Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Total cash distributions paid or to be paid

		Distributions Paid								Distributions
		Common		General Partner						per limited
Date Declared	Date Paid or To Be Paid	Units		Incentive		2%		Total		partner unit
July 8, 2013	August 14, 2013 (1)	$	201	$	91	$	4	$	296	$	0.5875
April 8, 2013	May 15, 2013	$	195	$	86	$	4	$	285	$	0.5750
January 7, 2013	February 14, 2013	$	189	$	81	$	4	$	274	$	0.5625

(1) Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 2, 2013, for the period April 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013.

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

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net income attributable to Plains	$	292	$	378	$	821	$	609
Transfers to the noncontrolling interests:
Increase in capital from sale of PNG units	6		—		6		—
Change from net income attributable to Plains and net transfers to the noncontrolling interests	$	298	$	378	$	827	$	609

Schedule of changes in noncontrolling interests in partners' capital

	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2013			2012
Beginning balance	$	509		$	524
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	16			15
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(24		)	(24		)
Equity-indexed compensation expense	2			1
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Reclassification adjustments	6			(7		)
Net deferred gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges	(2		)	1
Issuance of PNG common units	24			—
Ending balance	$	531		$	510

- Definition

The tabular disclosure of the effects of any changes in a parent's ownership interest in a subsidiary on the equity attributable to the parent if the ownership interests in a subsidiary changes during the period. The changes represented by this element did not result in the deconsolidation of the subsidiary.

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