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EQUITY INVESTMENTS (Detail 2) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
EQUITY INVESTMENTS    
Representation of investee financial information in the summarized equity method investments (as a percent) 100.00%bpl_EquityMethodInvestmentsInvesteeFinancialInformationRepresentationPercentage  
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:    
Revenue $ 21,472us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue $ 19,694us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
Costs and expenses (9,738)bpl_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationCostsAndExpenses (11,422)bpl_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationCostsAndExpenses
Non-operating expenses (4,296)bpl_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNonoperatingIncomeExpense (2,721)bpl_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Net income $ 7,438us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss $ 5,551us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss