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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)

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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
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Sep. 30, 2020
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Sep. 30, 2021
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Sep. 30, 2020
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Operating and maintenance expense $ 350,000,000 $ 317,000,000 $ 1,057,000,000 $ 988,000,000  
Cost of sales (excluding items shown separately below) 4,868,000,000 768,000,000 8,408,000,000 2,295,000,000  
Accrued liabilities 1,787,000,000   1,787,000,000   $ 1,175,000,000
Revenues 3,200,000,000 1,460,000,000 9,307,000,000 6,571,000,000  
Accounts and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses 983,000,000   983,000,000   $ 647,000,000
Other [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Revenues $ 54,000,000 20,000,000 $ 115,000,000 133,000,000  
SPL [Member] | Natural Gas Supply Agreement [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Related Party Agreement Term     5 years    
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | tbtu 99   99   91
Derivative Assets (Liabilities), at Fair Value, Net $ 0   $ 0   $ 0
CCL [Member] | Natural Gas Supply Agreement [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Cost of sales (excluding items shown separately below) 53,000,000 29,000,000 124,000,000 77,000,000  
Accrued liabilities 19,000,000   $ 19,000,000   13,000,000
CCL [Member] | Natural Gas Transportation and Storage Agreements [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Related Party Agreement Term     10 years    
Operating and maintenance expense 2,000,000 2,000,000 $ 7,000,000 4,000,000  
Accrued liabilities 1,000,000   1,000,000    
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC and Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline LP [Member] | Natural Gas Transportation and Storage Agreements [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Operating and maintenance expense 12,000,000   34,000,000    
Cost of sales (excluding items shown separately below) 0   1,000,000    
Accrued liabilities 5,000,000   $ 5,000,000   4,000,000
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC and Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline LP [Member] | Natural Gas Transportation and Storage Agreements [Member] | Maximum [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Related Party Agreement Term     10 years    
Cheniere LNG O&M Services, LLC [Member] | Operation and Maintenance Agreement [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Accounts and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses 1,000,000   $ 1,000,000   $ 2,000,000
Cheniere LNG O&M Services, LLC [Member] | Operation and Maintenance Agreement [Member] | Other [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Revenues $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 5,000,000 $ 8,000,000