ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS Organization Consolidation and Nature of Operations (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	76 Months Ended					6 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013 Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Creole Trail Pipeline Business [Domain]	May 28, 2013 Creole Trail Pipeline Business [Domain]	Jun. 30, 2013 Class B Unit [Member]	May 31, 2012 Class B Unit [Member] Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Class B Unit [Member] Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Ownership Interest				57.90%
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price					$ 13,900,000	$ 480,000,000
Partners' Capital Account, Sale of Units							12,000,000
Price per Common Unit								$ 15.00	$ 15.00
Net proceeds from Cheniere Partners' issuance of Class B units	180,000,000	1,387,339,000	[1]
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid	$ 313,900,000	$ 313,900,000

[1] In May 2012, Cheniere Partners, Cheniere and Blackstone CQP Holdco LP ("Blackstone") entered into a unit purchase agreement (the "Blackstone Unit Purchase Agreement") whereby Cheniere Partners agreed to sell to Blackstone in a private placement 100.0 million Class B units of Cheniere Partners ("Class B units") at a price of $15.00 per Class B unit. Cheniere Partners had issued and sold all 100.0 million Class B units to Blackstone as of December 31, 2012. See Note 6—"Variable Interest Entity".