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Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments (Details)

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Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments (Details) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]  
2015 $ 10,261,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent [1]
2016 10,340,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears [1]
2017 10,401,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears [1]
2018 2,988,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears [1]
2019 2,318,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears [1]
Thereafter 172,437,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter [1],[2]
Total 208,745,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue [1]
Tug Boat Lease Sharing Agreement [Member]  
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]  
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Future Minimum Sublease Rentals $ 24,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueFutureMinimumSubleaseRentals
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= cqp_TugBoatLeaseSharingAgreementMember
[1] Lease payments for Sabine Pass LNG’s tug boat lease represent its lease payment obligation and do not take into account the $24.4 million of sublease payments Sabine Pass LNG will receive from its customers that effectively offset these lease payment obligations, as discussed below.
[2] Includes certain lease option renewals as they are reasonably assured.