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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Contracts and Agreements [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions | UNL also incurs commissions to brokers for the purchase and sale of Natural Gas Futures Contracts, Other Natural Gas-Related Investments or short-term obligations of the United States of two years or less (“Treasuries”).
|  | For the six months ended June 30, 2014 |  |  | For the six months ended June 30, 2013 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 1,881 |  |  | $ | 5,412 |
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 509 |  |  | $ | 2,264 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 27.06 | % |  |  | 41.83 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 1,372 |  |  | $ | 3,148 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 72.94 | % |  |  | 58.17 | %

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