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Acquisitions And Divestitures (Schedule Of Purchase Price Allocation For General Partner And EnLink) (Details) (General Partner And Enlink [Member], USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified

0 Months Ended

Mar. 07, 2014

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Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Total consideration and fair value of noncontrolling interests

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Current Crosstex Energy, Inc. [Member]

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^[1]

Crosstex Energy, Inc. consideration

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^[2]

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Crosstex Energy, LP [Member]

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Total

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^[3]

Common units held by public unitholders

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^[4]

Restricted units

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Common units value

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^[3]

[1]	The final purchase price is based on the fair value of Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s common shares as of the closing date, March 7, 2014.
[2]	Represents the value of noncontrolling interests related to the General Partner’s equity investment in E2 Energy Services, LLC and E2 Appalachian Compression, LLC (collectively “E2”).
[3]	The final purchase price is based on the fair value of Crosstex Energy, LP’s common units as of the closing date, March 7, 2014.
[4]	Crosstex Energy, LP converted the preferred units to common units in February 2014.

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