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Incentive Distribution Rights, Threshold Distribution Per Unit

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Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Units

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Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Units

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Amount of equity impact of cash distribution declared to unit-holder of limited partnership (LP).

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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

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EQGP Holdings, LP (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				9 Months Ended
	Nov. 14, 2018	Oct. 23, 2018	May 22, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
General Partner Common
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Incentive distribution rights distributed in respect of each common unit and general partner unit (in dollars per share)				$ 0.5250
Affiliated Entity \| Limited Partner Common
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of common units (in shares)				276,008,766
EQGP
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of all incremental cash distributed (up to)				48.00%
EQGP \| Subsequent Event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Cash distribution declared (in dollars per share)		$ 0.315
Cash distribution declared		$ 95.3
EQGP \| General Partner
Class of Stock [Line Items]
General partner interest				1.20%
EQGP \| Affiliated Entity \| Limited Partner Common
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of common units (in shares)				21,811,643
EQGP \| Affiliated Entity \| General Partner
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of general partner units (in shares)				1,443,015
IDR Transaction \| EQGP
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares)			36,293,766
EQGP \| Affiliated Entity \| Limited Partner Common
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited partner interest				91.30%
EQM \| EQGP \| Affiliated Entity \| Limited Partner Common
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited partner interest				17.90%
Scenario, Forecast \| EQGP
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Cash distributions paid	$ 87.0