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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
	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
Organization
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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