Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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 during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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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 Event(s) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended													12 Months Ended
	Feb. 16, 2022	Jan. 19, 2022	Mar. 23, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Feb. 11, 2022
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions per Limited Partner unit (in dollars per share)				$ 0.30000	$ 0.30000	$ 0.30000	$ 0.46000	$ 0.46000	$ 0.46000	$ 0.46000	$ 0.46000	$ 0.46000	$ 0.44500	$ 0.43000	$ 0.41500	$ 0.40000	$ 1.36	$ 1.84	$ 1.75
Debt instrument term			5 years
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowings repaid	$ 150
Debt instrument term	5 years
Subsequent Event \| Shell Pipeline Company L P \| Take Private Proposal
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issued and outstanding affiliates per share value (in dollars per share)																				$ 12.89
Subsequent Event \| Cash Distribution
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions per Limited Partner unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.3
Subsequent Event \| Preferred Unit Distribution
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions per Limited Partner unit (in dollars per share)		$ 0.2363