Business Acquisition, Acquiree Equity, Non Controlling Interest Portion

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Business Acquisition, Annual Revenue Commitments

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Business Acquisition, Post Acquisition Incentive Distributions

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Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Outstanding Limited Partnership Unit, Basic and Diluted

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Business Acquisitions, Acquiree Equity

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Business Acquisitions, Limited partners interest in net income

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Business Combinations, Cap on share of future earnings

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Number of Consecutive Quarters, Forego Rights to Incentive Distributions

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Number Of Consecutive Quarters, Forego Rights To Incentive Distributions, Extension

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Ownership Percentage by Parent, Controlling Interest

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Fair Value of the liabilities incurred by the acquirer to former owners of the acquiree, including the fair value of any contingent consideration. If liabilities transferred as consideration remain within the combined entity after the business combination (for example, because the assets or liabilities were transferred to the acquiree rather than to its former owners), and the acquirer therefore retains control of them; in that situation, the acquirer measures those liabilities at their carrying amounts immediately before the acquisition date.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to liabilities assumed.

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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jul. 12, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012 UNEV Pipeline [Member]	Nov. 09, 2011 Legacy Frontier [Member]	Nov. 09, 2011 Promissory Notes [Member] Legacy Frontier [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 UNEV Pipeline [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 UNEV Pipeline [Member]	Jul. 12, 2012 UNEV Pipeline [Member] Consecutive_Quarters	Jun. 30, 2012 HFC [Member] UNEV Pipeline [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage									75.00%	75.00%
Business Acquisition, cash paid										$ 260,000,000
Promissory notes issued								150,000,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares							3,807,615		1,029,900
Ownership percentage, controlling interest	42.00%		42.00%		44.00%
General partner interest			2.00%
Business Acquisition, minimum annual revenue commitments						15,600,000						23,000,000
Business Acquisition, allocation to properties and equipment							88,100,000				426,000,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Liabilities Assumed											6,000,000
Business Acquisition, allocation to goodwill							207,400,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information
Revenues	67,706,400	62,653,000	135,283,100	119,560,000
Net income		26,964,000		50,278,000
Limited partners interest in net income	20,537,000		40,000,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Outstanding Limited Partnership Unit, Basic and Diluted		$ 0.86		$ 1.60
Business Combinations, Cap on share of future earnings									34,000,000
Business Acquisition, Post Acquisition Incentive Distributions									1,250,000
Number of Consecutive Quarters, Forego Rights to Incentive Distributions											12
Number Of Consecutive Quarters, Forego Rights To Incentive Distributions, Extension											4
Business Acquisitions, Acquiree Equity											420,000,000
Business Acquisition, Acquiree Equity, Non Controlling Interest Portion											$ 100,000,000