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Non-Controlling Interest (Details) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | |||
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Nov. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |||||
| Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering | $ 228,781us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering | $ 665,001us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering | $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering | ||
| Proceeds from sale of common stock, net | 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock | 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock | 1,199,869us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock | ||
| Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC [Member] | |||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |||||
| Issuances of stock, shares |
10,100,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
36,000,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
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| Shares Issued, Price Per Share |
$ 20.00us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
$ 22.76us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
$ 20.00us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
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| Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering |
665,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
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| Proceeds from sale of common stock, net |
$ 229,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
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| Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares |
10,100,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
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| Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC [Member] | |||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |||||
| Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent |
80.10%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
84.50%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
84.50%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember |
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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The cash inflow from the additional capital contribution to the entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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