Certain Provision of the Partnership Agreement (Distributions) (Details) - EnLink Midstream Partners, LP							1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Aug. 13, 2015 $ / shares	Aug. 03, 2015	May 14, 2015 $ / shares	May 04, 2015	May 14, 2014 $ / shares	May 06, 2014	May 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2016 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2016 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2015 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2015 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2014 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2014 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares
Partnership agreement
Percentage Of Available Cash to Distribute								100.00%												100.00%
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distribution Period																				45 days
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distributions Paid, Per Unit								$ 0.390	$ 0.390	$ 0.390	$ 0.390	$ 0.390	$ 0.390	$ 0.385	$ 0.380	$ 0.375	$ 0.370	$ 0.365	$ 0.360
Class D Common Unit
Partnership agreement
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit			$ 0.18
Ratio of common units				1
Class E Common Unit
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Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distributions Paid, Per Unit	$ 0.15
Ratio of common units		1					1
Class B Common Unit
Partnership agreement
Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distributions Paid, Per Unit					$ 0.10
Ratio of common units						1
13% Distribution | General Partner
Partnership agreement
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels																				13.00%
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit																				$ 0.25
23% Distribution | General Partner
Partnership agreement
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels																				23.00%
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit																				$ 0.3125
48% Distribution | General Partner
Partnership agreement
Incentive Distribution Percentage Levels																				48.00%
Incentive Distribution, Distribution Per Unit																				$ 0.375