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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS Table 1 (Details) (General partner employees benefit plans) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
The 2000 LTIP [Member] | Performance Units [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 38,786 | 33,445 | 27,111
Vesting | Performance awards vest 1/3 per year if certain performance measures are met | Performance awards vest 1/3 per year if certain performance measures are met | Performance awards vest 1/3 per year if certain performance measures are met
The 2000 LTIP [Member] | Restricted Units, GP Employees [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 269,182 | 231,855 | 208,195
Vesting | 1/5 per year | 1/5 per year | 1/5 per year
The 2000 LTIP [Member] | Restricted Units, Non-employee Directors [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 8,904 | 8,170 | 6,760
Vesting | 1/3 per year | 1/3 per year | 1/3 per year
The 2000 LTIP [Member] | Restricted Units Certain International Employees [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 3,882 |  |
Vesting | 1/3 per year |  |
The UIP [Member] | Restricted Units, GP Employees [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 0 | 15,382 | 14,005
Vesting | 0 | 1/5 per year | 1/5 per year
The UIP [Member] | Restricted Units Certain International Employees [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted |  | 3,392 | 2,880
Vesting |  | 1/3 per year | 1/3 per year
The 2006 LTIP [Member] | Restricted Units, GP Employees [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 18,620 | 25,640 | 24,970
Vesting | 1/5 per year | 1/5 per year | 1/5 per year
The 2006 LTIP [Member] | Restricted Units, Non-employee Directors [Member] |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Restricted units, granted | 13,183 | 10,601 | 9,987
Vesting | 1/3 per year | 1/3 per year | 1/3 per year

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- Definition Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale. For example, vesting may be expressed as being 25 percent of the shares under option on each anniversary of the grant date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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