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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
segment
Organization  
Operating segments number 3us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
General partner ownership interest (as a percent) 2.00%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerOwnershipInterest
PAGP | AAP  
Organization  
PAGP limited partner interest in AAP (as a percent) 37.00%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPMembersOrLimitedPartnersOwnershipInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= paa_PlainsGPHoldingsLPMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= paa_PlainsAAPLPMember