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Equity-Based Compensation Plans And Employee Benefit Plans (Summary Of Service-Based And Performance-Based Awards) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Service-Based Awards [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]  
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Number of Phantom Units 105,385us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 35.42us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Total Value $ 3,733gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Number of Phantom Units 43,225us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 54.05us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Total Value 2,336gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantedTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Number of Phantom Units (4,599)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 43.19us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Total Value (199)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Number of Phantom Units (31,188)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 27.11gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettlementsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Total Value (846)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Number of Phantom Units 112,823us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 44.53us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Total Value 5,024gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Performance-Based Awards [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]  
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Number of Phantom Units 334,969us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 35.79us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Total Value 11,989gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Number of Phantom Units 82,763us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 54.18us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Total Value 4,484gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantedTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Number of Phantom Units (6,899)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 43.20us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Total Value (298)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Number of Phantom Units (96,988)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ (28.21)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettlementsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Total Value 2,736gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Number of Phantom Units 313,845us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 42.82us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Total Value $ 13,439gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember