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Debt Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. Preferred Shares (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. [Member] KMI $1,000 Liquidation Value Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Term Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. [Member] KMI $1,000 Liquidation Value Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Term Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]	Apr. 17, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. [Member] KMI $1,000 Liquidation Value Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Term Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	0	0	100,000
Preferred Stock, Dividends Per Share, Declared			$ 10.333	$ 10.469	$ 10.333
Preferred Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid			$ 10.570	$ 10.638

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Aggregate share number for all nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by stockholders. Does not include preferred shares that have been repurchased.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.28)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29

-Article 5

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