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Partnership Formation and General Information - Vessel Owning Subsidiaries (Table) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019
Clean Energy
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Delivery date from shipyard	March 2007
Delivery date to Partnership	May 2013
Cbm Capacity	149,700
Ob River
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Delivery date from shipyard	July 2007
Delivery date to Partnership	May 2013
Cbm Capacity	149,700
Amur River
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Delivery date from shipyard	January 2008
Delivery date to Partnership	May 2013
Cbm Capacity	149,700
Arctic Aurora
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Delivery date from shipyard	July 2013
Delivery date to Partnership	June 2014
Cbm Capacity	155,000
Yenisei River
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Delivery date from shipyard	July 2013
Delivery date to Partnership	September 2014
Cbm Capacity	155,000
Lena River
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Delivery date from shipyard	October 2013
Delivery date to Partnership	December 2015
Cbm Capacity	155,000

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The LNG carrier's capacity in cubic meters.

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The date the vessel is delivered to the partnership.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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