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Equity-Based Awards, Phantom Unit Awards (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Summary of awards activity, equity instruments other than options, additional disclosures [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments made in connection with DERs |  | $ 7.7 |  | $ 3.7 |  | $ 0.0
Phantom Unit Awards [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting rate of phantom unit awards (in hundredths) |  | 25.00% |  |  |  |
Summary of awards activity, equity instruments other than options [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning of period (in units) |  | 3,342,390 |  | 0 |  |
Granted (in units) |  | 3,496,140 | [1] | 3,530,710 | [2] |
Vested (in units) |  | (940,415) |  | (38,200) |  |
Forfeited (in units) |  | (471,166) |  | (150,120) |  |
End of period (in units) |  | 5,426,949 |  | 3,342,390 |  | 0
Common units issued in connection with the vesting of phantom unit awards (in units) |  | 618,395 |  | 23,311 |  |
Phantom units outstanding, weighted-average grant date fair value [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average grant date fair value per unit, at beginning of period (in dollars per unit) | [3] | $ 33.13 |  | $ 0 |  |
Granted weighted-average grant date fair value per unit (in dollars per unit) | [3] | 33.96 | [1] | 33.12 | [2] |
Vested weighted-average grant date fair value per unit (in dollars per unit) | [3] | 33.14 |  | 33.04 |  |
Forfeited weighted-average grant date fair value per unit (in dollars per unit) | [3] | 33.51 |  | 33.12 |  |
Weighted-average grant date fair value per unit, at end of period (in dollars per unit) | [3] | $ 33.63 |  | $ 33.13 |  | $ 0
Summary of awards activity, equity instruments other than options, additional disclosures [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate grant date fair value |  | $ 118.7 |  | $ 117.0 |  |
Estimated forfeiture rate (in hundredths) |  | 3.50% |  | 3.40% |  |
Cash payments made in connection with DERs |  | $ 7.7 |  | $ 3.7 |  | $ 0.0
Total intrinsic value of phantom unit awards that vested during period |  | 31.2 |  | $ 1.4 |  | $ 0.0
Unrecognized Compensation Expense [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized compensation cost |  | $ 77.0 |  |  |  |
Recognition period for total unrecognized compensation cost |  | 2 years |  |  |  |
Phantom Unit Awards [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of awards activity, equity instruments other than options, additional disclosures [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant date market price of common units (in dollars per unit) |  | $ 27.31 |  | $ 33.04 |  |
Phantom Unit Awards [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of awards activity, equity instruments other than options, additional disclosures [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant date market price of common units (in dollars per unit) |  | $ 34.40 |  | $ 37.59 |  |
Phantom Unit Awards [Member] | Enterprise [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Compensation Expense [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized compensation cost |  | $ 69.2 |  |  |  |
[1] | The aggregate grant date fair value of phantom unit awards issued during 2015 was $118.7 million based on a grant date market price of our common units ranging from $27.31 to $34.40 per unit. An estimated annual forfeiture rate of 3.5% was applied to these awards.
[2] | The aggregate grant date fair value of phantom unit awards issued during 2014 was $117.0 million based on a grant date market price of our common units ranging from $33.04 to $37.59 per unit. An estimated annual forfeiture rate of 3.4% was applied to these awards.
[3] | Determined by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value of awards (before an allowance for forfeitures) by the number of awards issued.

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