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Business Segment Information (Notes)

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Business Segment Information (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business Segment Information
BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
  
We have two reportable segments: LNG terminal segment and LNG and natural gas marketing segment. We determine our reportable segments by identifying each segment that engaged in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, had operating results regularly reviewed by the entities’ chief operating decision maker for purposes of resource allocation and performance assessment, and had discrete financial information. Substantially all of our revenues from external customers and long-lived assets are attributed to or located in the United States.

Our LNG terminal segment consists of the Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG terminals. We own and operate the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located on the Sabine Pass shipping channel in Louisiana through our ownership interest in and management agreements with Cheniere Partners. We own 100% of the general partner interest in Cheniere Partners and 80.1% of the common shares of Cheniere Holdings, which owns a 55.9% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners. We are also developing a natural gas liquefaction facility near Corpus Christi, Texas.
 
Our LNG and natural gas marketing segment consists of LNG and natural gas marketing activities by Cheniere Marketing. Cheniere Marketing is developing a platform for LNG sales to international markets with professional staff based in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and Chile.

The following table summarizes revenues (losses), loss from operations and total assets for each of our reporting segments (in thousands): 
 
Segments
 
LNG Terminal
 
LNG & Natural Gas Marketing
 
Corporate and Other (1)
 
Total
Consolidation
As of or for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 

Revenues from external customers (2)
$
67,580

 
$
662

 
$
127

 
$
68,369

Intersegment revenues (losses) (3)
103

 
7,017

 
(7,120
)
 

Depreciation expense
14,941

 
200

 
2,628

 
17,769

Loss from operations
(25,089
)
 
(5,183
)
 
(30,726
)
 
(60,998
)
Interest expense, net
(42,845
)
 

 
(16,767
)
 
(59,612
)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest (4)
(277,655
)
 
(5,390
)
 
(52,121
)
 
(335,166
)
Share-based compensation
3,197

 
4,035

 
10,759

 
17,991

Goodwill
76,819

 

 

 
76,819

Total assets
12,481,669

 
570,287

 
1,871,091

 
14,923,047

Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets
590,245

 
714

 
28,781

 
619,740

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

As of or for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues from external customers (2)
$
67,119

 
$
658

 
$
(227
)
 
$
67,550

Intersegment revenues (losses) (3)
72

 
2,174

 
(2,246
)
 

Depreciation expense
14,406

 
152

 
917

 
15,475

Loss from operations
(7,516
)
 
(11,594
)
 
(28,502
)
 
(47,612
)
Interest expense, net
(40,373
)
 

 
103

 
(40,270
)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest (4)
(77,354
)
 
(11,727
)
 
(33,172
)
 
(122,253
)
Share-based compensation
3,050

 
6,510

 
28,138

 
37,698

Goodwill
76,819

 

 

 
76,819

Total assets
8,520,986

 
62,955

 
940,675

 
9,524,616

Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets
659,779

 
314

 
25,911

 
686,004

 
(1)
Includes corporate activities, business development, oil and gas exploration, development and exploitation, strategic activities and certain intercompany eliminations. These activities have been included in the corporate and other column due to the lack of a material impact that these activities have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2)
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.
(3)
Intersegment revenues (losses) related to our LNG and natural gas marketing segment are primarily a result of international revenue allocations using a cost plus transfer pricing methodology. These LNG and natural gas marketing segment intersegment revenues (losses) are eliminated with intersegment revenues (losses) in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(4)
Items to reconcile loss from operations and loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest include consolidated other income (expense) amounts as presented on our Consolidated Statements of Operations primarily related to our LNG terminal segment.