Unit Based Compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity
The following table presents our Equity-classified phantom unit award activity:
 
Number of Director and Independent Consultant Units (1)
 
Number of Employee Units
 
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Unit
Phantom Unit awards at December 31, 2014

 

 
$

Granted
24,045

 
367,548

 
$
12.76

Vested

 

 
$

Forfeited

 
(17,572
)
 
$
12.90

Phantom Unit awards at December 31, 2015
24,045

 
349,976

 
$
12.75

 
(1) 
Phantom Unit grants to consultants and independent directors vest over a one-year period and are valued at the price of a common unit as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of each reporting period. These Phantom Units were valued at $169 thousand at December 31, 2015.

The following table presents our Liability-classified phantom unit award activity:
 
Number of Director and Independent Consultant Units (1)
 
Number of Employee Units (2)
 
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Unit
Phantom Unit awards at December 31, 2014

 

 
$

Granted
10,256

 
17,702

 
$
12.76

Vested

 
(4,426
)
 
$
12.76

Forfeited

 

 
$

Phantom Unit awards at December 31, 2015
10,256

 
13,276

 
$
12.76

 
(1) 
Phantom Unit grants to directors and independent consultants vest over a one year period following the grant date, and are valued at the price as of a common unit quoted on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of each reporting period. These Phantom Units were valued at $72 thousand at December 31, 2015.
(2) 
Phantom Unit grants to employees will vest in four equal annual installments following the grant date, and are valued at the price of a common unit as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of each reporting period. These units were valued at $93 thousand at December 31, 2015.
On February 16, 2016, and March 2, 2016 awards of 118,198 Phantom Units vested. The following table provides details of these vested awards:
 
Phantom Units Vested
 
Common Units Issued (1) 
 
Cash Paid (2)
U.S. domiciled directors and independent consultants
20,442

 
20,442

 
$

U.S. domiciled employee
87,500

 
75,468

 

Canadian domiciled directors and independents consultant
10,256

 

 
64,305

 
118,198

 
95,910

 
$
64,305

Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan

We made payments to holders of the Phantom Units pursuant to the DERs we granted to them under the Award Agreements as follows:
 
Year Ended
 
December 31, 2015
 
(in thousands)
Equity-classified Phantom Units (1)
$
327

Liability-classified Phantom Units
24

Total
$
351

    
(1) 
For the year ended December 31, 2015, we reclassified $5 thousand to unit based compensation expense for DERs paid in respect of Phantom Units that have been forfeited.