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Certain Provisions of the Partnership Agreement - Narrative and Distributions (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2019	Jan. 24, 2019 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Partnership agreement
Distribution declared/unit (in dollars per share)			$ 0.279	$ 0.275	$ 0.263	$ 0.259
Common units conversion ratio	1.15
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Common units conversion ratio			1.15
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| General Partner \| Incentive Distribution Level 1
Partnership agreement
Incentive distribution for general partner		13.00%
Incentive distribution, conditional distribution per unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.25
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| General Partner \| Incentive Distribution Level 2
Partnership agreement
Incentive distribution for general partner		23.00%
Incentive distribution, conditional distribution per unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.3125
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| General Partner \| Incentive Distribution Level 3
Partnership agreement
Incentive distribution for general partner		48.00%
Incentive distribution, conditional distribution per unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.375
Common units \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Distribution declared/unit (in dollars per share)				$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.39
Series B Preferred Unitholders
Partnership agreement
Distribution declared/unit (in dollars per share)		0.28125
Distribution paid-in kind (in shares) \| shares			147,887	425,785	416,657	413,658
Cash distributions \| $			$ 16.7	$ 16.5	$ 16.2	$ 16.0
Series B Preferred Unitholders \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Annual rate on issue price			0.25%
Common units conversion ratio			1.15
Series C Preferred Unitholders \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Partners capital account, redemption price			$ 1,000.000
Limited Partner \| Series B Preferred Unitholders
Partnership agreement
Shares issued, price per share (in dollars per share)		$ 15.00
Limited Partner \| Series B Preferred Unitholders \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Annual rate on issue price payable in kind		0.25%
Limited Partner \| Series C Preferred Unitholders \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Partners' capital account, dividend rate, percentage			6.00%
LIBOR \| Series C Preferred Unitholders \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Partners' capital account, distributions, variable floating rate percentage			4.11%