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Business Combination, Installment, Long-term Payable

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Business Combination, Total Installment Payable

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer transferred by the entity to the former owners of the acquiree. Excludes cash.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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- Definition

Number of common units issued of limited liability company (LLC).

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Acquisition (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions				6 Months Ended
Acquisition (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 07, 2016	Nov. 16, 2015	Oct. 01, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life					13 years 8 months
Matador [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration Transferred			$ 141.3
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired			100.00%
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life			15 years
Deadwood Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration Transferred		$ 40.1
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		50.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other		$ 1.5
Tall Oak [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs				$ 3.7	$ 3.7
Consideration Transferred	$ 1,442.2
BusinessCombinationFirstInstallment	1,020.0
Business Combination Total Installment Payable	500.0
Business Combination, Installment, Long-term Payable	$ 250.0				$ 250.0
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual				72.2
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual				$ 23.5
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	15 years
Business Combination Cash Consideration Transferred	$ 806.4
Common Unit \| Tall Oak [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common Unit, Issued	15,564,009
EnLink Midstream LP [Member] \| Tall Oak [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	84.00%
ENLC \| Tall Oak [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	16.00%			16.00%	16.00%
Business Combination Cash Consideration Transferred	$ 22.2
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Tall Oak [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Cash Consideration Transferred	$ 784.2