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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Details 2) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Jun. 30, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Partners' Capital and Distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash distributions per limited partner unit (in dollars per unit) | $ 0.6600 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.6450 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.6300 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.6150 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.6000 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5875 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5750 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5625 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5425 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5325 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5225 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 0.5125 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 2.5500 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 2.3250 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding | $ 2.11 us-gaap_DistributionsPerLimitedPartnershipUnitOutstanding
Cash distributions per limited partner unit in excess over MQD (in dollars per unit) | $ 0.4350 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.4200 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.4050 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3900 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3750 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3625 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3500 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3375 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3175 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.3075 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.2975 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel | $ 0.2875 paa_DistributionMadeToMemberOrLimitedPartnerPerUnitOverMinimumDistributionLevel |  |  |

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- Definition Cash dividends declared or paid to each outstanding limited partnership unit during the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187171-122770 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 4 -Section F + Details
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