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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related party transactions excluding expenses allocated to Partnership as a part of results of Dropdown Predecessor |
|  | Year Ended |
|  | December 31, 2011 $ |  |  | December 31, 2010 $ |  |  | December 31, 2009 $ |
Revenues (1) |  |  | 35,068 |  |  |  | 36,512 |  |  |  | 38,860 |
Vessel operating expenses (2) |  |  | 33,135 |  |  |  | 30,556 |  |  |  | 27,428 |
General and administrative (3) (4) (5) |  |  | 15,468 |  |  |  | 14,919 |  |  |  | 11,403 |
(1) | Commencing in 2008, the Kenai LNG Carriers were time-chartered to Teekay Corporation at a fixed-rate for a period of ten years, (plus options exercisable by Teekay Corporation to extend up to an additional 15 years).
(2) | Teekay Corporation’s crew salaries and training.
(3) | Teekay Corporation’s administrative, advisory, technical and strategic management fees.
(4) | Includes $1.0 million, $0.8 million and $0.8 million of reimbursed costs incurred by Teekay GP L.L.C. during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
(5) | Amounts are net of $1.0 million, $1.0 million and $0.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which consist of the amortization of $3.0 million paid to the Partnership by Teekay Corporation in March 2009 for the right to provide ship management services to certain of the Partnership’s vessels.

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