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Equity-Based Compensation Plans And Employee Benefit Plans (Summary Of Service-Based And Performance-Based Awards) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Service-Based Awards [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward] |
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Number of Phantom Units | 105,385 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 35.42 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Total Value | $ 3,733 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Number of Phantom Units | 43,225 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 54.05 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Total Value | 2,336 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantedTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Number of Phantom Units | (4,599)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 43.19 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Total Value | (199)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Number of Phantom Units | (31,188)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 27.11 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettlementsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Total Value | (846)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Number of Phantom Units | 112,823 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 44.53 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Total Value | 5,024 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_ServiceBasedAwardsMember
Performance-Based Awards [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward] |
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Number of Phantom Units | 334,969 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 35.79 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2013, Total Value | 11,989 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Number of Phantom Units | 82,763 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 54.18 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Granted, Total Value | 4,484 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantedTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Number of Phantom Units | (6,899)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 43.20 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Forfeited, Total Value | (298)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Number of Phantom Units | (96,988)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ (28.21)gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettlementsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Settled, Total Value | 2,736 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsSettledTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Number of Phantom Units | 313,845 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Average Grant Date Fair Value | $ 42.82 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember
Unvested at December 31, 2014, Total Value | $ 13,439 gel_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = gel_PerformanceBasedAwardsMember

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- Definition The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(1)(iv)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Weighted average fair value as of the grant date of equity-based award plans other than stock (unit) option plans that were not exercised or put into effect as a result of the occurrence of a terminating event. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(i)-(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average fair value of nonvested awards on equity-based plans excluding option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, revenue or profit achievement stock award plan) for which the employer is contingently obligated to issue equity instruments or transfer assets to an employee who has not yet satisfied service or performance criteria necessary to gain title to proceeds from the sale of the award or underlying shares or units. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(i)-(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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