Condensed Consolidating Financial Information, Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$ 70.3	$ 417.6	$ 34.9	$ 74.4
Accounts receivable - trade, net	4,358.4	3,329.5
Accounts receivable - related parties	1.8	1.1
Inventories	1,609.8	1,770.5
Derivative assets	153.4	541.4
Prepaid and other current assets	312.7	468.1
Total current assets	6,506.4	6,528.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	35,620.4	33,292.5	32,034.7
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	2,659.4	2,677.3	2,628.5
Intangible assets, net	3,690.3	3,864.1	4,037.2
Goodwill	5,745.2	5,745.2	5,745.2	4,300.2
Other assets	196.4	86.7
Total assets	54,418.1	52,194.0
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	2,855.0	2,576.8
Accounts payable - trade	801.7	397.7
Accounts payable - related parties	127.3	105.1
Accrued product payables	4,566.3	3,613.7
Accrued interest	358.0	340.8
Derivative liabilities	168.2	737.7
Other current liabilities	418.6	478.7
Total current liabilities	9,295.1	8,250.5
Long-term debt	21,713.7	21,120.9
Deferred tax liabilities	58.5	52.7
Other long-term liabilities	578.4	503.9
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	22,547.2	22,047.0
Noncontrolling interests	225.2	219.0
Total equity	22,772.4	22,266.0	20,501.1	19,692.2
Total liabilities and equity	54,418.1	52,194.0
Eliminations and Adjustments [Member]
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable - trade, net	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable - related parties	(1.3)	(1.1)
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Derivative assets	0.0	0.0
Prepaid and other current assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	(1.3)	(1.1)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	(22,881.5)	(22,317.1)
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	0.0	0.0
Total assets	(22,882.8)	(22,318.2)
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	0.0	0.0
Accounts payable - trade	0.0	0.0
Accounts payable - related parties	(1.3)	(1.1)
Accrued product payables	0.0	0.0
Accrued interest	0.0	0.0
Derivative liabilities	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	0.4	0.7
Total current liabilities	(0.9)	(0.4)
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Deferred tax liabilities	2.1	3.7
Other long-term liabilities	0.0	0.0
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	(22,853.1)	(22,291.8)
Noncontrolling interests	(30.9)	(29.7)
Total equity	(22,884.0)	(22,321.5)
Total liabilities and equity	(22,882.8)	(22,318.2)
Subsidiary Issuer (EPO) [Member]
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	65.2	366.2	14.4	18.7
Accounts receivable - trade, net	1,382.3	1,499.4
Accounts receivable - related parties	110.3	131.5
Inventories	1,038.9	1,357.5
Derivative assets	110.0	464.8
Prepaid and other current assets	136.3	290.7
Total current assets	2,843.0	4,110.1
Property, plant and equipment, net	5,622.6	4,796.5
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	41,616.6	39,995.5
Intangible assets, net	675.5	700.2
Goodwill	459.5	459.5
Other assets	296.4	222.6
Total assets	51,513.6	50,284.4
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	2,854.6	2,576.7
Accounts payable - trade	290.2	133.1
Accounts payable - related parties	1,320.3	1,071.5
Accrued product payables	1,825.9	1,944.5
Accrued interest	358.0	340.7
Derivative liabilities	115.2	590.3
Other current liabilities	108.9	173.5
Total current liabilities	6,873.1	6,830.3
Long-term debt	21,699.0	21,105.7
Deferred tax liabilities	6.7	5.0
Other long-term liabilities	60.4	13.5
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	22,874.4	22,329.9
Noncontrolling interests	0.0	0.0
Total equity	22,874.4	22,329.9
Total liabilities and equity	51,513.6	50,284.4
Other Subsidiaries (Non-guarantor) [Member]
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	31.5	58.9	71.1	70.4
Accounts receivable - trade, net	2,976.6	1,830.3
Accounts receivable - related parties	1,182.1	961.4
Inventories	572.3	413.5
Derivative assets	43.4	76.6
Prepaid and other current assets	189.0	191.1
Total current assets	4,994.9	3,531.8
Property, plant and equipment, net	29,996.3	28,495.7
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	4,298.0	4,227.9
Intangible assets, net	3,028.6	3,178.2
Goodwill	5,285.7	5,285.7
Other assets	110.0	41.0
Total assets	47,713.5	44,760.3
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	0.4	0.1
Accounts payable - trade	537.8	272.1
Accounts payable - related parties	112.0	139.6
Accrued product payables	2,741.7	1,670.3
Accrued interest	0.0	0.1
Derivative liabilities	53.0	147.4
Other current liabilities	320.1	316.5
Total current liabilities	3,765.0	2,546.1
Long-term debt	14.7	15.2
Deferred tax liabilities	50.2	45.1
Other long-term liabilities	396.5	400.6
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	43,412.0	41,675.3
Noncontrolling interests	75.1	78.0
Total equity	43,487.1	41,753.3
Total liabilities and equity	47,713.5	44,760.3
Consolidated EPO and Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	70.3	417.6	34.9	74.4
Accounts receivable - trade, net	4,358.4	3,329.5
Accounts receivable - related parties	3.1	2.2
Inventories	1,609.8	1,770.5
Derivative assets	153.4	541.4
Prepaid and other current assets	312.7	468.1
Total current assets	6,507.7	6,529.3
Property, plant and equipment, net	35,620.4	33,292.5
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	2,659.4	2,677.3
Intangible assets, net	3,690.3	3,864.1
Goodwill	5,745.2	5,745.2
Other assets	195.4	86.1
Total assets	54,418.4	52,194.5
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	2,855.0	2,576.8
Accounts payable - trade	801.6	397.7
Accounts payable - related parties	127.3	105.1
Accrued product payables	4,566.3	3,613.7
Accrued interest	358.0	340.8
Derivative liabilities	168.2	737.7
Other current liabilities	418.2	478.0
Total current liabilities	9,294.6	8,249.8
Long-term debt	21,713.7	21,120.9
Deferred tax liabilities	56.4	49.0
Other long-term liabilities	244.5	234.3
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	22,853.1	22,291.8
Noncontrolling interests	256.1	248.7
Total equity	23,109.2	22,540.5
Total liabilities and equity	54,418.4	52,194.5
Consolidated EPO and Subsidiaries [Member] | Eliminations and Adjustments [Member]
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(26.4)	(7.5)	(50.6)	(14.7)
Accounts receivable - trade, net	(0.5)	(0.2)
Accounts receivable - related parties	(1,289.3)	(1,090.7)
Inventories	(1.4)	(0.5)
Derivative assets	0.0	0.0
Prepaid and other current assets	(12.6)	(13.7)
Total current assets	(1,330.2)	(1,112.6)
Property, plant and equipment, net	1.5	0.3
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	(43,255.2)	(41,546.1)
Intangible assets, net	(13.8)	(14.3)
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	(211.0)	(177.5)
Total assets	(44,808.7)	(42,850.2)
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	0.0	0.0
Accounts payable - trade	(26.4)	(7.5)
Accounts payable - related parties	(1,305.0)	(1,106.0)
Accrued product payables	(1.3)	(1.1)
Accrued interest	0.0	0.0
Derivative liabilities	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	(10.8)	(12.0)
Total current liabilities	(1,343.5)	(1,126.6)
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Deferred tax liabilities	(0.5)	(1.1)
Other long-term liabilities	(212.4)	(179.8)
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	(43,433.3)	(41,713.4)
Noncontrolling interests	181.0	170.7
Total equity	(43,252.3)	(41,542.7)
Total liabilities and equity	(44,808.7)	(42,850.2)
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Guarantor) [Member]
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	0.0	0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Accounts receivable - trade, net	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable - related parties	0.0	0.0
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Derivative assets	0.0	0.0
Prepaid and other current assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	0.0	0.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	22,881.5	22,317.1
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	1.0	0.6
Total assets	22,882.5	22,317.7
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	0.0	0.0
Accounts payable - trade	0.1	0.0
Accounts payable - related parties	1.3	1.1
Accrued product payables	0.0	0.0
Accrued interest	0.0	0.0
Derivative liabilities	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Total current liabilities	1.4	1.1
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Deferred tax liabilities	0.0	0.0
Other long-term liabilities	333.9	269.6
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Partners' and other owners' equity	22,547.2	22,047.0
Noncontrolling interests	0.0	0.0
Total equity	22,547.2	22,047.0
Total liabilities and equity	$ 22,882.5	$ 22,317.7