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Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Mar. 07, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 23, 2018
Long-term debt
Less: deferred financing costs, net of amortization	$ (26,228,000)			$ (15,489,000)
Total long-term debt	1,843,309,000			1,759,058,000
Loan fees and incurred costs paid during period	13,517,000	$ 17,615,000
Amount of indebtedness repaid	$ 1,308,731,000	$ 279,651,000
USA Compression Partners, LP
Long-term debt
Ownership interest in guarantors (as a percent)	100.00%
Revolving credit facility
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, current portion	$ 0			0
Long-term debt, aggregate principal	394,537,000			1,049,547,000
Outstanding borrowings	394,500,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	1,600,000,000
Amount of further potential increase in maximum capacity	400,000,000
Availability under credit agreement	$ 100,000,000
Minimum EBITDA to interest coverage ratio	2.5
Increase in maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio in connection with certain future acquisitions	0.5
Consecutive period following the period in which any acquisition occurs for maintaining increased maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio	6 months
Borrowing base availability	$ 1,200,000,000
Borrowing capacity, subject to covenants	$ 410,400,000
Effective interest rate (as a percent)	4.73%
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)	4.98%
Letters of credit	$ 0
Revolving credit facility | Through the end of the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2019
Long-term debt
Maximum Funded debt to EBITDA ratio	5.5
Revolving credit facility | Thereafter
Long-term debt
Maximum Funded debt to EBITDA ratio	5.00
Senior Notes 2026
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, aggregate principal	$ 725,000,000			725,000,000	$ 725,000,000.0
Effective interest rate (as a percent)	6.875%
Senior Notes 2027
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, aggregate principal	$ 750,000,000		$ 750,000,000.0
Loan fees and incurred costs paid during period	$ 13,100,000
Effective interest rate (as a percent)	6.875%
Principal amount redeemed (as a percent)	35.00%
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 2027 | 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 2027 | 2022
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	105.156%
Senior Notes 2027 | 2023
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	103.438%
Senior Notes 2027 | 2024
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	101.719%
Senior Notes 2027 | 2025 and thereafter
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	100.00%
Senior Notes
Long-term debt
Total long-term debt	$ 1,448,772,000			$ 709,511,000

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