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Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Partners' Capital (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Partners' capital, January 1, units | 95,029,218 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding | 88,691,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
Net income | $ 20,215 us-gaap_ProfitLoss | $ 29,775 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Cash distributions | 56,542 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions | 47,453 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions
Partners' capital, March 31, units | 95,029,218 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding | 88,691,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
Partners' capital, March 31, value | 1,192,876 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccount | 1,080,059 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccount
Number Of Common Units [Member] |  |
Net income | 0 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = gel_NumberOfCommonUnitsMember | 0 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = gel_NumberOfCommonUnitsMember
Cash distributions | $ 0 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = gel_NumberOfCommonUnitsMember | $ 0 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = gel_NumberOfCommonUnitsMember

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