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Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, current portion	$ 0
Less: deferred financing costs, net of amortization	(15,489)
Total long-term debt	1,759,058
Loan fees and incurred costs paid during period	17,683
Amount of indebtedness repaid	467,199
Assets or operations independent of subsidiaries	0
Restricted net assets of subsidiaries	$ 0
USA Compression Partners, LP
Long-term debt
Ownership interest in guarantors (as a percent)	100.00%
Predecessor
Long-term debt
Debt held		$ 0
Revolving credit facility
Long-term debt
Total long-term debt	$ 1,049,547
Senior Notes
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, aggregate principal	725,000
Total long-term debt	$ 709,511
Principal amount redeemed (as a percent)	35.00%
Deferred finances costs, gross	$ 17,300
Senior Notes | Prior to April 1, 2021
Long-term debt
Effective interest rate (as a percent)	6.875%
Redemption price (as a percent)	106.875%
Principal amount of debt outstanding after redemption (as a percent)	65.00%
Redemption within number of days of equity offering	180 days
Senior Notes | Prior to April 1, 2021 | Redemption required from hypothetical change of control or ratings decline
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	101.00%
Senior Notes | 2021
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	105.156%
Senior Notes | 2022
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	103.438%
Senior Notes | 2023
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	101.719%
Senior Notes | 2024 and therafter
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	100.00%
6th Amended And Restated Credit Agreement
Long-term debt
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,600,000
Amount of further potential increase in maximum capacity	400,000
Loan fees and incurred costs paid during period	14,300
Minimum borrowing availability after amendment	$ 100,000
Increase in maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio in connection with certain future acquisitions	0.50
Consecutive period following the period in which any acquisition occurs for maintaining increased maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio	6 months
Borrowing base availability	$ 550,500
Borrowing capacity, subject to covenants	$ 550,500
Borrowing base percentage representing eligible compression units	95.00%
Effective interest rate (as a percent)	4.97%
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)	4.69%
6th Amended And Restated Credit Agreement | Letters of credit
Long-term debt
Letters of credit	$ 0
6th Amended And Restated Credit Agreement | Minimum
Long-term debt
Minimum EBITDA to interest coverage ratio	2.5
6th Amended And Restated Credit Agreement | Maximum | Through the end of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019
Long-term debt
Maximum Funded debt to EBITDA ratio	5.75
6th Amended And Restated Credit Agreement | Maximum | Through the end of the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2019
Long-term debt
Maximum Funded debt to EBITDA ratio	5.50
6th Amended And Restated Credit Agreement | Maximum | Thereafter
Long-term debt
Maximum Funded debt to EBITDA ratio	5.00

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