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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Organization (Details) | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 Public | Sep. 30, 2014 General partner | Sep. 30, 2013 General partner | Nov. 14, 2014 USA Compression Holdings, LLC | May 27, 2014 USA Compression Holdings, LLC | Sep. 30, 2014 USA Compression Holdings, LLC | Sep. 30, 2014 USA Compression Holdings, LLC General partner | Sep. 30, 2014 Argonaut and related parties | Nov. 14, 2014 Argonaut and related parties Limited partner | May 27, 2014 Argonaut | Sep. 30, 2014 Common units Limited partner | Sep. 30, 2014 Common units Limited partner Public | Sep. 30, 2014 Common units USA Compression Holdings, LLC Limited partner | Sep. 30, 2014 Common units Argonaut and related parties Limited partner | Sep. 30, 2014 Subordinated units Limited partner | Sep. 30, 2014 Subordinated units USA Compression Holdings, LLC Limited partner
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General partner interest (as a percent) |  |  | 1.70% | 2.00% |  |  |  | 1.70% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Limited partner interest (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 41.70% | 40.60% |  |  |  | 16.20% | 14.70% | 67.50% | 41.20% | 10.10% | 16.20% | 30.80% | 30.80%
Total (as a percent) | 100.00% | 41.20% |  |  |  |  | 42.60% |  | 16.20% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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