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Major Customers and Credit Risk (Details) (Shell Oil Company [Member], Supply And Logistics Revenues [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Shell Oil Company [Member] | Supply And Logistics Revenues [Member]
     
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, percentage 12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= gel_SupplyAndLogisticsRevenuesMember
/ gel_CustomersAxis
= gel_ShellOilCompanyMember
17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= gel_SupplyAndLogisticsRevenuesMember
/ gel_CustomersAxis
= gel_ShellOilCompanyMember
14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= gel_SupplyAndLogisticsRevenuesMember
/ gel_CustomersAxis
= gel_ShellOilCompanyMember