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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Jan. 07, 2015
Foreign Currency Transactions |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on revaluation of foreign currency transactions and monetary assets and liabilities | $ (13)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax | $ 1 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax | $ (2)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax |
Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |  |  |
Repayment of commercial paper notes | (366)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper | 1,110 us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper |  |
Outstanding checks included in accounts payable that were reclassified from cash and cash equivalents | 94 paa_LiabilitiesForOutstandingChecks | 70 paa_LiabilitiesForOutstandingChecks |  |
Accounts Receivable |  |  |  |
Advance cash payments received from third parties to mitigate credit risk | 180 us-gaap_CustomerAdvancesCurrent | 117 us-gaap_CustomerAdvancesCurrent |  |
Standby letters of credit | 198 paa_StandbyLettersOfCreditReceived | 426 paa_StandbyLettersOfCreditReceived |  |
Substantially all accounts receivable, net, maximum age of balances past their scheduled invoice date | 30 days | 30 days |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable | 4 us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent | 5 us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Fair value of asset retirement obligations | 36 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation | 34 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation |  |
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |  |  |
Repayment of commercial paper notes |  |  |  | $ (400)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember

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- Definition A valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 4 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35738203&loc=d3e5074-111524 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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