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Partners' Capital and Distributions - Subsidiary Distributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions					3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 12, 2022	May 16, 2022	May 13, 2022	Feb. 14, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid					$ 264.0	$ 179.0	$ 500.0	$ 365.0
PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount			$ 37.0	$ 37.0
Preferred unit distribution amount (usd per unit)			$ 0.525	$ 0.525
PAA \| Series A Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution \| Forecast
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount	$ 37.0
Preferred unit distribution amount (usd per unit)	$ 0.525
PAA \| Series B Preferred Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Preferred unit distribution amount		$ 24.5
Preferred unit distribution amount (usd per unit)		$ 30.625
PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			$ 153.0	$ 127.0
Distributions per common unit, paid (usd per unit)			$ 0.2175	$ 0.1800
PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution \| Forecast
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid	$ 152.0
Distributions per common unit, paid (usd per unit)	$ 0.2175
AAP \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			$ 53.0	$ 43.0
Distributions to PAGP			42.0	35.0
AAP \| Cash Distribution \| Forecast
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid	$ 53.0
Distributions to PAGP	42.0
Public \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			100.0	84.0
Public \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution \| Forecast
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid	99.0
AAP \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			53.0	43.0
AAP \| PAA \| Common Units \| Cash Distribution \| Forecast
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid	53.0
Other current liabilities \| PAA \| Series B Preferred Units
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Amount accrued to distributions payable					6.0		6.0
Noncontrolling Interests
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid					$ 222.0	$ 144.0	423.0	$ 295.0
Noncontrolling Interests \| AAP \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid			$ 11.0	$ 8.0
Noncontrolling Interests \| AAP \| Cash Distribution \| Forecast
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid	$ 11.0
Noncontrolling Interests \| Permian JV \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid							112.0
Noncontrolling Interests \| Red River LLC \| Cash Distribution
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Total distributions paid							$ 9.0