Distribution Made To Limited Partner Other Certain Allocation Percentage.

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Distributions per partnership unit.

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Limited partners capital account units exchange.

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Schedule of partners capital.

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Amount of equity impact of cash distribution declared to unit-holder of limited partnership (LP).

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The number of limited partner units outstanding.

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Monetary value of the issuance of new units of limited partnership interest in a private placement.

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Partners' Capital (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Partners' Capital [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interest acquired		100.00%
Class C Units [Member]
Schedule of Partners' Capital [Line Items]
Eligible distributions per unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.8682
Other certain allocation percentage		1.00%
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared		$ 14
Units exchanged (in shares)		16,410,780
Series A Preferred Units [Member]
Schedule of Partners' Capital [Line Items]
Equity Issued To Partners Capital Account	$ 300
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding		0	12,000,000
Common Units
Schedule of Partners' Capital [Line Items]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding		54,028,041
Parent Company [Member]
Schedule of Partners' Capital [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interest acquired		34.50%