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The amount withheld from distribution per share amount for tax reserve.

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The per share amount of a distribution declared and received as of the financial reporting date.

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Amount of income tax reserve withheld from the declared dividend in subsequent period.

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The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

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

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For an acquired entity, price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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This item represents disclosure of the amount of dividends or other distributions received from unconsolidated subsidiaries, certain corporate joint ventures, and certain noncontrolled corporation; these investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. This element excludes distributions that constitute a return of investment, which are classified as investing activities.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 13

-Article 5

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Cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders, generally out of earnings.

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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	8 Months Ended		0 Months Ended															0 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	Nov. 15, 2012	Oct. 23, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 20, 2013	Feb. 21, 2013 Berry Petroleum Company [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	May 16, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	May 16, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	Apr. 24, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	Feb. 15, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	Feb. 15, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	Jan. 25, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	Jul. 16, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jul. 16, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jul. 02, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Apr. 24, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Feb. 15, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Feb. 15, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jan. 24, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Feb. 20, 2013 Linn Energy, LLC [Member] Berry Petroleum Company [Member]	Feb. 21, 2013 Linn Energy, LLC [Member] Berry Petroleum Company [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preliminary value of definitive purchase merger							$ 4,400,000,000	$ 4,300,000,000														$ 4,400,000,000	$ 4,300,000,000
Number of LinnCo common shares for each Berry common share								1.25															1.25
Business acquisition, price per common share							$ 46.2375	$ 46.2375														$ 46.2375	$ 46.2375
Distributions received, amount per unit (in usd per unit)											$ 0.725			$ 0.725			$ 0.2416				$ 0.725
Cash distributions received			0	25,221,000	50,442,000	25,221,000				25,000,000			25,000,000			8,000,000				25,000,000
Dividends declared, amount per share (in usd per share)		$ 0.71									$ 0.725			$ 0.71			$ 0.2416	$ 0.725			$ 0.71
Tax reserve, amount per share (in usd per share)		$ 0.015									$ 0			$ 0.015			$ 0	$ 0			$ 0.015
Dividends paid to shareholders	24,699,000		0	24,699,000	49,920,000	24,699,000			25,000,000			25,000,000			8,000,000				25,000,000
Income tax reserve withheld	$ 522,000											$ 522,000	$ 522,000						$ 522,000	$ 522,000