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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Partners Capital and Distribution [Line Items] |
Schedule of Activity for Preferred Units and Common Units | The following table presents the activity for our preferred and common units:
| Limited Partners
| Series A Preferred Units |  | Series B Preferred Units |  | Common Units
Outstanding at December 31, 2020 | 71,090,468 |  |  | 800,000 |  |  | 722,380,416 |
Repurchase and cancellation of common units under the Common Equity Repurchase Program | — |  |  | — |  |  | (18,061,583) |
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans | — |  |  | — |  |  | 672,707 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2021 | 71,090,468 |  |  | 800,000 |  |  | 704,991,540 |
Repurchase and cancellation of common units under the Common Equity Repurchase Program | — |  |  | — |  |  | (7,251,361) |
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans | — |  |  | — |  |  | 614,319 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 | 71,090,468 |  |  | 800,000 |  |  | 698,354,498 |
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,654,251 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 | 71,090,468 |  |  | 800,000 |  |  | 701,008,749 |
Schedule of Distributions to Noncontrolling Interests | The following table details distributions paid to noncontrolling interests during the years presented (in millions):
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Permian JV (1) | $ | 249 |  |  | $ | 273 |  |  | $ | — |
Cactus II | 63 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |
Red River | 21 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 14 |
| $ | 333 |  |  | $ | 298 |  |  | $ | 14 |
(1)The initial distribution from the Permian JV was paid during the first quarter of 2022, with approximately $54 million paid to noncontrolling interests.
Series A Preferred Units |
Partners Capital and Distribution [Line Items] |
Schedule of Distributions | Series A Preferred Unit Distributions. The following table details distributions paid to our Series A preferred unitholders during the years presented (in millions, except unit data):
|  | Series A Preferred Unitholders
Year |  | Cash Distribution |  |  | Distribution per Unit
2023 |  | $ | 166 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2.34 |
2022 |  | $ | 149 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2.10 |
2021 |  | $ | 149 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2.10 |
Series B Preferred Units |
Partners Capital and Distribution [Line Items] |
Schedule of Distributions | Series B Preferred Unit Distributions. The following table details distributions paid to our Series B preferred unitholders during the years presented (in millions, except unit data):
|  | Series B Preferred Unitholders
Year |  | Cash Distribution |  |  | Distribution per Unit
2023 |  | $ | 75 |  |  |  | $ | 93.43 |
2022 |  | $ | 49 |  |  |  | $ | 61.25 |
2021 |  | $ | 49 |  |  |  | $ | 61.25 |
Common Units |
Partners Capital and Distribution [Line Items] |
Schedule of Distributions | The following table details distributions paid to common unitholders during the years presented (in millions, except per unit data):
|  | Distributions Paid |  |  | Distributions per common unit
Year |  | Public |  | AAP |  | Total |  |
2023 |  | $ | 492 |  |  | $ | 256 |  |  | $ | 748 |  |  |  | $ | 1.0700 |
2022 |  | $ | 383 |  |  | $ | 201 |  |  | $ | 584 |  |  |  | $ | 0.8325 |
2021 |  | $ | 341 |  |  | $ | 176 |  |  | $ | 517 |  |  |  | $ | 0.7200 |

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