Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Current report filing

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Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Related Party Transactions (Details)

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Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
LNG revenues—affiliate	$ 1,389	$ 294	$ 0
Other revenues—affiliate	0	4	4
Cost of sales—affiliate	0	2	0
Operating and maintenance expense—affiliate	100	52	29
Development expense—affiliate	0	0	1
General and administrative expense—affiliate	80	90	122
Cheniere Marketing SPA and Cheniere Marketing Master SPA [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
LNG revenues—affiliate	1,389	294	0
Contracts for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas and LNG [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other revenues—affiliate	0	1	1
Operating and maintenance expense—affiliate	0	1	1
Terminal Marine Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other revenues—affiliate	0	3	3
Fees Under the Pre-commercial LNG Marketing Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cost of sales—affiliate	0	2	0
Service Agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating and maintenance expense—affiliate	94	51	28
Development expense—affiliate	0	0	1
General and administrative expense—affiliate	80	90	122
Other Agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating and maintenance expense—affiliate	$ 6	$ 0	$ 0

- Definition

The aggregate costs between subsidiaries of a common parent incurred in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process.

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Direct costs arising from transactions with related parties who are not affiliates or joint Ventures. These costs are categorized as cost of goods sold.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
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