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Related Party, Fixed Annual Fee Cap Rate

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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 selling, general and administrative expenses resulting from transactions, excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements, with related party.

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Transactions with Affiliates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 01, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transaction
Total Midstream Services — Affiliate	$ 93,739	$ 97,269	$ 207,523	$ 201,072
General and Administrative Expense — Affiliate	4,107	2,178	6,782	4,456
General and Administrative Expense — Third Party	2,339	2,993	5,150	5,076
Total General and Administrative Expense	6,446	5,171	11,932	9,532
Annual cap rate					$ 15,700	$ 6,900
Noble Energy \| Noble Energy
Related Party Transaction
Total Midstream Services — Affiliate	93,739	97,269	207,523	201,072
Noble Energy \| Noble Energy \| Gathering and Processing
Related Party Transaction
Total Midstream Services — Affiliate	82,671	78,136	171,969	153,516
Noble Energy \| Noble Energy \| Fresh Water Delivery
Related Party Transaction
Total Midstream Services — Affiliate	10,300	18,367	33,899	45,954
Noble Energy \| Noble Energy \| Other
Related Party Transaction
Total Midstream Services — Affiliate	$ 768	$ 766	$ 1,655	$ 1,602