Certain Provisions of the ENLK Partnership Agreement - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions					1 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 08, 2023	Sep. 07, 2023	Dec. 15, 2022 $ / shares	Jan. 25, 2019	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Nov. 30, 2023 USD ($) shares	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2017 $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 shares
Partnership agreement
Common units conversion ratio				1.15
Series B Preferred Units
Partnership agreement
Stock redeemed during period (in shares)									3,333,334	3,300,330
Redemption of Series B Preferred Units | $									$ 50.5	$ 50.0
Percent Represented of Repurchased Preferred Units’ Par Value													101.00%
Series B Preferred Units | EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Preferred units, issued (in shares)					54,575,638								54,575,638	54,168,359
Preferred units, outstanding (in shares)					54,575,638								54,575,638	54,168,359
Partners' capital account, units, sold in private placement (in shares)												50,000,000
Shares issued, price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares												$ 15.00
Annual rate on issue price													0.25%
Annual rate on issue price payable in cash	31.875%	28.125%											28.125%
Price payable, overage (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares													$ 6.79
Series C Preferred Units
Partnership agreement
Stock redeemed during period (in shares)					7,000	3,000	4,500	19,000
Redemption of Series B Preferred Units | $					$ 6.5	$ 2.7	$ 3.9	$ 15.2
Percent Represented of Repurchased Preferred Units’ Par Value					93.00%	90.00%	87.00%	80.00%
Partners capital account, redemption price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 1,000
Series C Preferred Units | EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
Partnership agreement
Preferred units, issued (in shares)					366,500								366,500	381,000
Preferred units, outstanding (in shares)					366,500								366,500	381,000
Shares issued, price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares											$ 1,000
Partners' capital account, units, sold in public offering (in shares)											400,000
Partners capital account, redemption price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 1,000
Partners' capital account, redemption period following review or appeal			120 days
Partners' capital account, redemption price following review or appeal (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 1,020
Limited Partner | Series B Preferred Units
Partnership agreement
Partners' capital, conversion obligation period of consecutive trading days													30 days
Partners' capital, average trading price, number of trading days													2 days
Percent of issue price													150.00%