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Inventories (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Available-for-Sale Inventory by Product Type [Abstract]      
NGLs $ 490.8us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasLiquids   $ 579.1us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasLiquids
Petrochemicals and refined products 218.5epd_EnergyRelatedInventoryPetrochemicalsAndRefinedProducts   295.6epd_EnergyRelatedInventoryPetrochemicalsAndRefinedProducts
Crude oil 130.5epd_EnergyRelatedInventoryCrudeOil   97.8epd_EnergyRelatedInventoryCrudeOil
Natural gas 15.6epd_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGas   41.7epd_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGas
Total 855.4us-gaap_InventoryNet   1,014.2us-gaap_InventoryNet
Summary of cost of sales and lower of cost or market adjustments [Abstract]      
Cost of sales 5,678.1us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold [1] 11,052.7us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold [1]  
Lower of cost or market adjustments $ 3.5us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown $ 5.2us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown  
[1] Cost of sales is a component of "Operating costs and expenses" as presented on our Unaudited Condensed Statements of Consolidated Operations. Fluctuations in these amounts are primarily due to changes in energy commodity prices and sales volumes associated with our marketing activities.