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Number of compressors sold pursuant to disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

No definition available.

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Amount of write-down to fair value, less cost to sell, of a disposal group including but not limited to discontinued operations.

No definition available.

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

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3A
-Subparagraph (b)(2)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482099/360-10-50-3A

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3A
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482099/360-10-50-3A