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Partners' Capital and Distributions - Subsidiary Distributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions						9 Months Ended
	Nov. 14, 2017	Oct. 10, 2017	Aug. 14, 2017	May 15, 2017	Feb. 14, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Partners Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid						$ 1,170	$ 1,291
SLC Pipeline LLC
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to noncontrolling interests						$ 2
PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			$ 399	$ 399	$ 371
Distributions per common unit, paid			$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 0.55
PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| In-Kind Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to limited partners			$ 35	$ 34	$ 34
Distribution of units in lieu of cash (units)			1,339,796	1,313,527	1,287,773
AAP
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to noncontrolling interests			$ 75	$ 75	$ 77
Distributions to PAGP			84	84	57
Total distributions paid			159	159	134
Forecast \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Annualized distributions per common unit (usd per unit)	$ 1.20
Total distributions paid	$ 218
Distributions per common unit, paid	$ 0.30
Forecast \| PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| In-Kind Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to limited partners	$ 36
Distribution of units in lieu of cash (units)	1,366,593
Forecast \| AAP
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	$ 40
Distributions to PAGP	46
Total distributions paid	86
Public \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to limited partners			240	240	237
Public \| Forecast \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to limited partners	132
AAP \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to limited partners			$ 159	$ 159	$ 134
AAP \| Forecast \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Distributions to limited partners	$ 86
Subsequent event \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distributions
Partners Capital and Distributions
Annualized distributions declared per common unit (usd per unit)		$ 1.20