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Debt - Credit Facilities Table (Details)

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Debt - Credit Facilities Table (Details)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
unit
Rate
Dec. 31, 2020
USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Outstanding balance - current $ 250 $ 140
Quarterly Non-Consolidated Leverage Ratio Covenant, Maximum | unit 5.50  
Debt Instrument, Liquidity Covenant Threshold, Sum Of Outstanding Loans And Unreimbursed Letters Of Credit, Percentage of Commitments, Minimum 35.00%  
2020 SPL Working Capital Facility [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Original facility size [1] $ 1,200  
Incremental commitments [1] 0  
Outstanding balance [1] 0  
Commitments prepaid or terminated [1] 0  
Letters of credit issued [1] 395  
Available commitment [1] $ 805  
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.20%  
Maturity date Mar. 19, 2025  
2020 SPL Working Capital Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 1.125%  
2020 SPL Working Capital Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 1.75%  
2020 SPL Working Capital Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 0.125%  
2020 SPL Working Capital Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 0.75%  
2019 CQP Credit Facilities [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Original facility size [2] $ 1,500  
Incremental commitments [2] 0  
Outstanding balance [2] 0  
Commitments prepaid or terminated [2] 750  
Letters of credit issued [2] 0  
Available commitment [2] $ 750  
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.49%  
Maturity date May 29, 2024  
2019 CQP Credit Facilities [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 1.25%  
2019 CQP Credit Facilities [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 2.125%  
2019 CQP Credit Facilities [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 0.25%  
2019 CQP Credit Facilities [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate 1.125%  
CCH Credit Facility [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Original facility size [3] $ 8,404  
Incremental commitments [3] 1,566  
Outstanding balance [3] 1,729  
Commitments prepaid or terminated [3] 8,241  
Letters of credit issued [3] 0  
Available commitment [3] $ 0  
Weighted average interest rate on current debt 1.85%  
Maturity date Jun. 30, 2024  
CCH Credit Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 1.75%  
CCH Credit Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 0.75%  
CCH Working Capital Facility [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Original facility size [5] $ 350  
Incremental commitments [5] 850  
Outstanding balance - current [5] 250  
Commitments prepaid or terminated [5] 0  
Letters of credit issued [5] 361  
Available commitment [5] $ 589  
Weighted average interest rate on current debt 3.50%  
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.50%  
Maturity date Jun. 29, 2023  
CCH Working Capital Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 1.25%  
CCH Working Capital Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 1.75%  
CCH Working Capital Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 0.25%  
CCH Working Capital Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 0.75%  
Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Original facility size [6] $ 750  
Incremental commitments [6] 500  
Outstanding balance [6] 0  
Commitments prepaid or terminated [6] 0  
Letters of credit issued [6] 0  
Available commitment [6] $ 1,250  
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.25%  
Maturity date Oct. 28, 2026  
Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 1.25%  
Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 2.375%  
Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 0.25%  
Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | Rate [4] 1.375%  
[1] The obligations of SPL under the 2020 SPL Working Capital Facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of SPL as well as a pledge of all of the membership interests in SPL and certain future subsidiaries of SPL on a pari passu basis by a first priority lien with the SPL Senior Secured Notes. The 2020 SPL Working Capital Facility contains customary conditions precedent for extensions
[2] See CQP Senior Notes section above for discussion of the rights and privileges of the 2019 CQP Credit Facilities.
[3] The obligations of CCH under the CCH Credit Facility are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the assets of CCH and its subsidiaries and by a pledge by Cheniere CCH Holdco I of its limited liability company interests in CCH.
[4] These facilities were amended in 2021 to establish a SOFR-indexed replacement rate for LIBOR.
[5] The obligations of CCH under the CCH Working Capital Facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of CCH and the CCH Guarantors as well as all of the membership interests in CCH and each of the CCH Guarantors on a pari passu basis with the CCH Senior Secured Notes and the CCH Credit Facility.
[6] The Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility is secured by a first priority security interest (subject to permitted liens and other customary exceptions) in substantially all of our assets, including our interests in our direct subsidiaries (other than certain excluded subsidiaries). The Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility contains a financial covenant requiring us to maintain a non-consolidated leverage ratio not to exceed 5.50:1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter if (i) as of the last day of such fiscal quarter the aggregate principal amount of outstanding loans plus drawn and unreimbursed letters of credit is greater than 35% of the aggregate commitments under the Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility (a “Covenant Trigger Event”) or (ii) a Covenant Trigger Event had occurred and been continuing as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter and as of the last day of such ending fiscal quarter such Covenant Trigger Event had not ceased for a period of at least thirty consecutive days.