Basis of Financial Statements Basis (Details)	0 Months Ended
Feb. 14, 2014	Aug. 04, 2014 Limited Partner [Member] Subsidiaries [Member] Westlake Chemical Partners LP [Member] IPO [Member]
Number of units sold in public offering		12,937,500
Stock split conversion ratio	2

The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.F)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187171-122770

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph 16

-Subparagraph a, b

-Article 6

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