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Amount of cash inflow received by a seller-lessee in a sale-leaseback.

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Purchase Price

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Rent Expense, Repayment Of Promissory Note

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Security Deposit, Amount

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of the monthly rental payments due under the lease entered into in connection with the transactions involving the sale of property to another party and the lease of the property back to the seller.

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Amount of cash inflow after closing and debt issuance costs received by a seller-lessee in a sale-leaseback recognized in financing activities.

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The amount of the current period expense recorded for use of the property in connection with the transaction involving the sale of property to another party and the lease of the property back to the seller.

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Debt - NG Advantage Debt and Financing Lease Obligations (Details) $ in Millions					1 Months Ended
	Jan. 17, 2019 USD ($) installment	Dec. 20, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2018 USD ($) installment	Dec. 18, 2017 USD ($) installment	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 07, 2019	Jan. 24, 2017 USD ($) installment	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) installment	May 12, 2016 USD ($) installment
Compression Station
Long-term debt
Sale leaseback transaction, purchase price		$ 7.0
Sale leaseback transaction, term		5 years
Annual rate (as a percent)		12.00%
Sale leaseback transaction, monthly rental payments		$ 0.1
Sale leaseback transaction, rent expense		4.7
Sale leaseback transaction, rent expense, repayment of promissory note		$ 2.0
Compression Equipment
Long-term debt
Sale leaseback transaction, purchase price					$ 7.5
Proceeds from sale of equipment in sale-leaseback agreement					$ 5.3
Sale leaseback transaction, term					5 years
Annual rate (as a percent)					10.47%
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Security Deposit, Amount					$ 2.2
BoA \| BoA MLA
Long-term debt
Proceeds from sale of equipment in sale-leaseback agreement				$ 2.1
Sale leaseback transaction, term				5 years
Number of equal monthly installments \| installment				60
Annual rate (as a percent)				4.86%
First National \| First National MLA
Long-term debt
Net proceeds, financing activities			$ 6.3
Sale leaseback transaction, term			6 years
Number of equal monthly installments \| installment			72
First National \| Nations MLA
Long-term debt
Annual rate (as a percent)			9.28%
Nations Fund I, LLC \| Nations MLA
Long-term debt
Proceeds from sale of equipment in sale-leaseback agreement	$ 3.4
Sale leaseback transaction, term	4 years
Number of equal monthly installments \| installment	48
Annual rate (as a percent)						9.18%
NG Advantage debt \| 4.41% Term Loan \| Commerce Bank & Trust Company
Long-term debt
Debt issuance amount									$ 6.3
Number of monthly installments \| installment									84
Interest rate (as a percent)									4.41%
NG Advantage debt \| 5.0% Term Loan \| Commerce Bank & Trust Company
Long-term debt
Debt issuance amount							$ 6.2
Number of monthly installments \| installment							84
Interest rate (as a percent)							5.00%
NG Advantage debt \| 5.17% Term Loan \| Wintrust Commercial Finance
Long-term debt
Debt issuance amount								$ 4.7
Number of monthly installments \| installment								72
Interest rate (as a percent)								5.17%