Organization and Summary of Significant Agreements (Details Textuals) - shares	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jan. 07, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	100.00%
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest	100.00%
Partnership name	EnLink Midstream Partners GP, LLC
Managing Member Or General Partner Ownership Interest In The Limited Partnership	0.40%
ENLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) Or Limited Partnership (LP) Members Or Limited Partners Ownership Interest, Shares	88,528,451
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	23.00%
Tall Oak [Member] \| ENLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	16.00%	16.00%

The number of units held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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Individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity that is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the limited liability company or limited partnership.

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