Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
- Schedule 1—Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments (Details)

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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	$ 8,985,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	$ 6,585,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
Total long-term debt, net	8,991,333,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt	6,576,273,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Interest costs incurred	580,200,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred	414,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred	206,800,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred
Interest costs capitalized and deferred	403,200,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	233,000,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	35,100,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized
2016 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	1,665,500,000	1,665,500,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	(8,998,000)	(13,693,000)
2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	420,000,000	420,000,000
2021 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium	10,177,000	11,562,000
2022 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
2023 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	1,500,000,000	1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium	7,089,000	0
2024 Sabine Pass Liquefaction Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	2,000,000,000	0
2013 Liquefaction Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	0	100,000,000
2017 Creole Trail Pipeline Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Gross	400,000,000	400,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	$ (2,435,000)	$ (7,096,000)

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