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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment

Schedule of property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,
		2012			2011
Compression equipment, facilities and other fleet assets		$	4,207,772		$	4,226,307
Land and buildings		186,410			176,764
Transportation and shop equipment		261,520			233,689
Other		161,681			144,946
		4,817,383			4,781,706
Accumulated depreciation		(1,975,352		)	(1,847,042		)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	2,842,031		$	2,934,664

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Tabular disclosure of the useful life and salvage value of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph b

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-Publisher AICPA

-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 12

-Paragraph 5

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

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-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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