Acquisitions Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended							1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Jan. 09, 2014	Mar. 21, 2014 PVR Acquisition [Member]	Mar. 03, 2014 Hoover Midstream Acquisition [Member]	Apr. 27, 2014 Susser Merger [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Eagle Rock Midstream Acquisition [Member]	Mar. 21, 2014 Regency [Member] PVR Acquisition [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Regency [Member] Hoover Midstream Acquisition [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 PVR [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 ETP [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Holdco [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Hoover Energy [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 Panhandle [Member] ETP [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 7.60% Senior Notes, due February 1, 2024 [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 8.25% Senior Notes, due November 14, 2029 [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 Class F Units [Member] Panhandle [Member] Regency [Member] SUGS Contribution [Member]	Apr. 30, 2014 Common Units [Member] Susser Petroleum [Member] Susser Merger [Member]	Apr. 27, 2014 Common Units [Member] Susser Petroleum [Member] Susser Merger [Member]	Mar. 21, 2014 Common Units [Member] Regency [Member] PVR Acquisition [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Common Units [Member] Regency [Member] Hoover Midstream Acquisition [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 Common Units [Member] Panhandle [Member] Regency [Member] SUGS Contribution [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Trunkline LNG Transaction [Member]
Business Combination, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price				$ 3,922,000,000	$ 293,000,000	$ 1,800,000,000	$ 1,300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage															7.60%	8.25%
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares																		11,000,000		140,400,000	4,040,471
Common Units Representing An Aggregate Limited Partner Interest																			50.20%
Number of Stores						630
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest												60.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred								5,700,000,000	293,000,000
Business Acquisition, Share Price								$ 27.82
Noncash or Part Noncash Divestiture, Amount of Consideration Received								1,800,000,000
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid								36,000,000	184,000,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other				3,000,000	2,000,000
Revenues	13,080,000,000	11,179,000,000								37,000,000			5,000,000
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	168,000,000	90,000,000								2,000,000			2,000,000
Number Of Share Received In Exchange Of Each Share								1.02
Number of common units of a subsidiary partnership that are held by a less than wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.																	6,300,000					31,400,000
Number of common units of a subsidiary partnership that are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.														2,200,000
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value			600,000,000
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Redeemed											(18,700,000)												18,700,000
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit																							184,000,000
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit																							50,000,000
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction																							$ 75,000,000