The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 18, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011 Oklahoma Oil And Gas [Member] acre	Feb. 02, 2012 Colt LLC [Member] T
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Area of oil and gas reserve acquired		6,000
Amount paid		$ 20.0	$ 40.0
Acquisition of coal reserves			26,000,000
Subsequent Events (Textual) [Abstract]
Distributions per unit declared	$ 0.55