Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2018 |
Sep. 30, 2018 |
Jun. 30, 2018 |
Mar. 31, 2018 |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Jun. 30, 2017 |
Mar. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
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| Quarterly Financial Information | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ 1,027,939 | $ 772,497 | $ 586,352 | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ 26,597 | $ 140,159 | $ 136,145 | $ 118,051 | $ 143,089 | $ 110,458 | $ 101,199 | $ 93,073 | 420,952 | 447,819 | 332,100 |
| Operating income | 255,154 | 126,046 | 114,830 | 111,540 | 67,243 | 83,171 | 92,567 | 81,697 | 607,570 | 324,678 | 258,111 |
| Net income | 248,609 | 119,764 | 109,466 | 108,105 | 64,155 | 80,893 | 87,175 | 75,092 | |||
| Less: general partner's interest in net income | (43,492) | (37,816) | (33,145) | (28,453) | (23,772) | (19,067) | (15,328) | (11,553) | (142,906) | (69,720) | (16,944) |
| Limited partners' interest in net income | $ 205,117 | $ 81,948 | $ 76,321 | $ 79,652 | $ 40,383 | $ 61,826 | $ 71,847 | $ 63,539 | $ 443,038 | $ 237,595 | $ 219,759 |
| Net income per limited partner unit - basic and diluted | $ 0.22 | $ 0.33 | $ 0.39 | $ 0.35 | |||||||
| Net income per limited partner unit - basic | $ 1.10 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.41 | $ 0.43 | $ 2.37 | $ 1.28 | $ 1.24 | ||||
| Net income per limited partner unit - diluted | $ 1.09 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.41 | $ 0.43 | $ 2.36 | $ 1.28 | $ 1.24 | ||||
| Impairment of property and equipment | $ 23,000 | $ 5,771 | $ 23,431 | ||||||||
| Reduction of fair value of the liability for contingent acquisition consideration | $ 106,000 | $ 106,000 | |||||||||