Acquisitions and Divestitures (Summary of Preliminary Assets And LiabilityAcquired) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 05, 2012		Mar. 25, 2012		Aug. 29, 2014
Sunoco Merger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total current assets	$ 7,312	[1]
Property, plant and equipment	6,686	[1]
Goodwill	2,641	[1]
Intangible Assets Acquired	1,361	[1]
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	240	[1]
Note receivable	821	[1]
Other non-current assets	128	[1]
Total assets acquired (excluding cash)	19,189	[1]
Total current liabilities	4,424	[1]
Long-term debt, less current maturities	2,879	[1]
Deferred income taxes	1,762	[1]
Other non-current liabilities	769	[1]
Noncontrolling interest	3,580	[1]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities	13,414	[1]
Business Combination, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	5,775	[1]
Total consideration, net of cash received	3,061	[1]
Cash received	2,714	[1]
Southern Union Merger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total current assets			556	[2]
Property, plant and equipment			6,242	[2]
Goodwill			2,497	[2]
Intangible Assets Acquired			55	[2]
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates			2,023	[2]
Note receivable			0	[2]
Other non-current assets			163	[2]
Total assets acquired (excluding cash)			11,536	[2]
Total current liabilities			1,348	[2]
Long-term debt, less current maturities			3,120	[2]
Deferred income taxes			1,419	[2]
Other non-current liabilities			284	[2]
Noncontrolling interest			0	[2]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities			6,171	[2]
Business Combination, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price			5,365	[2]
Total consideration, net of cash received			5,328	[2]
Cash received			37	[2]
Susser Merger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total current assets					446
Property, plant and equipment					1,069
Goodwill					1,734
Intangible Assets Acquired					611
Other non-current assets					17
Total assets acquired (excluding cash)					3,877
Total current liabilities					377
Long-term debt, less current maturities					564
Deferred income taxes					488
Other non-current liabilities					39
Noncontrolling interest					626
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities					2,094
Business Combination, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price					1,783
Total consideration, net of cash received					1,716
Cash received					$ 67

[1] Includes amounts recorded with respect to Sunoco Logistics.

[2] Includes ETP’s acquisition of Citrus.