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Percentage Of Dividends Paid To Joint Venture Partner

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Proceeds From Contract Termination

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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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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Consolidated Joint Ventures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 03, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage attributable to noncontrolling interests		50.00%	50.00%
Bully Joint Venture
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest	50.00%
Payments to acquire interest	$ 106.7
Dividends approved		$ 25.0	$ 35.1
Subsidiary of Shell
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from contract termination	$ 166.9