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Partners' Capital (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Partners' Capital (Abstract) |
Partnership Units (Table Text Block) |
|  | As of June 30, 2013 |  |  | As of December 31, 2012 |
Limited partner units |  |  | 69,372,077 |  |  |  | 69,372,077 |
General partner units |  |  | 1,415,757 |  |  |  | 1,415,757 |
Preferred partner units |  |  | 24,655,554 |  |  |  | 15,555,554 |
Total partnership units |  |  | 95,443,388 |  |  |  | 86,343,388 |
Distribution to unitholders (Table Text Block) |
| April 22,2013 | January 22, 2013 | April 24, 2012 | January 23, 2012
Common unit-holders |  |  |  |
Distributions per common unit declared | 0.2325 | 0.2325 | 0.2325 | 0.2325
Common units entitled to distribution | 69,372,077 | 69,372,077 | 69,372,077 | 69,372,077
General partner and IDR distributions | 329 | 329 | 329 | 329
Preferred unit-holders |  |  |  |
Distributions per preferred unit declared | 0.21375 | 0.21375 | - | -
Preferred units entitled to distribution | 24,655,554 | 15,555,554 | - | -

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