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Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Business Organization and Operations [Abstract]
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Business, Formation Date	Apr. 28, 2000
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Business Activities and Description	Crosstex Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed on April 28, 2000, is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the gathering, transmission, processing and marketing of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and crude oil. The Company connects the wells of natural gas producers in the geographic areas of its gathering systems in order to gather for a fee or purchase the gas production, processes natural gas for the removal of NGLs, transports natural gas and NGLs and ultimately provides natural gas and NGLs to a variety of markets. The Company operates processing plants that process gas transported to the plants by major interstate pipelines or from our own gathering systems under a variety of fee arrangements. In addition, the Company purchases natural gas and NGLs from producers not connected to its gathering systems for resale and markets natural gas and NGLs on behalf of producers for a fee. The Company provides a variety of crude services throughout the Ohio River Valley (ORV) which include crude oil gathering via pipelines and trucks and oilfield brine disposal. The Company recently added crude oil terminal facilities in south Louisiana to provide access for crude oil producers to the premium markets in this area.
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Managing Member or General Partner, Name	Crosstex Energy, Inc