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General Organization (Details) (USD $) In Billions, except Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
General [Line Items]
Enterprise Market Value	$ 105
Miles Of Pipeline	80,000
Number Of Pipeline Terminals Owned Interest In And Or Operated	180
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	40.00%
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC [Member] | Kinder Morgan Management, LLC [Member]
General [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Voting Rights Percentage	100.00%
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. [Member]
General [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	10.00%
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest	2.00%
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
General [Line Items]
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Share-based Payment Arrangements	10	10

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Additional shares included in the calculation of diluted EPS as a result of the potentially dilutive effect of share based payment arrangements using the treasury stock method.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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