Compensation paid by entity to individual in role as Director.

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Minimum ownership interest of outstanding common shares required to designate an individual to the Board Of Directors.

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Represents the number of directors shareholder and affiliates have right to designate when owning specified percentage of entity's outstanding common stock.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amount of receivables arising from transactions with related parties.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The number of shares issued as [noncash or part noncash] consideration for a business or asset acquired. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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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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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2019 USD ($) director shares	Aug. 31, 2020 shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Affiliated Entity \| JDH Capital \| Archrock, Inc.
Related Party Transaction
Ownership interest (percent)			14.20%		14.20%
Affiliated Entity \| JDH Capital
Related Party Transaction
Number of directors shareholder and affiliates have right to designate \| director	1
Affiliated Entity \| JDH Capital \| Elite Acquisition \| Common Stock
Related Party Transaction
Minimum ownership interest of outstanding shares required to elect a board of director (percent)			7.50%		7.50%
Affiliated Entity \| Hilcorp
Related Party Transaction
Revenue from related party transactions			$ 9.8	$ 9.7	$ 30.7	$ 20.1
Due from related party			$ 4.9		$ 4.9		$ 5.1
Affiliated Entity \| Jeffery D. Hildebrand
Related Party Transaction
Compensation paid by entity to individual in role as Director	$ 0.0
Elite Acquisition \| Common Stock
Related Party Transaction
Shares issued as compensation for asset acquisition (shares) \| shares	21.7	21.7
Elite Acquisition \| JDH Capital \| Common Stock
Related Party Transaction
Shares issued as compensation for asset acquisition (shares) \| shares	21.7