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Guarantee obligations maximum exposure percentage.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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Carrying amount of the assets in the reporting entity's statement of financial position that relate to the reporting entity's variable interest in the Variable Interest Entity (VIE), where the reporting entity is not the VIE's primary beneficiary.

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Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2016	Aug. 31, 2009	Aug. 28, 2009
Merey Sweeny [Member]
Variable interest entities VIEs (Textual) [Abstract]
Additional ownership interest acquired in MSLP that is in dispute			50.00%	50.00%
Maximum exposure under debt guarantee		$ 179
Merey Sweeny [Member] \| MSLP 8.85% Senior Notes [Member] \| Guarantees of Joint Venture Debt [Member]
Variable interest entities VIEs (Textual) [Abstract]
Debt guarantee to lender of 8.85% senior notes issued by MSLP, percentage	100.00%
Stated interest rate of debt issued, percentage	8.85%
Maximum exposure under debt guarantee		$ 140
Dakota Access LLC [Member]
Variable interest entities VIEs (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of ownership interest		25.00%
Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company, LLC [Member]
Variable interest entities VIEs (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of ownership interest		25.00%
DAPL And ETCOP [Member]
Variable interest entities VIEs (Textual) [Abstract]
Book value of investment		$ 520
Loans and leases receivable, related parties		$ 107