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Other Assets, Net (Detail 2) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	676us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	$ 674us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated amortization	(310)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	(254)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Net	366us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	420us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Estimated amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets for the next five years
2015	52us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths
2016	44us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo
2017	41us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree
2018	36us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour
2019	33us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive
Customer contracts and relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	593us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember	591us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Accumulated amortization	(288)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember	(237)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Net	305us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember	354us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Customer contracts and relationships | Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	1 year
Customer contracts and relationships | Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	20 years
Property tax abatement
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	38us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_PropertyTaxAbatementMember	38us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_PropertyTaxAbatementMember
Accumulated amortization	(18)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_PropertyTaxAbatementMember	(14)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_PropertyTaxAbatementMember
Net	20us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_PropertyTaxAbatementMember	24us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_PropertyTaxAbatementMember
Property tax abatement | Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	7 years
Property tax abatement | Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	13 years
Other agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	37us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_OtherAgreementsMember	37us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_OtherAgreementsMember
Accumulated amortization	(4)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_OtherAgreementsMember	(3)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_OtherAgreementsMember
Net	33us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_OtherAgreementsMember	34us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_OtherAgreementsMember
Other agreements | Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	25 years
Other agreements | Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	70 years
Emission reduction credits
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	8us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_EmissionReductionCreditsMember	8us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_EmissionReductionCreditsMember
Net	8us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_EmissionReductionCreditsMember	$ 8us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = paa_EmissionReductionCreditsMember

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