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Net Income Per Common Unit (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Net Income per Common Unit [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table reconciles net income and weighted average units used in computing basic and diluted net income per common unit (in thousands, except per unit amounts):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net Income Attributable to Genesis Energy L.P. | $ | 6,312 |  |  | 32,101 |  |  | $ | 67,135 |  |  | $ | 91,131 |
Less: Accumulated distributions attributable to Series A Convertible Preferred Units | (5,469 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5,469 | ) |  | — |
Net Income Available to Common Unitholders | $ | 843 |  |  | $ | 32,101 |  |  | $ | 61,666 |  |  | $ | 91,131 |
Weighted Average Outstanding Units | 122,579 |  |  | 115,718 |  |  | 121,198 |  |  | 111,906 |
Basic and Diluted Net Income per Common Unit | $ | 0.01 |  |  | $ | 0.28 |  |  | $ | 0.51 |  |  | $ | 0.81 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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