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Business Segment Information (Details)

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Business Segment Information (Details)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2015
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Number of Reportable Segments | item     2    
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1] $ 66,059 $ 66,807 $ 202,453 $ 202,002  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2] 0 0 0 0  
Depreciation expense 21,638 16,189 59,561 48,962  
Income (loss) from operations (52,074) (61,164) (208,192) (171,169)  
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest (93,566) (46,884) (238,664) (130,943)  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3] (307,161) (102,829) (784,636) (505,708)  
Share-based compensation 27,451 24,655 114,107 90,972  
Goodwill 76,819 76,819 76,819 76,819 $ 76,819
Total assets 18,452,259 11,785,316 18,452,259 11,785,316 $ 12,573,683
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets 1,451,469 717,540 6,037,674 2,219,987  
LNG terminal business [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1] 67,212 66,983 203,324 200,243  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2] 233 607 827 2,113  
Depreciation expense 16,775 14,817 47,787 44,033  
Income (loss) from operations 27,072 (28,482) (15,324) (56,863)  
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest (67,589) (46,996) (169,899) (131,264)  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3] (196,693) (64,886) (507,751) (376,363)  
Share-based compensation 1,316 3,278 30,233 9,840  
Goodwill 76,819 76,819 76,819 76,819  
Total assets 16,784,317 10,847,861 16,784,317 10,847,861  
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets 1,429,808 695,159 5,964,244 2,164,596  
LNG and natural gas marketing business [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1] (1,557) (500) (1,601) 482  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2] 11,354 17,262 24,725 21,336  
Depreciation expense 320 103 764 364  
Income (loss) from operations (27,117) (6,652) (58,667) (33,153)  
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest (14) 0 (14) 0  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3] (27,665) (7,130) (59,871) (34,046)  
Share-based compensation 2,051 8,281 12,138 17,212  
Goodwill 0 0 0 0  
Total assets 552,752 65,536 552,752 65,536  
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets 403 486 2,517 1,271  
Corporate and other [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1],[4] 404 324 730 1,277  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2],[4] (11,587) (17,869) (25,552) (23,449)  
Depreciation expense [4] 4,543 1,269 11,010 4,565  
Income (loss) from operations [4] (52,029) (26,030) (134,201) (81,153)  
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest [4] (25,963) 112 (68,751) 321  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3],[4] (82,803) (30,813) (217,014) (95,299)  
Share-based compensation [4] 24,084 13,096 71,736 63,920  
Goodwill [4] 0 0 0 0  
Total assets [4] 1,115,190 871,919 1,115,190 871,919  
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets [4] $ 21,258 $ 21,895 $ 70,913 $ 54,120  
Cheniere Partners [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
General Partner Ownership Percentage     100.00%    
Cheniere Holdings [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 80.10%   80.10%   80.10%
Cheniere Holdings [Member] | Cheniere Partners [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Limited Partner ownership percentage     55.90%    
[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] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] 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.