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Organization and Basis of Consolidation and Presentation - Segments and Ownership (Details) shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018 segment shares
Organization |
Operating segments number | segment | 3
AAP |
Organization |
Ownership interest (in units) | shares | 283.9
Limited partner interest | 36.00%
AAP | PAGP |
Organization |
Limited partner interest | 55.00%

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- Definition Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest, Units + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 272 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055 + Details
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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