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Private Perpetual Preferred Units Issued During Period, Units, New Issues

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Private Perpetual Preferred Units, Issued, Shares

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Private Perpetual Preferred Units, Liquidation Preference Per Share

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Capital - Private Perpetual Preferred Units (Narrative) (Details) - $ / shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2025
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in USD per share)	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.070	$ 0.070
Private Perpetual Preferred Units, Series 2019
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Private perpetual preferred units, issued (in shares)	4,664		4,664		4,664
Private perpetual preferred units, liquidation preference (in USD per share)	$ 13.52		$ 13.52		$ 13.52
Preferred units cumulative cash distributions (in USD per share)	$ 0.70		$ 0.70
Private Perpetual Preferred Units, Series 2014
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Private perpetual preferred units, issued (in shares)	1,560		1,560		1,560
Private perpetual preferred units issued during period (in shares)			1,560
Private perpetual preferred units, liquidation preference (in USD per share)	$ 16.62		$ 16.62		$ 16.62
Dividends declared (in USD per share)			$ 0.60