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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Details 3) (General Partner, BP NGL Acquisition, PNG Merger, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
General Partner | BP NGL Acquisition | PNG Merger |  |  |
Reduction in incentive distributions |  |  |
Reduction in incentive distributions | $ 23 paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | $ 15 paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | $ 11 paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember
Reduction in incentive distributions per quarter in 2015 (in dollars per quarter) | 5.5 paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributionsPerQuarterIn2015 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember |  |
Reduction in incentive distributions per quarter in 2016 (in dollars per quarter) | 5.0 paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributionsPerQuarterIn2016 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember |  |
Reduction in incentive distributions per quarter after 2016 (in dollars per quarter) | $ 3.75 paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributionsPerQuarterAfter2016 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember |  |

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