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Related Party Transactions - LNG Terminal Capacity Agreements (Details) (USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
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| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||
| Revenues—affiliate | $ 812,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties | $ 772,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties |
| Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] | Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] | LNG Terminal Capacity Agreements [Member] | ||
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| Regasification capacity, in Bcf/d |
2.0lng_RegasificationCapacity / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LngTerminalCapacityAgreementsMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_SabinePassLngLpMember |
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| Related Party Transaction, Committed Annual Fee |
250,000,000lng_RelatedPartyTransactionCommittedAnnualFee / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LngTerminalCapacityAgreementsMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_SabinePassLngLpMember |
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| Related Party Agreement Term | 20 years | |
| Terminal Use Agreement Maintenance Expense (Credit) |
17,800,000lng_TerminalUseAgreementMaintenanceExpenseIncludingAffiliate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LngTerminalCapacityAgreementsMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_SabinePassLngLpMember |
(200,000)lng_TerminalUseAgreementMaintenanceExpenseIncludingAffiliate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LngTerminalCapacityAgreementsMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_SabinePassLngLpMember |
| Cheniere Marketing, LLC [Member] | Cheniere Energy Investments, LLC [Member] | LNG Terminal Capacity Agreements [Member] | ||
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| Proceeds (Payments) of Gross Margin Earned, Percentage |
80.00%lng_ProceedsPaymentsOfGrossMarginEarnedPercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereMarketingLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LngTerminalCapacityAgreementsMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember |
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| Revenues—affiliate |
$ 0us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereMarketingLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LngTerminalCapacityAgreementsMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember |
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| Cheniere Marketing, LLC [Member] | Sabine Pass Liquefaction [Member] | LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement [Member] | ||
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| Incremental LNG Volume, Purchase Price Percentage of Henry Hub |
115.00%lng_IncrementalLngVolumePurchasePricePercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereMarketingLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LNGSaleandPurchaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember |
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| Incremental LNG Volume, Purchase Price Per MMBtu |
3.00lng_IncrementalLngVolumePurchasePricePerMmbtu / dei_LegalEntityAxis = lng_CheniereMarketingLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = lng_LNGSaleandPurchaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = lng_SabinePassLiquefactionMember |
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Incremental LNG Volume, Purchase Price Percentage No definition available.
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Incremental LNG Volume, Purchase Price Per MMBtu No definition available.
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Proceeds (Payments) of Gross Margin Earned, Percentage No definition available.
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Regasification capacity No definition available.
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Terminal Use Agreement Maintenance Expense Including Affiliate No definition available.
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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. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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