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Debt (Details 2) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Letters of credit |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |
Outstanding letters of credit |  | $ 83,000,000 us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |  | $ 87,000,000 us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember
PAA senior unsecured 364-day revolving credit facility |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |
Expiration period for credit facility | 364 days |  |  |
Borrowing capacity | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = paa_SeniorUnsecured364DayRevolvingCreditFacilityMember | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = paa_SeniorUnsecured364DayRevolvingCreditFacilityMember |  |
Basis Variable interest rate used |  | Eurocurrency Rate or the Base Rate |  |
Credit agreements and commercial paper program |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |
Total borrowings |  | 7,000,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = paa_LineOfCreditAndCommercialPaperMember | 19,200,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = paa_LineOfCreditAndCommercialPaperMember |
Total repayments |  | 7,700,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = paa_LineOfCreditAndCommercialPaperMember | 19,300,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = paa_LineOfCreditAndCommercialPaperMember |
Senior notes |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |
Debt instrument face value |  | 9,300,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember |  | 9,300,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Senior notes | Level 2 |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |
Debt instrument fair value |  | $ 10,000,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member |  | $ 9,900,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member

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