Annualized per-share or per-unit cash distributions paid to a common shareholder or unit-holder by an LLC or LP.

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The amount of cash distributions declared to partners by a limited partnership.

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The total amount of distributions to the general partner during the period, including IDRs.

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Amount of cash distribution paid to unit-holder of limited partnership (LP).

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Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions declared to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions paid to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The total amount of distributions to the general partner during the period.

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Amount of incentive obligation paid in cash or stock during the period to a limited liability corporation managing member or limited partnership general partner.

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The total amount of distributions to limited partners.

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Equity - Cash distributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands										12 Months Ended
	Feb. 09, 2021	Nov. 12, 2020	Aug. 12, 2020	May 12, 2020	Feb. 12, 2020	Nov. 12, 2019	Aug. 13, 2019	May 14, 2019	Feb. 12, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit		$ 0.905	$ 0.900	$ 0.890	$ 0.885	$ 0.880	$ 0.850	$ 0.820	$ 0.810
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit, Annualized		$ 3.62	$ 3.60	$ 3.56	$ 3.54	$ 3.52	$ 3.40	$ 3.28	$ 3.24
Total Cash Distribution, including general partner interest and IDRs (in thousands)		$ 39,308	$ 35,969	$ 30,878	$ 30,634	$ 30,379	$ 28,914	$ 27,438	$ 26,949	$ 136,800	$ 113,700	$ 97,700
Less: General partner's IDRs										17,632	31,781	24,224
Total cash distributions										$ 145,688	$ 117,365	$ 101,890
Cash distributions per limited partner unit (in usd per unit)										$ 3.605	$ 3.440	$ 3.120
Subsequent Event
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit	$ 0.910
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit, Annualized	$ 3.64
Total Cash Distribution, including general partner interest and IDRs (in thousands)	$ 39,533
General Partner
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
General partner's distributions										$ 986	$ 1,711	$ 1,553
Less: General partner's IDRs										17,632	31,781	24,224
Total general partner's distributions										18,618	33,492	25,777
Limited Partner
Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]
Limited partners' distribution										$ 127,070	$ 83,873	$ 76,113