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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
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
General Partner | BP NGL Acquisition | PNG Merger
Reduction in incentive distributions
Reduction in incentive distributions	$ 23paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember	$ 15paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember	$ 11paa_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)	5.5paa_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)	5.0paa_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)	$ 3.75paa_ReductionInIncentiveDistributionsPerQuarterAfter2016 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = paa_BPNGLAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = paa_PNGMergerMember / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember

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