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Revenues from Contracts with Customers - Schedule of Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations (Details)

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Revenues from Contracts with Customers - Schedule of Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Billions
Mar. 31, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-01-01    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Unsatisfied Transaction Price   $ 57.4
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-01-01 | LNG [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Unsatisfied Transaction Price [1]   $ 55.0
Weighted Average Recognition Timing [1],[2]   10 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-01-01 | Regasification [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Unsatisfied Transaction Price   $ 2.4
Weighted Average Recognition Timing [2]   5 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-04-01    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Unsatisfied Transaction Price $ 56.5  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-04-01 | LNG [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Unsatisfied Transaction Price [1] $ 54.2  
Weighted Average Recognition Timing [1],[2] 10 years  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-04-01 | Regasification [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Unsatisfied Transaction Price $ 2.3  
Weighted Average Recognition Timing [2] 5 years  
[1]
Includes future consideration from agreement contractually assigned to SPL from Cheniere Marketing.
[2]
The weighted average recognition timing represents an estimate of the number of years during which we shall have recognized half of the unsatisfied transaction price.