Partnership Operations, Organization and Basis for Presentation (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited partners ownership interest	100.00%
EPCO and its privately held affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of Total Units Outstanding	32.00%

Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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