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Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Inventory-related disclosures |  |  |
Charge related to the write-down of inventory | $ 24 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown | $ 37 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown |
Inventory by category |  |  |
Inventory | 929 us-gaap_InventoryNet |  | 891 us-gaap_InventoryNet
Linefill and base gas | 960 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas |  | 930 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas
Long-term inventory | 149 us-gaap_InventoryNoncurrent |  | 186 us-gaap_InventoryNoncurrent
Total | 2,038 paa_InventoryCurrentAndNoncurrent |  | 2,007 paa_InventoryCurrentAndNoncurrent
Crude oil |  |  |
Inventory by category |  |  |
Inventory | 686 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 304 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Linefill and base gas | 777 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 744 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Long-term inventory | 117 us-gaap_InventoryNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 136 us-gaap_InventoryNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Inventory, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 15,351,000 paa_InventoryVolumesCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 6,465,000 paa_InventoryVolumesCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Linefill and base gas, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 12,970,000 paa_InventoryVolumesLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 11,810,000 paa_InventoryVolumesLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Long-term inventory, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 2,646,000 paa_InventoryVolumesNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 2,582,000 paa_InventoryVolumesNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Inventory, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 44.69 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 47.02 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Linefill and base gas, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 59.91 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 63.00 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
Long-term inventory, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 44.22 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember |  | 52.67 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = us-gaap_CrudeOilMember
NGL |  |  |
Inventory by category |  |  |
Inventory | 154 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 454 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Linefill and base gas | 48 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 52 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Long-term inventory | 32 us-gaap_InventoryNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 50 us-gaap_InventoryNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Inventory, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 7,277,000 paa_InventoryVolumesCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 13,553,000 paa_InventoryVolumesCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Linefill and base gas, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 1,215,000 paa_InventoryVolumesLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 1,212,000 paa_InventoryVolumesLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Long-term inventory, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 1,681,000 paa_InventoryVolumesNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 1,681,000 paa_InventoryVolumesNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Inventory, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 21.16 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 33.50 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Linefill and base gas, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 39.51 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 42.90 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Long-term inventory, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 19.04 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember |  | 29.74 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitNoncurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NGLMember
Natural gas |  |  |
Inventory by category |  |  |
Inventory | 31 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember |  | 102 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember
Linefill and base gas | 135 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember |  | 134 paa_LinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember
Inventory, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 10,965,000 paa_InventoryVolumesCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember |  | 32,317,000 paa_InventoryVolumesCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember
Linefill and base gas, Volumes (in barrels or in Mcf) | 28,612,000 paa_InventoryVolumesLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember |  | 28,612,000 paa_InventoryVolumesLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember
Inventory, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 2.83 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember |  | 3.16 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitCurrent / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember
Linefill and base gas, Price/Unit of measure (in dollars per unit) | 4.72 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember |  | 4.68 paa_InventoryWeightedAveragePricePerUnitLinefillAndBaseGas / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_NaturalGasMember
Other |  |  |
Inventory by category |  |  |
Inventory | $ 58 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_OtherInventoryMember |  | $ 31 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = paa_OtherInventoryMember

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