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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - shares	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Series A Preferred Units
Units outstanding (units)	71,090,468	71,090,468	71,090,468	71,090,468	71,090,468	71,090,468	71,090,468	71,090,468
Series B Preferred Units
Units outstanding (units)	800,000	800,000	800,000	800,000	800,000	800,000	800,000	800,000
Common Units
Units outstanding (units)	728,476,591	728,100,398	728,053,007	728,028,576	728,028,576	727,424,619	726,785,813	726,361,924

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The number of limited partner units outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 4.F)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120397183&loc=d3e187171-122770

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