Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE)	6 Months Ended
Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE)	Jun. 30, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment	Note 6: Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) Gas Sales In the second quarter 2013, the Partnership recognized a gain of $17.0 million from the sale of approximately 5.0 Bcf of natural gas stored underground with a carrying amount of $2.6 million that was sold as a result of a strategy to monetize storage base gas and provide capacity for additional parks of customer gas under PAL service. Carthage Compressor Station Incident In the first quarter 2013, the Partnership received $1.7 million in insurance proceeds as final payment for an insurance claim, the majority of which was recorded as a decrease to Operation and maintenance expense, related to a fire which occurred at one of Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP's (Gulf South) compressor stations near Carthage, Texas. In the second quarter 2012, the Partnership received $10.0 million in insurance proceeds as partial payment for the insurance claim and recognized a $1.2 million reduction in Operation and maintenance expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. Asset Impairments The Partnership recognized $1.1 million and $1.2 million of asset impairments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and $2.9 million and $7.1 million of asset impairments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. Refer to Note 5 for further information.

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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