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Organization and Nature of Operations (Details) (USD $)
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9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||||||||
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Sep. 30, 2013
Class B Unit [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2013
Creole Trail Pipeline Business [Domain]
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Sep. 30, 2012
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2013
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2013
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
Class B Unit [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2013
Class B Unit [Member]
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2013
Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member]
bcf
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Sep. 30, 2013
Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member]
trains
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Sep. 30, 2013
Maximum [Member]
Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member]
m3
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| Organization and nature of operations [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
| Storage Capacity | 16.9 | |||||||||||||
| Regasification capacity | 4.0 | |||||||||||||
| Volume of Vessel | 265,000 | |||||||||||||
| Number of Liquefaction LNG Trains | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Train nominal capacity | 4,500,000.0 | |||||||||||||
| Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price | $ 480,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Reimbursement of costs incurred prior to acquisition closing date | 13,900,000 | |||||||||||||
| Sale of common and general partner units | 375,897,000 | 0 | 12,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Price Per Common Unit | $ 15 | |||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale Of Class B Units | 0 | 1,387,560,000 | [1] | 0 | 180,000,000 | |||||||||
| Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid | $ 313,900,000 | |||||||||||||
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