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

Long-Term Debt - 2012 Liquefaction Credit Facility (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	May 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Write-off of debt issuance costs	$ 114,335,000	$ 131,576,000	$ 57,685,000
Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] \| 2012 Liquefaction Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis	LIBOR
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Lines of Credit				(100,000,000)
Line of Credit Facility, Increase (Decrease), Net					(1,400,000,000)
Write-off of debt issuance costs		88,300,000
Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] \| 2012 Liquefaction Credit Facility [Member] \| Construction [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	3.50%
Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] \| 2012 Liquefaction Credit Facility [Member] \| Operations [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	3.75%
Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] \| 2021 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Increase (Decrease), Net					$ 500,000,000
Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| 2012 Liquefaction Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Percentage of Debt Hedged by Interest Rate Derivatives	75.00%