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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Sep. 30, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, net $ 13,788,657 $ 13,788,657 $ 11,931,602
Property, plant and equipment, reduction for testing costs recovered 58,700 201,000  
LNG terminal costs [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Accumulated depreciation (497,097) (497,097) (411,907)
Property, plant and equipment, net 13,782,961 13,782,961 11,926,100
LNG terminal [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 7,976,532 7,976,532 2,478,036
LNG terminal construction-in-process [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 6,303,397 6,303,397 9,859,836
LNG site and related costs, net [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 129 129 135
Fixed assets [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Accumulated depreciation (7,116) (7,116) (5,317)
Property, plant and equipment, net 5,696 5,696 5,502
Computer and office equipment [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 1,451 1,451 1,126
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 1,667 1,667 1,375
Computer software [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 4,498 4,498 4,238
Machinery and equipment [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 1,973 1,973 1,906
Vehicles [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 3,124 3,124 2,081
Other [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 99 $ 99 $ 93