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Partnership Operations, Organization and Basis for Presentation (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited partners ownership interest	100.00%
EPCO and its privately held affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of Total Units Outstanding	32.00%

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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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