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The aggregate amount of recurring noncash expense charged against earnings in the period to allocate the cost of assets over their estimated remaining economic lives.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Transactions - Joint Venture Transaction (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Customer relationships \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Lives (in years)			31 years
Customer relationships \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Lives (in years)			3 years
Joint Venture Formation \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization			$ 28
Estimated Useful Lives (in years)	20 years
Joint Venture Formation \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, measurement input	0.1175
Joint Venture Formation \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow \| Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, measurement input	0.16
Joint Venture Formation \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Market Multiple \| Valuation, Market Approach \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, measurement input	11.0
Joint Venture Formation \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Market Multiple \| Valuation, Market Approach \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, measurement input	9.5
Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Joint Venture Formation \| Oryx Midstream Holdings LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage	35.00%
PAA \| AAP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated subsidiary, ownership interest (as a percent)			31.00%
Oryx Midstream Holdings LLC \| Joint Venture Formation \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 3,256
Transaction-related costs			$ 17
Estimated Useful Lives (in years)	20 years
Oryx Midstream Holdings LLC \| Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Permian JV) \| Joint Venture Formation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated subsidiary, ownership interest (as a percent)	65.00%	65.00%
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners \| PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Affiliates
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited partner interest	8.90%
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners \| PAA \| Limited Partners \| Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Affiliates \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited partner interest	1.00%