Financial Instruments - Summary of Partnership's Financing Receivables (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Payment activity [Member] \| Performing [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Direct financing leases	$ 17,586	$ 17,471

The net investment in direct financing leases as of the balance sheet date consisting of: (a) minimum lease payments due on direct financing leases, (b) unguaranteed residual value, and (c) any unamortized initial direct costs; less: (i) executory costs, (ii) unearned income, and (iii) the accumulated allowance for uncollectible minimum lease payments.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496975&loc=d3e45377-112738

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