Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Details)

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Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]                      
Revenues $ 65,952us-gaap_Revenues $ 66,807us-gaap_Revenues $ 67,645us-gaap_Revenues $ 67,550us-gaap_Revenues $ 66,420us-gaap_Revenues $ 67,710us-gaap_Revenues $ 67,177us-gaap_Revenues $ 65,906us-gaap_Revenues $ 267,954us-gaap_Revenues [1] $ 267,213us-gaap_Revenues [1] $ 266,220us-gaap_Revenues [1]
Loss from operations (102,463)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (61,358)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (62,135)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (47,612)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (79,379)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (45,876)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (136,278)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (67,454)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (273,568)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (328,986)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (75,832)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Net loss (184,022)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (104,800)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (280,710)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (122,345)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (147,747)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (122,483)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (163,904)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (124,629)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (691,877)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (558,763)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (345,641)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ (158,613)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (89,581)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (201,928)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (97,810)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (135,229)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (100,824)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (154,764)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (117,105)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (547,932)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (507,922)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (332,780)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders—basic and diluted $ (0.70)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.40)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.90)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.44)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.61)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.46)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.71)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (0.54)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted [2] $ (2.44)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (2.32)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (1.83)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
[1] 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.
[2] The sum of the quarterly net loss per share—basic and diluted may not equal the full year amount as the computations of the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted shares outstanding for each quarter and the full year are performed independently.