Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Jan. 01, 2019
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Right-of-use assets—Operating $ 439,000,000     $ 0
Operating Lease, Liability 425,000,000 [1]     2,329,000,000 [2]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current 0     30,000,000
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges $ 0 $ 0   $ 0
Number of reporting units | unit 1      
Goodwill Impairment $ 0      
Number of reportable segments | unit 1      
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Impairment expense related to property, plant and equipment   6,000,000    
Assets Used In Non-core Operations [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Impairment expense related to property, plant and equipment   $ 6,000,000    
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Asset Retirement Obligation $ 0      
Creole Trail Pipeline [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Asset Retirement Obligation 0      
Corpus Christi Pipeline [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Asset Retirement Obligation $ 0      
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Right-of-use assets—Operating     $ 550,000,000  
Operating Lease, Liability     $ 550,000,000  
Maximum [Member] | Sabine Pass LNG Terminal [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Property lease term 90 years      
SPL [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | SPA Customers [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
SPA, Term of Agreement 20 years      
Concentration Risk, Number of Significant Customers | customer 8      
CCL [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | SPA Customers [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
SPA, Term of Agreement 20 years      
Concentration Risk, Number of Significant Customers | customer 9      
SPLNG [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | TUA Customers [Member]        
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Concentration Risk, Number of Significant Customers | customer 2      
[1]
Does not include $2.0 billion of legally binding minimum lease payments primarily for vessel charters which were executed as of December 31, 2019 but will commence primarily between 2020 and 2022 and have fixed minimum lease terms of up to seven years.
[2] Includes certain lease option renewals that are reasonably assured and payments for certain non-lease components. Also includes $79 million in payments for short-term leases and $1.6 billion in payments for LNG vessel charters which were previously executed but will commence primarily between 2020 and 2021.