2.4.0.82401402 - Disclosure - General (Details Textuals)truefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001209821duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyOrLimitedPartnershipBusinessOrganizationAndOperationsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Business Organization and Operations [Abstract]2false 2dei_EntityIncorporationDateOfIncorporationdei_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse002000-04-28falsefalsetruexbrli:dateItemTypedateDate when an entity was incorporatedNo definition available.false0Entity Incorporation, Date of Incorporation3false 2us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyOrLimitedPartnershipBusinessActivitiesAndDescriptionus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00The Company connects the wells of natural gas producers in its market areas to its gathering systems, processes natural gas for the removal of NGLs, fractionates NGLs into purity products and markets those products for a fee, transports natural gas and ultimately provides natural gas to a variety of markets. The Company purchases natural gas from natural gas producers and other supply sources and sells that natural gas to utilities, industrial consumers, other marketers and pipelines. The Company operates processing plants that process gas transported to the plants by major interstate pipelines or from its own gathering systems under a variety of fee arrangements. In addition, the Company purchases natural gas from producers not connected to its gathering systems for resale and sells natural gas 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 also has crude oil terminal facilities in south Louisiana that provide access for crude oil producers to the premium markets in this area. falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringDescription of the day-to-day business function and activities of the limited liability company or limited partnership.No definition available.false0Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Business Activities and Description4false 2xtxi_CorporationNamextxi_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Crosstex Energy, Incfalsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringName of Corporation.No definition available.false0Corporation NamefalseGeneral (Details Textuals)UnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.crosstexenergy.com/role/GeneralDetailsTextuals14