Litigation, Environmental and Other Contingencies Environmental Matters (Details) (USD $)			240 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 1969 Rare Metals Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Kinder Morgan, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Kinder Morgan, Inc. [Member]	Aug. 06, 2013 Roosevelt Irrigation District v. Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. , U.S. District Court, Arizona [Member] Pending Litigation [Member] SFPP Phoenix Terminal [Member] Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member] KMEP and SFPP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Roosevelt Irrigation District v. Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. , U.S. District Court, Arizona [Member] Pending Litigation [Member] SFPP Phoenix Terminal [Member] Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member] KMEP and SFPP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Paulsboro, New Jersey Liquids Terminal [Member] Pending Litigation [Member] SFPP Phoenix Terminal [Member] GATX Terminals Corporation (n/k/a KMLT) [Member]	Aug. 31, 2007 United States District Court, Southern District of California, case number 07CV1883WCAB [Member] Pending Litigation [Member] Mission Valley Terminal Facility [Member] Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 United States District Court, Southern District of California, case number 07CV1883WCAB [Member] Pending Litigation [Member] Mission Valley Terminal Facility [Member] Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 PHMSA Inspection of Carteret Terminal [Member] Settled [Member] GATX Terminals Corporation (n/k/a KMLT) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Lower Passaic River Study Area [Member] Pending Litigation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2000 Portland Harbor Superfund Site, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon [Member] Environmental Protection Agency [Member] Allocation Process Negotiations and Awaiting Record of Decision [Member] GATX Terminals Corporation (n/k/a KMLT) [Member] Terminals	Sep. 30, 2014 Portland Harbor Superfund Site, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon [Member] Environmental Protection Agency [Member] Allocation Process Negotiations and Awaiting Record of Decision [Member] GATX Terminals Corporation (n/k/a KMLT) [Member] Parties Terminals	Jul. 24, 2013 Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Litigation [Member] Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East [Member] TGP and SNG [Member]	Nov. 08, 2013 Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (Docket No. 60-999) [Member] Parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana [Member] Bastian Bay, Buras, Empire and Fort Jackson oil and gas fields of Plaquemines Parish [Member] Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Notice of Alleged Violations [Member] Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection [Member] TGP's 300 Line Project [Member] Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Lower Passaic River Study Area [Member] Pending Litigation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Lower Passaic River Study Area [Member] Pending Litigation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Preferred alternative [Member] Lower Passaic River Study Area [Member] Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of Liquid Terminals													2	4
Number of Parties Involved In Site Cleanup Allocation Negotiations														90
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value							$ 175,000,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 170,000,000	$ 365,000,000							$ 1,500,000
Loss Contingency, Number of Defendants						26	70								100	17
Litigation, Environmental Settlement Amount, Percentage of Cost								50.00%
Number of Uranium Mines			20
Litigation Settlement, Expense											63,100
Environmental Remediation Expense																		365,000,000	3,200,000,000	1,700,000,000
Number of Parties at a Joint Defense Group												70
Number of Facilities												100
Accrual for environmental loss contingencies	347,000,000	378,000,000		183,000,000	208,000,000
Environmental recoveries receivable	$ 14,000,000	$ 14,000,000