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Business Segment Information (Details)

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Business Segment Information (Details)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2015
USD ($)
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Jun. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Number of Reportable Segments | item     2    
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1] $ 68,025 $ 67,645 $ 136,394 $ 135,195  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2] 0 0 0 0  
Depreciation expense 20,154 17,298 37,923 32,773  
Loss from operations (95,580) (62,135) (156,578) (109,747)  
Interest expense, net (85,486) (43,789) (145,098) (84,059)  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3] (142,309) (280,626) (477,475) (402,879)  
Share-based compensation 68,665 28,619 86,655 66,317  
Goodwill 76,819 76,819 76,819 76,819 $ 76,819
Total assets 17,759,502 11,859,295 17,759,502 11,859,295 $ 12,573,683
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets 3,966,465 816,444 4,586,205 1,502,447  
LNG terminal business [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1] 68,532 66,841 136,112 133,260  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2] 491 734 594 1,506  
Depreciation expense 16,071 14,810 31,012 29,216  
Loss from operations (17,767) (20,607) (42,856) (28,123)  
Interest expense, net (59,465) (43,895) (102,310) (84,268)  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3] (33,403) (234,123) (311,058) (311,477)  
Share-based compensation 25,778 3,512 28,917 6,562  
Goodwill 76,819 76,819 76,819 76,819  
Total assets 15,964,158 10,861,606 15,964,158 10,861,606  
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets 3,944,191 809,658 4,534,436 1,469,437  
LNG and natural gas marketing business [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1] (706) 324 (44) 982  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2] 6,354 1,900 13,371 4,074  
Depreciation expense 244 109 444 261  
Loss from operations (26,367) (14,907) (31,550) (26,501)  
Interest expense, net 0 0 0 0  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3] (26,816) (15,189) (32,206) (26,916)  
Share-based compensation 6,052 2,421 10,087 8,931  
Goodwill 0 0 0 0  
Total assets 567,541 63,020 567,541 63,020  
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets 1,400 471 2,114 785  
Corporate and other [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (losses) from external customers [1],[4] 199 480 326 953  
Intersegment revenues (losses) [2],[4] (6,845) (2,634) (13,965) (5,580)  
Depreciation expense [4] 3,839 2,379 6,467 3,296  
Loss from operations [4] (51,446) (26,621) (82,172) (55,123)  
Interest expense, net [4] (26,021) 106 (42,788) 209  
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest [3],[4] (82,090) (31,314) (134,211) (64,486)  
Share-based compensation [4] 36,835 22,686 47,651 50,824  
Goodwill [4] 0 0 0 0  
Total assets [4] 1,227,803 934,669 1,227,803 934,669  
Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets [4] $ 20,874 $ 6,315 $ 49,655 $ 32,225  
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
General Partner Ownership Percentage     100.00%    
Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 80.10%   80.10%   80.10%
Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC [Member] | Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Limited Partner ownership percentage     55.90%    
[1] Substantially all of the LNG terminal revenues relate to regasification capacity reservation fee payments made by Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. LNG and natural gas marketing and trading revenue consists primarily of the domestic marketing of natural gas imported into the Sabine Pass LNG terminal.
[2] Intersegment revenues (losses) related to our LNG and natural gas marketing segment are primarily a result of international revenue allocations using a cost plus transfer pricing methodology. These LNG and natural gas marketing segment intersegment revenues (losses) are eliminated with intersegment revenues (losses) in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
[3] Items to reconcile loss from operations and loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest include consolidated other income (expense) amounts as presented on our Consolidated Statements of Operations primarily related to our LNG terminal segment.
[4] Includes corporate activities, business development, oil and gas exploration, development and exploitation, strategic activities and certain intercompany eliminations. These activities have been included in the corporate and other column due to the lack of a material impact that these activities have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.