Amount Of Mdth Per Day Reserved Transportation Capacity - Off-Peak Months

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Amount Of Mdth Per Day Reserved Transportation Capacity - Peak Months

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The amount of operating income received by subsidiary from operations as outlined by the agreement.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Related Parties

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 946

-SubTopic 225

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-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.6-07.1(c))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 07

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Related-Party Transaction (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil and NGL income sharing (in millions)	$ 0.6	$ 2.5	$ 3.3
Questar Gas [Member] \| Revenues [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Revenue	76.3	74.0	74.1
Questar Gas [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	3.5	8.8	9.6
Questar Corp [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	48.4	49.3	47.4
Questar Corp [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	28.2	24.5	22.6
Questar Corp [Member] \| Interest Expense [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	0.5	0.6	0.3
Questar Corp [Member] \| Interest Expense [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense			0.1
Questar Corp [Member] \| Interest Income [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Revenue	0.2	0.1	0.1
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Rent Expense [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense		0.4	1.1
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Rent Expense [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense		0.3	0.9
Questar And Other Affiliates [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	6.7	13.6	14.0
Questar And Other Affiliates [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Questar Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	4.9
Questar Pipeline [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount of Mdth per day reserved transportation capacity on Questar Pipeline - peak months	916
Amount of Mdth per day reserved transportation capacity on Questar Pipeline - off-peak months	841
Questar Pipeline [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	3.7
Questar Pipeline [Member] \| Transportation Storage And Processing Expense [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	73.0	73.6	73.7
Wexpro [Member] \| Revenues [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil and NGL income sharing (in millions)	0.6	2.5	3.3
Wexpro [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member] \| Questar Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Expense	$ 294.6	$ 274.0	$ 253.4