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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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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Operations And Organization Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Lease, Right of Use Asset, Net \| $	$ 0	$ 853
Lease right-of-use assets, net \| $			$ 889
Operating Lease, Liability \| $		$ 863	888
ETE Merger [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio	1.28
ETE Merger [Member] \| Energy Transfer LNG Export LLC, ET Crude Oil Terminals LLC, & ETC Illinois LLC [Member]
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	60.00%
ETE Merger [Member] \| Lake Charles LNG [Member]
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	100.00%
ETE Merger [Member] \| USAC [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	12,466,912
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	100.00%
ETE Merger [Member] \| Sunoco GP [Member]
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest	100.00%
ETE Merger [Member] \| Sunoco LP [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	2,263,158
IDRs [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	1,168,205,710
General Partner \| ETE Merger [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	18,448,341
ETO [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member] \| Lake Charles LNG [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	37,557,815
ETO [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member] \| USAC [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	16,134,903
ETO [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member] \| Sunoco GP [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	42,812,389
ETO [Member] \| ETE Merger [Member] \| Sunoco LP [Member]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction	2,874,275
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
Lease, Right of Use Asset, Net \| $			888
Lease right-of-use assets, net \| $			$ 889