v3.25.1

Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Assets and Investments Table | As of March 31, 2025, the Partnership’s assets and investments consisted of the following:
|  | Wholly Owned and Operated |  | Operated Interests |  |  |  | Equity Interests |
Gathering systems (1) |  | 18 |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Treating facilities |  | 43 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |
Processing plants/trains |  | 27 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
NGLs pipelines |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |
Natural-gas pipelines |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Crude-oil pipelines |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Includes the DBM water systems.

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