Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Non-Controlling Interest (Details)

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Non-Controlling Interest (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Nov. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
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
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
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering         665,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net       $ 229,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember
 
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares       10,100,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereEnergyPartnersLPHoldingsLLCMember
 
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