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Amount of horsepower of compressor units provided under service agreements sold during the period.

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The general partner's ownership interest in partnership as a percentage.

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Percentage of available domestic horsepower of the entity provided by the related party under service agreements sold during the period.

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Percentage of Horsepower of Total Fleet

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mount of horsepower of compressor units sold to the related party during the period.

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Number of compressor units used to provide compression services under service agreements sold to a related party during the period.

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Amount recognized for assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Change in the number of units for each class of partners' capital accounts during the year due to acquisitions. Partners include general, limited and preferred partners.

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The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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Transactions Related to the Partnership (Narratives) (Details) hp in Thousands, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2016 USD ($) shares	Apr. 17, 2015 USD ($) customer hp compressor_unit shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) hp compressor_unit	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Transactions related to the partnership
Net proceeds from the sale of partnership units \| $				$ 0	$ 1,268
Exterran Partners, L.P.
Transactions related to the partnership
Number of partnership customers with service agreements (customer) \| customer		60
Number of partnership units used to provide compression services (compressor units) \| compressor_unit		238
Horsepower of compressor units used to provide compression services (horsepower) \| hp		148
Percentage of available horsepower of combined U.S. contract operations business from service agreement sold to the partnership		3.00%
Number of compression units sold (compressor units) \| compressor_unit		179
Horsepower of compressor units sold (horsepower) \| hp		66
Consideration received for sales of assets \| $		$ 102,300
Exterran Partners, L.P. \| Common units
Transactions related to the partnership
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares		4,000,000
Exterran Partners, L.P. \| General Partner
Transactions related to the partnership
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares		80,000
March 2016 Acquisition
Transactions related to the partnership
Purchase price \| $	$ 18,768
March 2016 Acquisition \| Limited Partner Units
Transactions related to the partnership
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares	257,000
Net proceeds from the sale of partnership units \| $	$ 1,800
March 2016 Acquisition \| General Partner
Transactions related to the partnership
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares	5,205
General partner units interest (as a percentage)	2.00%
Atm Agreement \| Exterran Partners, L.P. \| Limited Partner Units
Transactions related to the partnership
Net proceeds from the sale of partnership units \| $			$ 1,300
Sales of common units (in units) \| shares			49,774
Archrock Partners, L.P
Transactions related to the partnership
Vie ownership percentage				40.00%
Number of compressor units \| compressor_unit				6,333
Compressor units horsepower \| hp				3,300
US \| Archrock Partners, L.P
Transactions related to the partnership
Percentage of horsepower in fleet				82.00%