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Long-Term Debt - 2017 CTPL Term Loan (Details)

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Long-Term Debt - 2017 CTPL Term Loan (Details) (2017 CTPL Term Loan [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
May 31, 2013
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Direct lender fees recorded as debt discount $ 2,184,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount $ 2,435,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount  
Creole Trail Pipeline LP [Member]      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Direct lender fees recorded as debt discount     10,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lng_CreoleTrailPipelineCreditFacilityMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereCreoleTrailPipelineLpMember
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 400,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lng_CreoleTrailPipelineCreditFacilityMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereCreoleTrailPipelineLpMember
  $ 400,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lng_CreoleTrailPipelineCreditFacilityMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereCreoleTrailPipelineLpMember
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis LIBOR    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate 3.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= lng_CreoleTrailPipelineCreditFacilityMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_CheniereCreoleTrailPipelineLpMember