Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	$ 700
Genesis NEJD Pipeline, LLC [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest	100.00%
Genesis Energy L P Interest in Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest	100.00%

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant