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Organization and Basis of Consolidation and Presentation (Details) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 |
Consolidated subsidiary, ownership interest held by the parent (in units) | 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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- Definition Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the 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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