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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | Common Units | General Partner | Partners' Capital Excluding Noncontrolling Interests | Noncontrolling Interests | Total
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Balance, beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2013 | $ 7,349 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | $ 295 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | $ 7,644 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | $ 59 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | $ 7,703 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, beginning of period (in units) at Dec. 31, 2013 | 359,100,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital |  |  |  |  |
Net income | 268 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 116 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 384 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 1 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 385 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Distributions | (221)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (107)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (328)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (1)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (329)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions
Issuance of common units | 148 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 3 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 151 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 151 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits
Issuance of common units (in units) | 2,800,000 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations | (2)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (2)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (2)paa_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetOfAdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholding
Issuance of common units under LTIP, net of units tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations (in units) | 100,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Equity-indexed compensation expense | 11 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 1 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 12 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 12 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation
Distribution equivalent right payments | (1)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (1)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (1)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments
Other comprehensive loss | (133)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (3)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (136)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (136)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Balance, end of period at Mar. 31, 2014 | 7,419 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 305 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 7,724 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 59 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 7,783 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, end of period (in units) at Mar. 31, 2014 | 362,000,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2014 | 7,793 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 340 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 8,133 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 58 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 8,191 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, beginning of period (in units) at Dec. 31, 2014 | 375,100,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  | 375,107,793 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital |  |  |  |  |
Net income | 138 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 145 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 283 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 1 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | 284 us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Distributions | (254)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (136)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (390)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (1)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | (391)us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions
Issuance of common units | 1,099 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 22 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 1,121 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 1,121 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountSaleOfUnits
Issuance of common units (in units) | 22,100,000 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSaleOfUnits / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  |
Equity-indexed compensation expense | 8 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | 1 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | 9 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | 9 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitBasedCompensation
Distribution equivalent right payments | (2)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  | (2)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (2)paa_DistributionEquivalentRightPayments
Other comprehensive loss | (369)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | (7)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | (376)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  | (376)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Balance, end of period at Mar. 31, 2015 | $ 8,413 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember | $ 365 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember | $ 8,778 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | $ 58 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember | $ 8,836 us-gaap_PartnersCapitalIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Balance, end of period (in units) at Mar. 31, 2015 | 397,200,000 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_PartnerCapitalComponentsAxis = us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember |  |  |  | 397,241,697 us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding

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