Organization and Nature of Operations (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018 mi item milliontonnes / yr bcf / d Bcfe unit trains m³
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number Of Natural Gas Liquefaction And Export Facilities | unit		2
Regasification Capacity | bcf / d		4.0
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Train Nominal Capacity | milliontonnes / yr		4.5
Number of LNG Storage Tanks		5
Storage capacity | Bcfe		16.9
Number of marine berths		2
Volume of vessel | m³		266,000
Regasification Capacity | bcf / d		4.0
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Run Rate Adjusted Nominal Production Capacity, per Train | milliontonnes / yr		4.5
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Run Rate Adjusted Nominal Production Capacity, per Train | milliontonnes / yr		4.9
Corpus Christi Pipeline [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Length of Natural Gas Pipeline | mi		23
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of Liquefaction LNG Trains | trains		3
Train Nominal Capacity | milliontonnes / yr		13.5
Number of LNG Storage Tanks		3
Storage capacity | Bcfe		10.1
Number of marine berths		2
Volume of vessel | m³		266,000
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal [Member] | Stage 1 [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of Liquefaction LNG Trains | trains		2
Number of LNG Storage Tanks		2
Number of marine berths		1
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal [Member] | Stage 2 [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of Liquefaction LNG Trains | trains		1
Number of LNG Storage Tanks		1
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal Expansion [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of Liquefaction LNG Trains | trains		7
Train Nominal Capacity | milliontonnes / yr		9.5
Number of LNG Storage Tanks		1
Cheniere Partners [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
General Partner ownership percentage		100.00%
Limited Partner ownership percentage	55.90%	48.60%
Cheniere Partners [Member] | Sabine Pass LNG Terminal [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of Liquefaction LNG Trains | trains		6
CTPL [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Length of Natural Gas Pipeline | mi		94