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Installment Receivable	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Installment Receivable
Installment Receivable	(5)  Installment Receivable On June 30, 2014, the Partnership entered into a FMV Bargain Purchase Option Grant Agreement (the “Capital Lease Transaction”) with a customer, pursuant to which the Partnership granted a bargain purchase option to the customer with respect to certain compressor packages leased to the customer (each a “Subject Compressor Package”). The bargain purchase option provides the customer with an option to acquire the equipment at a value significantly less than the fair market value at the end of the lease term. The Capital Lease Transaction was accounted for as a sales type lease and resulted in a current installment receivable of $2.7 million included in other accounts receivable and a long-term installment receivable of $20.9 million at September 30, 2014. Additionally, the Partnership recorded a $2.8 million gain on sale of assets related to the Capital Lease Transaction for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

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