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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Financing Receivables

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Numerator, Modification Limit

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Line Of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Limit

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Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage, Adjustment Limit

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in amount due within one year (or one business cycle) from customers for the credit sale of goods and services.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 03, 2022	Jun. 02, 2022	Dec. 11, 2018	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Aug. 01, 2022
Debt Instrument
Loss on extinguishment of debt				$ 500,000	$ 0	$ 500,000	$ 0
Increase (decrease) in accounts receivable						946,700,000
Payments on borrowings						1,177,000,000	679,500,000
Line of Credit \| Asset-backed Securities
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity				350,000,000		350,000,000
Accounts receivable securitization facility, outstanding amount				325,000,000		325,000,000
Line of Credit \| Asset-backed Securities \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity								$ 500,000,000
Letters of credit
Debt Instrument
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 500,000
Additional amount available (not to exceed)	1,400,000,000		$ 1,750,000,000
Modification limit	50,000,000
Financing receivables	$ 500,000,000	$ 350,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate, adjustment limit	0.05%
Commitment fee percentage, adjustment limit	0.02%
Line of credit facility, fair value of amount outstanding				0		0
Letters of credit \| Letter of Credit \| ENLC
Debt Instrument
Line of credit facility, fair value of amount outstanding				44,600,000		$ 44,600,000
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) \| Variable Rate Component One
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						0.10%
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) \| Variable Rate Component Two
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						1.00%
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) \| Minimum \| Variable Rate Component One
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						1.125%
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) \| Minimum \| Variable Rate Component Two
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						0.125%
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) \| Maximum \| Variable Rate Component One
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						2.00%
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) \| Maximum \| Variable Rate Component Two
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						1.00%
Letters of credit \| Line of Credit \| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP \| Base Rate \| Variable Rate Component Two
Debt Instrument
Variable rate						0.50%
4.4% Senior Notes Due 2024
Debt Instrument
Payments on borrowings				$ 2,000,000	$ 0	$ 2,000,000	$ 0