Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Business Segment Information (Details)

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Business Segment Information (Details)
$ in Thousands
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Dec. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2015
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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 $ 68,432 $ 66,059 $ 68,025 $ 68,369 $ 65,952 $ 66,807 $ 67,645 $ 67,550 $ 270,885 [1] $ 267,954 [1] $ 267,213 [1]
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2]                 0 0 0
Depreciation expense                 82,680 64,258 61,209
Loss from operations (241,121) $ (52,074) $ (95,874) $ (60,244) (101,010) $ (61,164) $ (62,200) $ (47,805) (449,313) (272,179) (328,328)
Interest expense, net                 (322,083) (181,236) (178,400)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3]                 (1,097,411) (687,734) (554,423)
Share-based compensation                 195,308 110,229 283,881
Goodwill 76,819       76,819       76,819 76,819 76,819
Total assets 19,019,589       12,573,683       19,019,589 12,573,683 9,673,237
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets                 7,084,099 2,847,815 3,232,271
Corporate and Other Consolidating Items [Member]                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1],[4]                 1,538 1,633 1,562
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2],[4]                 (31,598) (41,129) (48,032)
Depreciation expense [4]                 16,472 5,104 2,169
Loss from operations [4]                 (293,813) (169,396) (159,322)
Interest expense, net [4]                 (102,252) (3,836) 3,603
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3],[4]                 (413,846) (192,494) (154,838)
Share-based compensation [4]                 147,959 90,073 207,783
Goodwill [4] 0       0       0 0 0
Total assets [4] 897,251       1,425,611       897,251 1,425,611 947,115
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets [4]                 97,216 161,882 9,778
LNG terminal business [Member]                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1]                 269,281 267,606 265,409
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2]                 2,225 (779) 2,983
Depreciation expense                 65,137 58,883 58,099
Loss from operations                 (69,923) (89,790) (121,040)
Interest expense, net                 (219,831) (177,400) (182,003)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3]                 (596,432) (480,366) (350,734)
Share-based compensation                 32,948 14,129 29,805
Goodwill 76,819       76,819       76,819 76,819 76,819
Total assets 17,571,442       10,580,612       17,571,442 10,580,612 8,663,795
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets                 6,984,152 2,684,045 3,222,454
LNG and natural gas marketing business [Member]                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1]                 66 (1,285) 242
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2]                 29,373 41,908 45,049
Depreciation expense                 1,071 271 941
Loss from operations                 (85,577) (12,993) (47,966)
Interest expense, net                 0 0 0
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3]                 (87,133) (14,874) (48,851)
Share-based compensation                 14,401 6,027 46,293
Goodwill 0       0       0 0 0
Total assets $ 550,896       $ 567,460       550,896 567,460 62,327
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets                 $ 2,731 $ 1,888 $ 39
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% 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 and Chevron. 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.