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Transactions With Related Parties (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Transactions With Related Parties [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Transactions With Related Parties |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 (1) |  |  | 2009 |
Petroleum products sales to an affiliate of the Robertson Group (2) |  | $ | 20,888 |  |  | $ | 3,740 |  |  | $ | — |
Marine operating fuel and expenses provided by an affiliate of the Robertson Group(2) |  |  | 3,568 |  |  |  | 2,443 |  |  |  | — |
Sales of CO 2 to Sandhill Group, LLC (3) |  |  | 2,481 |  |  |  | 2,706 |  |  |  | 2,867 |
Petroleum products sales to Davison family businesses (2) |  |  | 1,207 |  |  |  | 1,081 |  |  |  | 757 |
Amounts paid to our CEO in connection with the use of his aircraft |  |  | 300 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Operations, general and administrative services provided by our general partner(4) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 47,035 |  |  |  | 50,417 |
Pipeline tranportation and supply and logistics services provided to Denbury |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,059 |  |  |  | 35,957 |
Supply and logistics products and services provided by Denbury |  |  | — |  |  |  | 373 |  |  |  | 7,229 |
(1) | Affiliates of Denbury Resources, Inc. sold its interests in our general partner in February 2010. Transactions with Denbury are included in the table as a related party through that date.
(2) | The Robertson Group owned 12% of our Class A Units and 74% of our Class B Units at December 31, 2011. The Davison family owned 18% of our Class A Units at December 31, 2011.
(3) | We own a 50% interest in Sandhill Group, LLC.
(4) | Our general partner became a wholly-owned subsidiary in December 2010.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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