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

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The per-unit cash dividend declared or paid to a common shareholder or a unit-holder by a LLC or LP in excess of the minimum distribution level.

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Cash dividends declared or paid to each outstanding limited partnership unit during the reporting period.

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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



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-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 4

-Section F

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