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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Details 3) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2011	May 31, 2011	Feb. 28, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Partners' Capital and Distributions
Cash distributions paid to common unitholders	$ 147	$ 145	$ 135
Cash distribution paid to General Partner - Incentive	52	50	46	50	39	97	77
Cash distributions paid to General Partner - 2%	3	3	3
Distributions paid to common unitholders and general partner	202	198	184			382	335
Cash distributions per limited partner unit (in dollars per unit)	$ 0.9825	$ 0.9700	$ 0.9575
Remaining reduction in incentive distributions in 2011						$ 1
General partner ownership interest (as a percent)						2.00%

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Cash dividends declared or paid to a common shareholder or unit-holder by LLC or LP.

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Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Cash dividends declared or paid to each outstanding limited partnership unit of a publicly traded limited partnership or master limited partnership (MLP) during the reporting period. Limited partners have limited liability and do not manage the partnership.

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