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Debt - Schedule of Debt Instruments (Details)

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Debt - Schedule of Debt Instruments (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Sep. 30, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-Term Debt, Net $ 30,949 $ 30,774
Current debt 338 0
Total Debt, Net 31,287 30,774
Long-term Debt [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Unamortized premium, discount and debt issuance costs, net (661) (692)
Current Debt [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Unamortized premium, discount and debt issuance costs, net (4) 0
CCH Working Capital Facility [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Current debt $ 141  
2021 Cheniere Convertible Unsecured Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 4.875%  
SPL [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Gross $ 13,650 13,650
Current debt $ 0 0
SPL [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 4.20%  
SPL [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 6.25%  
SPL [Member] | 2015 SPL Working Capital Facility [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 1,200  
Cheniere Partners [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Gross $ 4,100 4,100
Cheniere Partners [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 4.50%  
Cheniere Partners [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 5.625%  
CCH [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Gross $ 10,240 10,235
Current debt $ 249 0
CCH [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 3.52%  
CCH [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 7.00%  
CCH [Member] | CCH Working Capital Facility [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 1,200  
CCH Holdco II [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Gross $ 0 1,578
CCH Holdco II [Member] | 2025 CCH Holdco II Convertible Senior Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 11.00%  
Cheniere Marketing    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Current debt $ 0 0
Cheniere [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Gross 3,620 1,903
Current debt $ 93 $ 0
Cheniere [Member] | 2028 Cheniere Senior Secured Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [1] 4.625%  
[1] Proceeds of the 2028 Cheniere Senior Secured Notes, along with $100 million in available cash, were used to prepay approximately $2.1 billion of the outstanding indebtedness of the Cheniere Term Loan Facility, resulting in the recognition of debt extinguishment costs of $14 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The borrowings under the Cheniere Term Loan Facility, which was entered in June 2020 with available commitments of $2.62 billion and subsequently increased to $2.695 billion in July 2020, were used to (1) redeem the remaining outstanding principal amount of the 2025 CCH HoldCo II Convertible Senior Notes with cash at a price of $1,080 per $1,000 principal amount, (2) repurchase $844 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding 2021 Cheniere Convertible Unsecured Notes at individually negotiated prices from a small number of investors and (3) pay the related fees and expenses. The redemption of the 2025 CCH HoldCo II Convertible Senior Notes and the repurchase of the 2021 Cheniere Convertible Unsecured Notes resulted in the recognition of debt extinguishment costs of $149 million and a reduction in equity associated with reacquisition of the embedded conversion option of $10 million.