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Background and Significant Accounting Policies (Details 2)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Compression equipment, facilities and other fleet assets | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment useful life	3 years
Compression equipment, facilities and other fleet assets | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment useful life	30 years
Building | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment useful life	20 years
Building | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment useful life	35 years
Transportation, shop equipment and other | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment useful life	3 years
Transportation, shop equipment and other | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment useful life	12 years

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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