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EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Jul. 09, 2015
installment
shares
Feb. 27, 2015
USD ($)
shares
Sep. 30, 2016
USD ($)
installment
shares
Dec. 31, 2015
shares
Feb. 26, 2015
shares
Equity Based Compensation          
Granted (in shares)     153,500    
Unit awards outstanding prior to Transactions     177,069 367,491  
Cash payment, withholding taxes on vested phantom units | $     $ 64    
NuDevco          
Equity Based Compensation          
Number of annual vesting installment | installment     5    
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)          
Equity Based Compensation          
Maximum number of common units issuable     1,750,000    
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) | Phantom Share Units (PSUs)          
Equity Based Compensation          
Number of common units that the share-based award is the economic equivalent of (in shares)     1    
Number of common units that the share-based award holder is entitled to receive (in shares)     1    
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) | Employees of Related Party | Phantom Share Units (PSUs) | NuDevco          
Equity Based Compensation          
Unit awards outstanding prior to Transactions         278,400
Compensation expense associated with the vesting of phantom unit awards | $   $ 4,200      
Common units issued   196,108      
Cash payment, withholding taxes on vested phantom units | $   $ 1,900      
Cash payment related to the distribution equivalent rights associated with the vested phantom units | $   $ 200      
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) | Certain named executive officers and employees of related party | Phantom Share Units (PSUs) | General Partner Interest          
Equity Based Compensation          
Granted (in shares) 379,544        
Number of annual vesting installment | installment 3        
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) | An employee of Related Party | Phantom Share Units (PSUs) | General Partner Interest          
Equity Based Compensation          
Granted (in shares) 3,522