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Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions paid to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended
	May 01, 2021	Apr. 21, 2021	Apr. 01, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions paid per limited partner unit (in dollars per share)				$ 0.4600	$ 0.4600	$ 0.4600	$ 0.4600	$ 0.4600	$ 0.4600
Payments to acquire assets				$ 1				$ 7
Shell Pipeline Company L P \| Triton West LLC (“Triton”) \| Scenario, Forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to acquire assets	$ 10
Zydeco Pipeline Company LLC (“Zydeco”) \| Shell Pipeline Company L P \| Triton West LLC (“Triton”) \| Scenario, Forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest transferred	7.50%
Preferred Units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions paid per limited partner unit (in dollars per share)			$ 0.2363
Subsequent Event \| Common Units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions paid per limited partner unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.4600
Subsequent Event \| Preferred Units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions paid per limited partner unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.2363