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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | Common Units | General Partner | Partners' Capital Excluding Noncontrolling Interests | Noncontrolling Interests | Total
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Balance, beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2011 | $ 5,249 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | $ 201 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | $ 5,450 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | $ 524 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | $ 5,974 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, beginning of period (in units) at Dec. 31, 2011 | 310,800,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital |  |  |  |  |
Net income | 789 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 305 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 1,094 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 33 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 1,127 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Distributions | (684)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (285)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (969)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (48)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (1,017)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions
Issuance of common units | 959 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 20 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 979 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 979 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits
Issuance of common units (in units) | 23,500,000 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  | 23,563,707 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations | 33 paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 1 paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 34 paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 34 paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations (in units) | 1,000,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Equity-indexed compensation expense | 18 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 6 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 24 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 4 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 28 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation
Distribution equivalent right payments | (4)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (4)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (1)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (5)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments
Other comprehensive income/(loss) | 28 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 1 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 29 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (3)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 26 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2012 | 6,388 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 249 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 6,637 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 509 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 7,146 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, end of period (in units) at Dec. 31, 2012 | 335,300,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital |  |  |  |  |
Net income | 967 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 394 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 1,361 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 30 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 1,391 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Distributions | (791)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (369)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (1,160)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (49)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (1,209)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions
Issuance of common units | 468 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 9 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 477 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 477 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits
Issuance of common units (in units) | 8,600,000 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations | (11)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 1 paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (10)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (10)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations (in units) | 500,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Equity-indexed compensation expense | 33 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 5 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 38 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 1 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 39 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation
Distribution equivalent right payments | (5)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (5)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (1)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (6)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments
Other comprehensive income/(loss) | (173)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (4)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (177)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (177)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Issuance of PNG common units | 8 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesIssuanceOfEquityBySubsidiaryToNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | 8 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesIssuanceOfEquityBySubsidiaryToNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 32 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesIssuanceOfEquityBySubsidiaryToNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 40 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesIssuanceOfEquityBySubsidiaryToNoncontrollingInterests
PNG Merger (Note 11) | 465 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 10 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 475 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (463)us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 12 us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet
PNG Merger (Note 11) (in units) | 14,700,000 paa_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParentUnitsIssued / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2013 | 7,349 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 295 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 7,644 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 59 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 7,703 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, end of period (in units) at Dec. 31, 2013 | 359,100,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  | 359,133,200 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital |  |  |  |  |
Net income | 884 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 500 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 1,384 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 2 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 1,386 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Distributions | (934)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (473)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (1,407)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (3)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (1,410)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions
Issuance of common units | 848 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 18 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 866 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 866 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits
Issuance of common units (in units) | 15,400,000 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations | (17)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 1 paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (16)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (16)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations (in units) | 600,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Equity-indexed compensation expense | 32 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 7 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 39 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 39 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation
Distribution equivalent right payments | (6)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (6)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (6)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments
Other comprehensive income/(loss) | (362)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (8)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (370)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (370)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Other | (1)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalOther / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (1)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalOther / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (1)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalOther
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2014 | $ 7,793 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | $ 340 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | $ 8,133 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | $ 58 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | $ 8,191 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, end of period (in units) at Dec. 31, 2014 | 375,100,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  | 375,107,793 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding

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