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Cash Distributions and Net Income (Loss) per Common Unit Schedule of Anticipated Beneficial Conversion Feature impact to Capital Accounts (Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2017
Common Units
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Dec. 31, 2016
Common Units
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Dec. 31, 2015
Common Units
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Dec. 31, 2014
Common Units
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Dec. 31, 2013
Common Units
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Dec. 31, 2017
Class B Unit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2016
Class B Unit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2015
Class B Unit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2014
Class B Unit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
Class B Unit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subordinated Units
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Dec. 31, 2016
Subordinated Units
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Dec. 31, 2015
Subordinated Units
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Dec. 31, 2014
Subordinated Units
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Dec. 31, 2013
Subordinated Units
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Sep. 30, 2013
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member]
Effective Yield Method [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2013
Blackstone CQP Holdco LP [Member]
Effective Yield Method [Member]
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| Amortization of Beneficial Conversion Feature of Class B Units | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ (538,538,000) | $ (32,023,000) | $ (241,000) | $ (2,000) | $ 0 | $ 1,815,883,000 | $ 107,979,000 | $ 813,000 | $ 6,000 | $ 0 | $ (1,277,345,000) | $ (75,955,000) | $ (572,000) | $ (4,000) | $ 0 | $ 9.431 | $ 9.580 |