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Partners' Capital and Distributions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Partners' Capital and Distributions [Abstract] |
Partners' Capital and Distributions | Partners’ Capital and Distributions At September 30, 2015, our outstanding common units consisted of 109,939,221 Class A units and 39,997 Class B units. On July 22, 2015, we issued 10,350,000 Class A common units in a public offering at a price of $43.77 per unit, which included the exercise by the underwriters of an option to purchase up to 1,350,000 additional common units from us. We received proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, of approximately $437.2 million from that offering. We used the net proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price for our Enterprise acquisition. On April 10, 2015, we issued 4,600,000 Class A common units in a public offering at a price of $44.42 per unit, which included the exercise by the underwriters of an option to purchase up to 600,000 additional common units from us. We received proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, of approximately $198 million from that offering. We intend to use the net proceeds for general partnership purposes, including funding acquisitions (including organic growth projects) or repaying a portion of the borrowings outstanding under our revolving credit facility. Distributions We paid or will pay the following distributions in 2014 and 2015:
Distribution For |  | Date Paid |  | Per Unit Amount |  | Total Amount |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 st Quarter |  | May 15, 2014 |  | $ | 0.5500 |  |  | $ | 48,783 |  |
2 nd Quarter |  | August 14, 2014 |  | $ | 0.5650 |  |  | $ | 50,114 |  |
3 rd Quarter |  | November 14, 2014 |  | $ | 0.5800 |  |  | $ | 54,112 |  |
4 th Quarter |  | February 13, 2015 |  | $ | 0.5950 |  |  | $ | 56,542 |  |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 st Quarter |  | May 15, 2015 |  | $ | 0.6100 |  |  | $ | 60,774 |  |
2 nd Quarter |  | August 14, 2015 |  | $ | 0.6250 |  |  | $ | 68,737 |  |
3 rd Quarter |  | November 13, 2015 | (1) | $ | 0.6400 |  |  | $ | 70,387 |  |
(1) This distribution will be paid to unitholders of record as of October 30, 2015.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the formation, structure, control and ownership of the partnership. Disclosures related to accounts comprising partners' capital. Includes balances of general partners' capital account, limited partners' capital account, preferred partners' capital account and total partners' capital account and units outstanding; accumulated other comprehensive income; amount and nature of changes to amount of partner's capital and units outstanding by class, rights and privileges for each class of units; distribution policies and distributions paid by unit class; impact of and correction of an error in previously issued financial statements; limitations of partners' liability; redemption, conversion and distribution policies; and deferred compensation related to the issuance of units. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 272 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.F) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187171-122770 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 272 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70434-108055 + Details
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