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Long-Term Debt - Sabine Pass Liquefaction LC Agreement (Details)

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Long-Term Debt - Sabine Pass Liquefaction LC Agreement (Details) (Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member], Sabine Pass Liquefaction LC Agreement [Member], USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement $ 325,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Letter of Credit, Interest Rate 2.00%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount 9,500,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
Letters of Credit, Drawn Amount $ 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Unissued Portion [Member]
 
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Letter of Credit, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.75%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember
/ lng_LetterOfCreditAxis
= lng_UnissuedPortionMember
Undrawn Portion [Member]
 
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Letter of Credit, Commitment Fee Percentage 2.50%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember
/ lng_LetterOfCreditAxis
= lng_PortionissuedandnotdrawnMember