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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Partners' Capital and Distributions

Changes made to holdings in limited partner units of PNG

		December 31, 2010		February 2011 PNG Issuance		Transaction Grants		June 30, 2011
PNG Units Owned by PAA:
Common Units		18.1		10.2		(0.1	)	28.2
Series A Subordinated Units		11.9		—		—		11.9
Series B Subordinated Units		13.5		—		—		13.5
Total PNG Units Owned by PAA		43.5		10.2		(0.1	)	53.6

Schedule of impact of changes in the entity ownership interest in subsidiary on the entity's capital

		For the Six Months Ended
		June 30,
		2011			2010
Net income attributable to Plains		$	408		$	282
Transfers to the noncontrolling interests:
Increase in capital from sale of PNG units		64			101
Change from net income attributable to Plains and net transfers to the noncontrolling interest		$	472		$	383

Schedule of changes in noncontrolling interests in partners' capital

		For the Six Months Ended
		June 30,
		2011			2010
Beginning balance		$	231		$	63
Sale of noncontrolling interests in a subsidiary		306			167
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		10			2
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(16		)	(1		)
Equity compensation expense		2			—
Ending Balance		$	533		$	231

Total cash distributions made

				Distributions Paid												Distributions
				Common			General Partner									per limited
Date Declared		Date Paid or To Be Paid		Units			Incentive			2%			Total			partner unit
July 11, 2011		August 12, 2011 (1)		$	147		$	52		$	3		$	202		$	0.9825
April 11, 2011		May 13, 2011		$	145		$	50		$	3		$	198		$	0.9700
January 12, 2011		February 14, 2011		$	135		$	46		$	3		$	184		$	0.9575

(1) Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 2, 2011, for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011.

Equity offerings of common units

										General
				Gross			Proceeds			Partner						Net
Date		Units Issued		Unit Price			from Sale			Contribution			Costs			Proceeds
March 2011 (1)		7,935,000		$	64.00		$	508		$	10		$	(15	)	$	503

(1) This offering of common units was an underwritten transaction that required us to pay a gross spread. The net proceeds from this offering were used to reduce outstanding borrowings under our credit facilities and for general partnership purposes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher AICPA
-Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
-Number 51
-Paragraph 38
-Subparagraph d

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher AICPA
-Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
-Number 51
-Paragraph A7
-Appendix A

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