Financing Receivable, Imputed Interest Rate

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Reimbursement Related To Cost And Expenses For Maintenance Projects

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Revenue From Contracts With Entities Under Common Control,, Annual Payments Receivable, Allocated Utility Costs

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Revenue From Contracts With Entities Under Common Control,, Annual Payments Receivable, Gross

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Revenue From Contracts With Entities Under Common Control, Annual Payments Receivable, Net

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The cash inflow from parent as a source of financing that is recorded as additional paid in capital.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
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Interest received on loans and other debt instruments during the current period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 16
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123570139&loc=d3e3337-108585

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from long-term debt by a related party. Related parties, include, but are not limited to, affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, and pension trusts.

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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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Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Reimbursement from Parent and Sale Leaseback (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jul. 01, 2021
Shell Pipeline Company L P
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reimbursement related to cost and expenses for maintenance projects				$ 19
Shell Pipeline Company L P \| Mars
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash received	$ 9
Affiliated Entity \| Revenue expected to be recognized on multi-year terminaling service contracts \| April 2020 Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash payments received for interest income		$ 30	$ 20
Cash principal payments received on financing receivables		$ 5	$ 3
Affiliated Entity \| Revenue expected to be recognized on multi-year terminaling service contracts \| April 2020 Transaction \| Shell Oil Products (SOPUS)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Imputed interest rate on financing receivables		11.10%
Affiliated Entity \| Revenue expected to be recognized on multi-year terminaling service contracts \| April 2020 Transaction \| Shell Chemical
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Imputed interest rate on financing receivables		7.40%
Affiliated Entity \| Revenue expected to be recognized on multi-year terminaling service contracts \| April 2020 Transaction \| Norco Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual payments receivable	140	$ 140			$ 147
Annual payments receivable, gross	151	151			158
Annual payments receivable, net	$ 11	$ 11			$ 11