Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions declared to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120397183&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions paid to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - $ / shares	Oct. 25, 2022	Oct. 17, 2022	Aug. 15, 2022	Aug. 12, 2022	Jul. 26, 2022	Jul. 18, 2022	May 16, 2022	May 13, 2022	Apr. 26, 2022	Apr. 18, 2022	Feb. 15, 2022	Feb. 14, 2022
Subsequent Event
Per Unit Cash Distribution (in dollars per unit)				$ 0.6050				$ 0.5950				$ 0.5850
Series A Preferred Limited Partners
Subsequent Event
Quarterly cash distributions declared (in dollars per unit)						$ 0.609375				$ 0.609375
Per Unit Cash Distribution (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.609375				$ 0.609375				$ 0.609375
Series B Preferred Limited Partners
Subsequent Event
Quarterly cash distributions declared (in dollars per unit)						$ 0.59375				$ 0.59375
Per Unit Cash Distribution (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.59375				$ 0.59375				$ 0.59375
Common Limited Partners
Subsequent Event
Quarterly cash distributions declared (in dollars per unit)					$ 0.6050				$ 0.5950
Subsequent event \| Series A Preferred Limited Partners
Subsequent Event
Quarterly cash distributions declared (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.609375
Subsequent event \| Series A Preferred Limited Partners \| Annualized Basis
Subsequent Event
Per Unit Cash Distribution (in dollars per unit)		2.4375
Subsequent event \| Series B Preferred Limited Partners
Subsequent Event
Quarterly cash distributions declared (in dollars per unit)		0.59375
Subsequent event \| Series B Preferred Limited Partners \| Annualized Basis
Subsequent Event
Per Unit Cash Distribution (in dollars per unit)		$ 2.375
Subsequent event \| Common Limited Partners
Subsequent Event
Quarterly cash distributions declared (in dollars per unit)	$ 0.6250
Subsequent event \| Common Limited Partners \| Annualized Basis
Subsequent Event
Per Unit Cash Distribution (in dollars per unit)	$ 2.50