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Condensed Schedule of Investments [Parenthetical] (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Collateral amount on open futures contracts 17,978,914bno_CollateralAmountOnOpenFuturesContracts
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.05%, 4/23/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.05%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0054232015Member
Expiration date 4/23/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.07, 5/21/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.07%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0075212015Member
Expiration date 5/21/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.10, 6/25/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0106252015Member
Expiration date 6/25/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.05, 7/09/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.05%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0057092015Member
Expiration date 7/09/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.08, 7/23/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.08%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0087232015Member
Expiration date 7/23/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.06, 7/30/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.06%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0067302015Member
Expiration date 7/30/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.06, 8/06/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.06%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0068062015Member
Expiration date 8/06/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.07, 8/13/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.07%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0078132015Member
Expiration date 8/13/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.07, 8/20/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.07%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0078202015Member
Expiration date 8/20/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.07, 8/27/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.07%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0078272015Member
Expiration date 8/27/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.08, 9/03/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.08%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0089032015Member
Expiration date 9/03/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.10, 9/10/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0109102015Member
Expiration date 9/10/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.12, 9/17/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.12%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0129172015Member
Expiration date 9/17/2015
Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.11, 9/24/2015 [Member]  
Interest rate 0.11%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= us-gaap_CashEquivalentsMember
/ invest_InvestmentSecuritiesSeriesAxis
= bno_UsTreasuryBills0119242015Member
Expiration date 9/24/2015
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures C0 May 2015 contracts, expiring April 15, 2015 [Member]  
Expiration date April 15, 2015