Cheniere Energy, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments (Details)

Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 9,989,969,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	$ 6,585,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
Total long-term debt, net	9,806,084,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt	6,576,273,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Interest costs incurred	587,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred	414,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred	235,900,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred
Interest costs capitalized and deferred	405,800,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	233,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	35,100,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized
2016 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	1,665,500,000	1,665,500,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	(8,998,000)	(13,693,000)
2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	420,000,000	420,000,000
2021 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium	10,177,000	11,562,000
2022 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
2023 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	1,500,000,000	1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium	7,088,000	0
2024 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	2,000,000,000	0
2013 Liquefaction Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	0	100,000,000
2021 Convertible Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	1,004,469,000	0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	(189,717,000)	0
2017 Creole Trail Pipeline Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	400,000,000	400,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	$ (2,435,000)	$ (7,096,000)