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Long-Term Incentive Plan (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Limited partners' capital account, units issued	9,400,000.0
Limited partner unitholders, units remaining available	1,800,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Payout Calculation Established Financial Metric	80.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Payout Calculation Established Financial Metric and Personal Performance	20.00%
Performance-based awards, description of payout calculation	For performance-based awards, we base the payout calculation for 80% of the award solely on the attainment of a financial metric established by the compensation committee. We account for this portion of the award grants as equity. The payout calculation for the remaining 20% of the unit awards is based on both the attainment of a financial metric and the individual employee's personal performance as determined by the compensation committee.

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The maximum number of shares authorized for issuance under the deferred compensation arrangement as of the balance sheet date.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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