Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Long-Term Debt - Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes (Details)

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Long-Term Debt - Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes (Details) (Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member], USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Distributions to limited partner $ 70,800,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions $ 63,400,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributions  
2016 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 1,665,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		  1,665,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 7.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		   
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage 100.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		   
Percentage of debt principal additional for redemption 1.00%lng_Percentageofdebtprincipaladditionalforredemption
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Discount rate over Treasury Rate to calculate fair value ratio of redemption price 0.50%lng_DiscountrateoverTreasuryRatetocalculatefairvalueratioofredemptionprice
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		   
2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount $ 420,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		  $ 420,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= lng_A2020SeniorNotesMember
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 6.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= lng_A2020SeniorNotesMember
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		   
Debt redemption period from equity offering closing date 180 days    
2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member] | Period prior to November 1, 2015 [Member]
      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage 106.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage
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= lng_A2020SeniorNotesMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPeriodAxis
= us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPeriodOneMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember 		   
2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Period prior to November 1, 2015 [Member]
      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount that May Be Redeemed 35.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentageOfPrincipalAmountRedeemed
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember 		   
2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member] | Minimum [Member]
      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Original Principal Remaining Requirement of Redemption, Percentage 65.00%lng_DebtInstrumentOriginalPrincipalRemainingRequirementofRedemptionPercentage
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= lng_SabinePassLngLpMember
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember