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Certain Provision of the Partnership Agreement (Textual) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Feb. 17, 2015
Nov. 30, 2014
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Proceeds from Issuance of common units $ 2,200,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits      
Partners' Capital Account, Units 362,200,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues        
Percentage Of Avaliable Cash to Distribute 100.00%enlc_PercentageOfAvaliableCashToDistribute        
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distribution Period 45 days        
General Partner Interest | 13% Distribution          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels 13.00%enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevels
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Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit $ 0.25us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionDistributionPerUnit
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General Partner Interest | 23% Distribution          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels 23.00%enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevels
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Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit $ 0.3125us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionDistributionPerUnit
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General Partner Interest | 48% Distribution          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels 48.00%enlc_IncentiveDistributionPercentageLevels
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Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit $ 0.375us-gaap_IncentiveDistributionDistributionPerUnit
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BMO Capital Markets Corp. | EDA [Member]          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
AggregateAmountOfEquitySecurityRemainingUnderEquityDistributionAgreement 339,700,000enlc_AggregateAmountOfEquitySecurityRemainingUnderEquityDistributionAgreement
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= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorp.Member
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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 units 2,200,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
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= enlc_BMOCapitalMarketsCorpMerrillyLynchPierceFennerSmithIncorporatedCitigroupGlobalMarketsIncJeffriesLLCRaymondJamesandAssociatesIncandRBCCapitalMarketsLLCMember
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Payments of Stock Issuance Costs 100,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts
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Aggregate Amount Of Equity Securities Allowed Under Equity Distribution Agreement         350,000,000enlc_AggregateAmountOfEquitySecuritiesAllowedUnderEquityDistributionAgreement
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Partners' Capital Account, Units 100,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues
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Class D Common Unit [Member]          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared $ 0.18us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerCashDistributionsDeclared
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Common Units          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Distributions Declared, Per Unit $ 0.38us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerDistributionsDeclaredPerUnit
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= enlc_CommonUnitsMember		   $ 0.375us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerDistributionsDeclaredPerUnit
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Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distribution Date May 14, 2015   Feb. 12, 2015    
EnLink Midstream Holdings, LP [Member] | Midstream Holdings [Member] | EMH Drop Down [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member] | EnLink Midstream LP [Member] | Acacia [Member]          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Related Party Transaction, Ownership Interest Transferred       25.00%enlc_RelatedPartyTransactionOwnershipInterestTransferred
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Class D Common Unit [Member] | EnLink Midstream Holdings, LP [Member] | Midstream Holdings [Member] | EMH Drop Down [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member] | EnLink Midstream LP [Member] | Acacia [Member]          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction, Shares       31,618,311enlc_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsofTransactionShares
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Common Class C [Member]          
Subsidiary Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions 6,704,285us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions
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