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Transactions Related to the Partnership (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Transactions Related to the Partnership |
Schedule of effects of changes from net income (loss) attributable to Exterran stockholders and changes in equity interest of Partnership on equity attributable to Exterran's stockholders | The following table presents the effects of changes from net income (loss) attributable to Exterran stockholders and changes in our equity interest of the Partnership on our equity attributable to Exterran stockholders (in thousands):
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Net income (loss) attributable to Exterran stockholders |  | $ | 100,517 |  | $ | (33,747 | )
Increase in Exterran stockholders’ additional paid-in capital for change in ownership of Partnership units |  | 31,573 |  | 49,202 |
Change from net income (loss) attributable to Exterran stockholders and transfers to/from the noncontrolling interest |  | $ | 132,090 |  | $ | 15,455 |

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