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Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, plant and equipment, net      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 5,617,186,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 4,971,250,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross  
Accumulated depreciation (2,290,294,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (2,150,978,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Property, plant and equipment, net 3,326,892,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 2,820,272,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 2,838,719,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation expense 367,300,000us-gaap_Depreciation 312,400,000us-gaap_Depreciation 328,100,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Assets under construction 153,300,000us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross 130,500,000us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross  
Capitalized interest related to construction 200,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized 300,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized 1,200,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized
Compression equipment, facilities and other fleet assets      
Property, plant and equipment, net      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 4,916,576,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= exh_CompressionEquipmentFacilitiesAndOtherFleetAssetsMember
4,304,019,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= exh_CompressionEquipmentFacilitiesAndOtherFleetAssetsMember
 
Land and buildings      
Property, plant and equipment, net      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 206,257,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndBuildingMember
197,778,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndBuildingMember
 
Transportation and shop equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, net      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 297,239,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= exh_TransportationAndShopEquipmentMember
288,042,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= exh_TransportationAndShopEquipmentMember
 
Other.      
Property, plant and equipment, net      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 197,114,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember
$ 181,411,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherTypesMember