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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Amount of cash distribution paid to unit-holder of limited partnership (LP).

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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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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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The number of units converted into shares of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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Partnership Distributions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended					6 Months Ended
	Aug. 12, 2019	Jul. 25, 2019	Apr. 25, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2019
Equity [Abstract]
Partner Distribution Period									45 days
Maximum eligibility of available cash									50.00%
Incentive distribution rights threshold (in dollars per share)									$ 0.4313
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution (in dollars per share)			$ 0.6132		$ 0.6132	$ 0.5858	$ 0.5110	$ 0.4883
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid					$ 27,792	$ 25,613	$ 21,048	$ 19,851
Incentive distribution					3,507	2,421	819	520
Subsequent Event \| General Partner
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Incentive distribution	$ 4,600
Common Units
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid					14,534	13,876	12,103	11,566
Common Units \| Subsequent Event
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution (in dollars per share)		$ 0.6418
Subordinated Units
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Paid					$ 9,751	$ 9,316	$ 8,126	$ 7,765
Subordinated Units \| Limited Partner
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Converted				15,902,584