsic value end of period (in thousands):
	Options outstanding	$	3,513
	Options exercisable	$	2,896

		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
				Weighted
		Number of		Average
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Stock Options:		Shares		Exercise Price
Outstanding, beginning of period			37,500	$	6.50
	Forfeited		-		-
Outstanding, end of period			37,500	$	0.00
Options exercisable at end of period			37,500	$	0.00

Scheduleof Share Based Compensation Unit Options Vested and Fair Value Vested Table [Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Unit Options:	2012		2011		2012		2011
Intrinsic value of unit options exercised	$	327	$	348	$	805	$	1,333
Fair value of unit options vested	$	-	$	1	$	277	$	562
As of September 30, 2012, there was $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested unit options. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.3 years.

Schedule Of Shared Based Compensation Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Units Activity Table [Text Block]

		Nine Months Ended
		September 30, 2012
		Number of Shares		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Restricted Shares:
Non-vested, beginning of period			1,221,351	$	7.40
	Granted		476,451		13.27
	Vested*		(282,494)		6.07
	Forfeited		(57,162)		11.01
Non-vested, end of period			1,358,146	$	9.59
Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in thousands)		$	19,055
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* Vested shares include 62,546 shares withheld for payroll taxes paid on behalf of employees.