Limited Liability Company Or Limited Partnership, Incentive Distribution Rights, Maximum Available Cash Eligible

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Limited Liability Company Or Limited Partnership, Incentive Distribution Rights, Threshold

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Partner Distribution Period

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Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions declared to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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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 incentive obligation paid in cash or stock during the period to a limited liability corporation managing member or limited partnership general partner.

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Partnership Distributions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended							9 Months Ended
	Nov. 12, 2018	Oct. 25, 2018	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2018
Equity [Abstract]
Partner Distribution Period											45 days
Maximum eligibility of available cash											50.00%
Incentive distribution rights threshold ($ per unit)											$ 0.4313
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution ($ per unit)				$ 0.5348	$ 0.5110	$ 0.4883	$ 0.4665	$ 0.4457	$ 0.4108	$ 0.4333
Incentive distribution				$ 1,134	$ 819	$ 520	$ 223	$ 92	$ 0	$ 0
Subsequent Event \| General Partner
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Incentive distribution	$ 1,500
Common Units
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution ($ per unit)			$ 0.0408							$ 0.3925
Common Units \| Subsequent Event
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution ($ per unit)		$ 0.5597