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Organization and Summary of Significant Agreements (Details) mi in Thousands, bbl in Thousands					12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019 shares	Jul. 18, 2018	Jan. 07, 2016 shares	Mar. 07, 2014 shares	Dec. 31, 2018 Bcf / d plant fractionator mi shares bbl	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of miles of pipeline \| mi					11
Number of natural gas processing plants \| plant					20
Amount of processing capacity \| Bcf / d					4.9
Number of fractionators \| fractionator					7
Capacity of fractionators per day, barrels \| bbl					280
Common Unit
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares)				115,495,669
EOGP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquired voting interest			16.10%		16.10%
EOGP \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquired voting interest			83.90%
EOGP \| Common Unit
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares)			15,564,009
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| EMI
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest					21.40%
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| GIP Stetson I
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Membership interest in the General Partner		23.10%
TOMPC LLC and TOM-STACK, LLC \| EOGP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquired voting interest			100.00%
ENLC \| GIP Stetson II
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Membership interest in the General Partner		63.80%
EnLink Midstream Holdings, LP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest					21.40%
Ownership interest, shares (in shares)					88,528,451
EnLink Midstream Holdings, LP \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest						50.00%
EnLink Midstream Partners GP, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cumulative percentage ownership after all transactions					100.00%
EnLink Midstream Partners GP, LLC \| GIP Stetson I
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Membership interest in the General Partner		100.00%
Subsequent Event \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares)	55,827,221
Subsequent Event \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	71.10%
Subsequent Event \| EnLink Midstream Holdings, LP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest, shares (in shares)	144,535,672
Subsequent Event \| EOGP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent	16.10%