Organization and Basis of Consolidation and Presentation (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014 segment
Organization and basis of presentation
Operating segments number	3
GP LLC
Organization and basis of presentation
Consolidated subsidiary, ownership interest held by the parent (as a percent)	100.00%
AAP
Organization and basis of presentation
Number of AAP units owned	136,046,637
Consolidated subsidiary, ownership interest held by the parent (as a percent)	22.40%
AAP \| PAA \| Indirect Ownership
Organization and basis of presentation
General partner or managing member ownership interest (as a percent)	2.00%
PAA GP \| PAA
Organization and basis of presentation
General partner or managing member ownership interest (as a percent)	2.00%

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The number of units of the subsidiary owned by the limited partnership representing limited partner interests.

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- Definition

Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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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

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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.

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The number of units or percentage investment held in the subsidiary by the limited liability company or limited partnership.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 22

-Article 12

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