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Schedule I—Condensed Financial Information of Registrant - Guarantees Footnote (Details)

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Schedule I—Condensed Financial Information of Registrant - Guarantees Footnote (Details) (Parent Company [Member], USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Cheniere Marketing, LLC [Member]
  
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]  
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted $ 0us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= lng_CheniereMarketingLlcMember
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value 0us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= lng_CheniereMarketingLlcMember
Sabine Pass Tug Services, LLC [Member]
  
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]  
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted $ 5,000,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= lng_SabinePassTugServicesLlcMember
Number Of Tug Boats 3lng_NumberOfTugBoats
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= lng_SabinePassTugServicesLlcMember
Number Of Tug Boat Agreement Term Renewals Available 2lng_NumberOfAvailableLeaseExtensions
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= lng_SabinePassTugServicesLlcMember
Term Of Available Extension 5 years