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Description Of Business	3 Months Ended
Description Of Business	Mar. 31, 2012
Description Of Business [Abstract]
Description Of Business	1. Description of Business Mewbourne Energy Partners 06-A, L.P. (the "Registrant" or the "Partnership"), a Delaware limited partnership, is engaged primarily in oil and gas development and production in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and was organized on November 16, 2005. The offering of limited and general partnership interests began July 11, 2006 as a part of an offering registered under the name Mewbourne Energy Partners 06-07 Drilling Program, (the "Program"), and concluded September 1, 2006, with total investor contributions of $50,000,000 originally being sold to 1,576 subscribers of which $43,174,000 were sold to 1,342 subscribers as general partner interests and $6,826,000 were sold to 234 subscribers as limited partner interests. During, 2008, all general partner equity interests were converted to limited partner equity interests. In accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, Mewbourne Development Corporation ("MD"), a Delaware Corporation, has been appointed as the Partnership's managing general partner. MD has no significant equity interest in the Partnership.