Related Party Transactions - LNG Lease Agreement (Details) (Cheniere Energy Investments, LLC [Member], Cheniere Marketing, LLC [Member], LNG Lease Agreement [Member], USD $)
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12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |||
LNG inventory related party | $ 0cqp_LngInventoryRelatedParty | $ 130,000cqp_LngInventoryRelatedParty | |
Liquefied Natural Gas Inventory, in MMBtu | 41,000cqp_LiquefiedNaturalGasInventory | ||
LNG Inventory Derivatives [Member]
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Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |||
LNG Inventory Derivative assets |
0us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = cqp_LngInventoryDerivativesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cqp_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = cqp_LngLeaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cqp_CheniereMarketingLlcMember |
200,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = cqp_LngInventoryDerivativesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cqp_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = cqp_LngLeaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cqp_CheniereMarketingLlcMember |
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Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Derivative, Net |
$ (31,000)us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = cqp_LngInventoryDerivativesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cqp_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = cqp_LngLeaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cqp_CheniereMarketingLlcMember |
$ (500,000)us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = cqp_LngInventoryDerivativesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cqp_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = cqp_LngLeaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cqp_CheniereMarketingLlcMember |
$ 1,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = cqp_LngInventoryDerivativesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cqp_CheniereEnergyInvestmentsLlcMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis = cqp_LngLeaseAgreementMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cqp_CheniereMarketingLlcMember |
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LNG inventory No definition available.
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LNG inventory related party No definition available.
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Fair value, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, expected to be settled within one year or normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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