Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Business Segment Information (Notes)

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Business Segment Information (Notes)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business Segment Information
BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
  
We have two reportable segments: LNG terminal reporting segment and LNG and natural gas marketing reporting segment. We determine our reportable segments by identifying each segment that engaged in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, had operating results regularly reviewed by the entities’ chief operating decision maker for purposes of resource allocation and performance assessment, and had discrete financial information. Substantially all of our revenues from external customers and long-lived assets are attributed to or located in the United States.

Our LNG terminal reporting segment consists of the Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG terminals. We own and operate the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located on the Sabine Pass shipping channel in Louisiana through our ownership interest in and management agreements with Cheniere Partners. We own 100% of the general partner interest in Cheniere Partners and 80.1% of the common shares of Cheniere Holdings, which owns a 55.9% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners. We are also developing a natural gas liquefaction facility near Corpus Christi, Texas.
 
Our LNG and natural gas marketing reporting segment consists of Cheniere Marketing, LLC (“Cheniere Marketing”) marketing LNG and natural gas on its own behalf and assisting Cheniere Investments in an effort to utilize the regasification capacity held at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal. Cheniere Marketing is developing a platform for LNG sales to international markets with professional staff based in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and Chile.

The following table summarizes revenues (losses), loss from operations and total assets for each of our reporting segments (in thousands): 
 
Segments
 
LNG Terminal
 
LNG & Natural Gas Marketing
 
Corporate and Other (1)
 
Total
Consolidation
As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 

Revenues (losses) from external customers (2)
$
267,606

 
$
(1,285
)
 
$
1,633

 
$
267,954

Intersegment revenues (losses) (3) (4)
(779
)
 
41,908

 
(41,129
)
 
—

Depreciation expense
58,883

 
271

 
5,104

 
64,258

Loss from operations
(91,179
)
 
(12,993
)
 
(169,396
)
 
(273,568
)
Interest expense, net
(177,400
)
 
—

 
(3,836
)
 
(181,236
)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest (5)
(480,366
)
 
(14,874
)
 
(192,494
)
 
(687,734
)
Share-based compensation
14,129

 
6,027

 
90,073

 
110,229

Goodwill
76,819

 
—

 
—

 
76,819

Total assets
10,580,612

 
567,460

 
1,425,611

 
12,573,683

Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets
2,684,045

 
1,888

 
161,882

 
2,847,815

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues from external customers (2)
$
265,409

 
$
242

 
$
1,562

 
$
267,213

Intersegment revenues (losses) (3) (4)
2,983

 
45,049

 
(48,032
)
 
—

Depreciation expense
58,099

 
941

 
2,169

 
61,209

Loss from operations
(121,698
)
 
(47,966
)
 
(159,322
)
 
(328,986
)
Interest expense, net
(182,003
)
 
—

 
3,603

 
(178,400
)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest (5)
(350,734
)
 
(48,851
)
 
(154,838
)
 
(554,423
)
Share-based compensation
29,805

 
46,293

 
207,783

 
283,881

Goodwill
76,819

 
—

 
—

 
76,819

Total assets
8,663,795

 
62,327

 
947,115

 
9,673,237

Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets
3,222,454

 
39

 
9,778

 
3,232,271

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 2012
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Revenues (losses) from external customers (2)
$
265,900

 
$
(1,172
)
 
$
1,492

 
$
266,220

Intersegment revenues (losses) (3) (4)
8,137

 
5,354

 
(13,491
)
 
—

Depreciation expense
62,547

 
2,067

 
1,793

 
66,407

Income (loss) from operations
5,176

 
(35,988
)
 
(45,020
)
 
(75,832
)
Interest expense, net
(218,143
)
 
12

 
17,320

 
(200,811
)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest (5)
(255,000
)
 
(36,022
)
 
(54,615
)
 
(345,637
)
Share-based compensation
7,539

 
11,485

 
42,023

 
61,047

Goodwill
76,819

 
—

 
—

 
76,819

Total assets
4,411,396

 
62,797

 
164,892

 
4,639,085

Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets
1,233,577

 
(374
)
 
1,512

 
1,234,715

 
(1)
Includes corporate activities, business development, oil and gas exploration, development and exploitation, strategic activities and certain intercompany eliminations. These activities have been included in the corporate and other column due to the lack of a material impact that these activities have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2)
Substantially all of the LNG terminal revenues relate to regasification capacity reservation fee payments made by Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. LNG and natural gas marketing and trading revenue consists primarily of the domestic marketing of natural gas imported into the Sabine Pass LNG terminal.
(3)
Intersegment revenues primarily related to our LNG terminal segment are from tug revenues from Cheniere Marketing. These LNG terminal segment intersegment revenues are eliminated with intersegment losses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(4)
Intersegment revenues (losses) related to our LNG and natural gas marketing segment are primarily a result of international revenue allocations using a cost plus transfer pricing methodology and from Cheniere Marketing’s tug costs. These LNG and natural gas marketing segment intersegment revenues (losses) are eliminated with intersegment revenues (losses) in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(5)
Items to reconcile loss from operations and loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest include consolidated other income (expense) amounts as presented on our Consolidated Statements of Operations primarily related to our LNG terminal segment.