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Business Acquisitions - April 2014 MidCon Acquisition (Narratives) (Details) hp in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 10, 2014 USD ($) compressor_unit hp shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 04, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisitions
Purchase consideration		$ 0	$ 494,755,000	$ 0
Principle amount of senior notes					$ 350,000,000.0
April 2014 MidCon Acquisition
Business Acquisitions
Number of compressor units acquired (compressor units) | compressor_unit	337
Horsepower of compressor units acquired (horsepower) | hp	444
Purchase consideration	$ 352,900,000
Issuance of common units to the public (in units) | shares	6,200,000
Contract operations services agreement term	7 years
Transaction costs			$ 1,500,000
Property, plant and equipment useful life	25 years
April 2014 MidCon Acquisition | ASLP
Business Acquisitions
Purchase consideration	$ 7,700,000
April 2014 MidCon Acquisition | Partnership's 6% senior notes due 2022
Business Acquisitions
Principle amount of senior notes	$ 350,000,000.0
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.00%

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