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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 24 Months Ended 27 Months Ended 39 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
case
Mar. 31, 2015
case
Mar. 31, 2015
Oct. 09, 2014
case
Commitments and Contingencies          
Number of heavy equipment statutes cases tried and completed in Texas state district court   3exlp_NumberOfHeavyEquipmentStatuesCasesTriedAndCompletedToWhichEntityIsParty      
Number of heavy equipment statutes cases appealed     3exlp_NumberOfHeavyEquipmentStatuesCasesAppealed    
Number of district court rulings for which oral arguments were made         2exlp_NumberOfDistrictCourtRulingsForWhichOralArgumentsMade
Ad valorem tax benefit $ 3.1exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefit     $ 23.8exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefit  
Ad valorem tax benefit agreed to by a number of appraisal review boards and county appraisal districts 4.6exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefitApproved   4.6exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefitApproved 4.6exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefitApproved  
Ad valorem tax benefit in litigation 19.2exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefitInLitigation   19.2exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefitInLitigation 19.2exlp_AdValoremTaxExpenseBenefitInLitigation  
Accrued liability for the outcomes of non-income based tax audits $ 0.1us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue $ 0.1us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue $ 0.1us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue $ 0.1us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue