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Business Combination, Share Conversion Rate

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Transactions Related to the Partnership (Narratives) (Details) $ / shares in Units, hp in Millions, $ in Millions						3 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2018 $ / shares	Nov. 15, 2017 $ / shares	Aug. 15, 2017 $ / shares	May 16, 2017 $ / shares	Feb. 15, 2017 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2018 hp compressor_unit $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2017 $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 26, 2018
Transactions related to the partnership
Dividends declared and paid per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.1200	$ 0.12	$ 0.1200	$ 0.12	$ 0.12
General Partner
Transactions related to the partnership
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares						690	1,119
General partner units interest (as a percentage)						2.00%
Archrock Partners, L.P
Transactions related to the partnership
Vie ownership percentage						43.00%
Number of compressor units \| compressor_unit						5,989
Compressor units horsepower \| hp						3.3
Archrock Partners, L.P \| United States
Transactions related to the partnership
Percentage of horsepower in fleet						86.00%
Subsequent Event
Transactions related to the partnership
Authorized distributions to limited partnership, amount \| $								$ 15.5
Subsequent Event \| Partnership Merger \| Common Stock
Transactions related to the partnership
Share conversion rate (per share)									1.40