Schedule I—Condensed Financial Information of Registrant - Guarantees Footnote (Details) - Parent Company [Member] |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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lease_extension
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| Cheniere Marketing [Member] | |
| Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] | |
| Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value | $ 0 |
| Tug Services [Member] | |
| Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] | |
| Number Of Tug Boats | item | 4 |
| Initial Term of Lease | 10 years |
| Number Of Available Lease Extensions | lease_extension | 2 |
| Term of of Available Extension | 5 years |
| Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted | $ 5,000,000 |
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- Definition Number of available lease extensions No definition available.
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- Definition Number Of Tug Boats No definition available.
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. No definition available.
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- Definition Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. No definition available.
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