Operations And Organization Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018 shares	Sep. 30, 2018 shares
Subsequent Event [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio	1.28
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	1,460,000,000
ETP, Sunoco LP and USAC [Member]
Incentive Distribution Rights		100.00%
Sunoco LP [Member]
Number of common units of a subsidiary partnership that are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.		2,300,000
Sunoco LP [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	2,263,158
USAC [Member]
Number of common units of a subsidiary partnership that are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.		20,500,000
USAC [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	12,466,912
ETP [Member]
Number of common units of a subsidiary partnership that are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.		27,500,000
Class I Units [Member] \| ETP [Member]
Number of common units of a subsidiary partnership that are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.		100
IDRs [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	1,168,205,710
General Partner \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	18,448,341

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)
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