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Partners' Capital and Distributions - Subsidiary Distributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions						3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 16, 2020	Nov. 13, 2020	Aug. 14, 2020	May 15, 2020	Feb. 14, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid						$ 182.0	$ 315.0	$ 679.0	$ 894.0
PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount			$ 37.0	$ 37.0	$ 37.0
Preferred unit distribution amount (in dollars per unit)			$ 0.525	$ 0.525	$ 0.525
PAA \| Series B Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount				$ 24.5
Preferred unit distribution amount (in dollars per unit)				$ 30.625
PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			$ 131.0	$ 131.0	$ 262.0
Distributions per common unit, paid (usd per unit)			$ 0.18	$ 0.18	$ 0.36
AAP \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Distributions to noncontrolling interests			$ 12.0	$ 12.0	$ 24.0
Distributions to PAGP			33.0	33.0	66.0
Total distributions paid			45.0	45.0	90.0
Forecast \| PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount		$ 37.0
Preferred unit distribution amount (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.525
Forecast \| PAA \| Series B Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount	$ 24.5
Preferred unit distribution amount (in dollars per unit)	$ 30.625
Forecast \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid		$ 131.0
Distributions per common unit, paid (usd per unit)		$ 0.18
Forecast \| AAP \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		$ 10.0
Distributions to PAGP		34.0
Total distributions paid		44.0
Public \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Distributions to common unitholders			86.0	86.0	172.0
Public \| Forecast \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Distributions to common unitholders		87.0
AAP \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Distributions to common unitholders			$ 45.0	$ 45.0	$ 90.0
AAP \| Forecast \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Distributions to common unitholders		$ 44.0
Other current liabilities \| PAA \| Series B Preferred Units
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Amount accrued to distributions payable						18.0		18.0
Noncontrolling Interests
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid						$ 149.0	$ 255.0	547.0	$ 729.0
Noncontrolling Interests \| Red River LLC
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid								$ 6.0