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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Partners' Capital Notes [Abstract] |
Schedule of activity for Series A preferred units and common units | The following tables present the activity for our Series A preferred units and common units:
| Limited Partners
| Preferred Units |  | Common Units
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 | — |  |  | 397,727,624 |
Sale of Series A preferred units | 61,030,127 |  |  | — |
Issuance of Series A preferred units in connection with in-kind distributions | 2,096,204 |  |  | — |
Sale of common units | — |  |  | 9,922,733 |
Issuance of common units under LTIP | — |  |  | 457,289 |
Outstanding at September 30, 2016 | 63,126,331 |  |  | 408,107,646 |
| Limited Partners
| Common Units
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 375,107,793 |
Sale of common units | 22,133,904 |
Issuance of common units under LTIP | 485,927 |
Outstanding at September 30, 2015 | 397,727,624 |
Schedule of distributions paid in cash, net of reductions to the general partner's incentive distributions | The following table details the distributions paid in cash during or pertaining to the first nine months of 2016, net of reductions to the general partner’s incentive distributions (in millions, except per unit data):
|  | Distributions |  |  | Distributions per common unit
Distribution Date |  | Common Unitholders |  | General Partner |  | Total |  |
November 14, 2016 (1) |  | $ | 227 |  |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 328 |  |  |  | $ | 0.55 |
August 12, 2016 |  | $ | 278 |  |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 433 |  |  |  | $ | 0.70 |
May 13, 2016 |  | $ | 278 |  |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 433 |  |  |  | $ | 0.70 |
February 12, 2016 |  | $ | 278 |  |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 433 |  |  |  | $ | 0.70 |
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(1) | Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2016 for the period July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016.

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