Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross		$ 50,897.2	$ 46,545.2
Less accumulated depreciation		12,159.6	10,924.8
Property, plant and equipment, net		38,737.6	35,620.4	$ 33,292.5
Summary of depreciation expense and capitalized interest [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	[1]	1,436.2	1,296.1	1,215.7
Capitalized interest	[2]	147.9	192.1	168.2
Asset Retirement Obligations [Roll Forward]
ARO liability beginning balance		86.7	85.4	58.5
Liabilities incurred		24.4	4.7	4.2
Liabilities settled		(2.5)	(2.2)	(5.7)
Revisions in estimated cash flows		11.5	(6.7)	24.6
Accretion expense		6.2	5.5	3.8
ARO liability ending balance		126.3	86.7	$ 85.4
Capitalized costs, asset retirement costs		72.5	39.9
Forecasted accretion expense [Abstract]
2019		8.1
2020		8.6
2021		9.0
2022		9.6
2023		10.3
Plants, pipelines and facilities [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	[3]	$ 42,371.0	37,132.2
Plants, pipelines and facilities [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[3],[4]	3 years
Plants, pipelines and facilities [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[3],[4]	45 years
Underground and other storage facilities [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	[5]	$ 3,624.2	3,460.9
Underground and other storage facilities [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[5],[6]	5 years
Underground and other storage facilities [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[5],[6]	40 years
Transportation equipment [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	[7]	$ 187.1	177.1
Transportation equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[7]	3 years
Transportation equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[7]	10 years
Marine vessels [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	[8]	$ 828.6	803.8
Marine vessels [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[8]	15 years
Marine vessels [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life	[8]	30 years
Land [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross		$ 359.5	273.1
Construction in progress [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment, gross		$ 3,526.8	$ 4,698.1
Processing plants [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		20 years
Processing plants [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		35 years
Pipelines and related equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		5 years
Pipelines and related equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		45 years
Terminal facilities [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		10 years
Terminal facilities [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		35 years
Buildings [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		20 years
Buildings [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		40 years
Office furniture and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		3 years
Office furniture and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		20 years
Laboratory and shop equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		5 years
Laboratory and shop equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		35 years
Underground storage facilities [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		5 years
Underground storage facilities [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		35 years
Storage tanks [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		10 years
Storage tanks [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		40 years
Water wells [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		5 years
Water wells [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation [Abstract]
Estimated useful life		35 years

[1] Depreciation expense is a component of "Costs and expenses" as presented on our Statements of Consolidated Operations.

[2] Capitalized interest is a component of "Interest expense" as presented on our Statements of Consolidated Operations.

[3] Plants, pipelines and facilities include processing plants; NGL, natural gas, crude oil and petrochemical and refined products pipelines; terminal loading and unloading facilities; buildings; office furniture and equipment; laboratory and shop equipment and related assets. We placed a number of growth projects into service since December 31, 2017 including a propane dehydrogenation facility at our Mont Belvieu complex, the first two processing trains at our Orla natural gas processing facility, and a ninth NGL fractionator in Chambers County, Texas at our Mont Belvieu NGL fractionation complex.

[4] In general, the estimated useful lives of major assets within this category are: processing plants, 20-35 years; pipelines and related equipment, 5-45 years; terminal facilities, 10-35 years; buildings, 20-40 years; office furniture and equipment, 3-20 years; and laboratory and shop equipment, 5-35 years.

[5] Underground and other storage facilities include underground product storage caverns; above ground storage tanks; water wells and related assets.

[6] In general, the estimated useful lives of assets within this category are: underground storage facilities, 5-35 years; storage tanks, 10-40 years; and water wells, 5-35 years.

[7] Transportation equipment includes tractor-trailer tank trucks and other vehicles and similar assets used in our operations.

[8] Marine vessels include tow boats, barges and related equipment used in our marine transportation business.