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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of share-based compensation expense | A summary of compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is presented below:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Phantom Units | $ | 544 |  |  | $ | 710 |  |  | $ | 2,089 |  |  | $ | 1,663 |
Other Awards (1) | 208 |  |  | 486 |  |  | 881 |  |  | 1,032 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 752 |  |  | $ | 1,196 |  |  | $ | 2,970 |  |  | $ | 2,695 |
(1) Other awards include the allocation of compensation expense for certain employees of CVR Energy and certain of its subsidiaries who perform services for the Partnership under the services agreement with CVR Energy and the Limited Partnership Agreement, respectively, and participate in equity compensation plans of CVR Partners’ affiliates.

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