Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents— Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes Debt Service Reserve (Details) (USD $)							9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] Senior Notes Interest Payments [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] Senior Notes Interest Payments [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] Debt Service Reserve Fund [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] Debt Service Reserve Fund [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member] Rate	Sep. 30, 2014 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] 2016 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] 2016 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] 2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Sabine Pass LNG, LP [Member] 2020 Sabine Pass LNG Senior Notes [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount								$ 1,665,500,000	$ 1,665,500,000	$ 420,000,000	$ 420,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								7.50%		6.50%
Debt Instrument, Fixed Charge, Coverage Ratio							2
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	661,804,000	598,064,000	53,000,000	15,000,000
Non-current restricted cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,139,104,000	$ 1,031,399,000			$ 76,100,000	$ 76,100,000