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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Details 2)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Class B Shares  
Partners Capital and Distribution  
Balance, beginning of period (in shares) 399,096,499us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassBMember
Shares exchanged in connection with Exchange Right exercises (15,819,735)pagp_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOrSharesExchanged
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassBMember
Balance, end of period (in shares) 383,276,764us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassBMember
Class A Shares  
Partners Capital and Distribution  
Balance, beginning of period (in shares) 206,933,274us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassMember
Shares issued in connection with Exchange Right exercises 15,819,735pagp_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountSharesIssuedInExchange
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassMember
Shares issued in connection with LTIP award vestings 20,800us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsUnitbasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassMember
Balance, end of period (in shares) 222,773,809us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassMember
Class A Shares | AAP units  
Partners Capital and Distribution  
AAP unit exchange ratio to Class A shares 1pagp_UnitExchangeRatio
/ us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountByClassAxis
= pagp_SharesClassMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= pagp_AAPUnitsMember