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Certain Provision of the Partnership Agreement (Textual) (Details) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Oct. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Public Offering 12,075,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSoldInPublicOffering          
Shares Issued, Price Per Share $ 28.37us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare          
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units $ 332,300,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 412,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits    
General Partner Interest            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distributions Paid, Per Unit   $ 1.095us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerDistributionsPaidPerUnit
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
General Partner Interest | 13% Distribution            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels   13.00%enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevels
/ us-gaap_DistributionsMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerByDistributionTypeAxis
= enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevel1Member
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit   $ 0.25us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionDistributionPerUnit
/ us-gaap_DistributionsMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerByDistributionTypeAxis
= enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevel1Member
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
General Partner Interest | 23% Distribution            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels   23.00%enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevels
/ us-gaap_DistributionsMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerByDistributionTypeAxis
= enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevel2Member
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit   $ 0.3125us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionDistributionPerUnit
/ us-gaap_DistributionsMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerByDistributionTypeAxis
= enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevel2Member
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
General Partner Interest | 48% Distribution            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels   48.00%enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevels
/ us-gaap_DistributionsMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerByDistributionTypeAxis
= enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevel3Member
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit   $ 0.375us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionDistributionPerUnit
/ us-gaap_DistributionsMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerByDistributionTypeAxis
= enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevel3Member
/ us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionMadeToManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember		        
Enlink midstream, LLC | E2 Appalachian Compression, LLC            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sale of Units         1,016,322us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= enlc_E2AppalachianCompressionLLCMemberMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= enlc_EnlinkmidstreamLLCMember		  
BMO Capital Markets Corp. | EDA [Member]            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units   71,900,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorp.Member
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		        
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs   700,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorp.Member
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		        
AggregateAmountOfEquitySecuritiesAllowedUnderEquityDistributionAgreement   75,000,000.0enlc_AggregateAmountOfEquitySecuritiesAllowedUnderEquityDistributionAgreement
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorp.Member
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		       75,000,000.0enlc_AggregateAmountOfEquitySecuritiesAllowedUnderEquityDistributionAgreement
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorp.Member
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Private Placement   2,400,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSoldInPrivatePlacement
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorp.Member
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		        
BMO Capital Markets Corp, Merrilly Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Jeffries LLC, Raymond James and Associates, Inc and RBC Capital Markets LLC | EDA [Member]            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units   7,800,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorpMerrillyLynchPierceFennerSmithIncorporatedCitigroupGlobalMarketsIncJeffriesLLCRaymondJamesandAssociatesIncandRBCCapitalMarketsLLCMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		        
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs   100,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorpMerrillyLynchPierceFennerSmithIncorporatedCitigroupGlobalMarketsIncJeffriesLLCRaymondJamesandAssociatesIncandRBCCapitalMarketsLLCMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		        
AggregateAmountOfEquitySecuritiesAllowedUnderEquityDistributionAgreement $ 350,000,000.0enlc_AggregateAmountOfEquitySecuritiesAllowedUnderEquityDistributionAgreement
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorpMerrillyLynchPierceFennerSmithIncorporatedCitigroupGlobalMarketsIncJeffriesLLCRaymondJamesandAssociatesIncandRBCCapitalMarketsLLCMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		          
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Private Placement   300,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSoldInPrivatePlacement
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorpMerrillyLynchPierceFennerSmithIncorporatedCitigroupGlobalMarketsIncJeffriesLLCRaymondJamesandAssociatesIncandRBCCapitalMarketsLLCMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= enlc_EDAMember		        
Common Units            
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]            
Distributions Declared, Per Unit           $ 0.375us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerDistributionsDeclaredPerUnit
/ us-gaap_CapitalUnitsByClassAxis
= enlc_CommonUnitsMember