Cheniere Energy Partners 10-K 20 Feb 15 2014 FY Annual report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 29, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC
Entity Central Index Key	1582966
Current Fiscal Year End Date	-19
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	31-Dec-14
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	FALSE
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		231,700,000
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Public Float			$894.20

Balance_Sheets

Balance Sheets (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$1,261	$0
Accounts receivable	114	161
Accounts receivable—affiliate	0	70
Prepaid expenses and other	21	0
Total current assets	1,396	231
Other non-current assets	157	122
Total assets	1,553	353
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	28	0
Accrued liabilities	220	95
Accrued liabilities—affiliates	91	39
Total current liabilities	339	134
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity
Common shares: unlimited shares authorized, 231.7 million shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013	664,931	664,931
Director voting share: 1 share authorized, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013	0	0
Additional paid-in-capital	-271,757	-271,757
Accumulated deficit	-391,960	-392,955
Total shareholders’ equity	1,214	219
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$1,553	$353

Balance_Sheets_Parentheticals

Balance Sheets Parentheticals	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	231,700,000	231,700,000
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	231,700,000	231,700,000
Director Voting Shares Authorized	1	1
Director Voting Shares Issued	1	1
Director Voting Shares Outstanding	1	1

Statements_of_Operations

Statements of Operations (USD $)	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Equity income from investment in Cheniere Partners	$0	$20,338
Expenses
General and administrative expense	15	1,182
General and administrative expense—affiliate	39	1,015
Total expenses	54	2,197
Net income (loss)	($54)	$18,141
Net income (loss) per common share—basic and diluted	$0	$0.08
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding—basic and diluted	231,700	231,700
Cash dividends declared per common share	$0	$0.07

Statements_of_Shareholders_Equ

Statements of Shareholders' Equity (USD $)	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
Total shareholders' equity, beginning of period at Jul. 28, 2013	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Common stock shares outstanding, beginning of period at Jul. 28, 2013		0
Treasury stock shares, beginning of period at Jul. 28, 2013			0
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Sale of director voting share to Cheniere Energy, Inc.	0	0	0	0	0
Split of common shares acquired by Cheniere Energy, Inc., shares		195,700,000
Proceeds from public offering, net issuance costs, shares		36,000,000
Proceeds from public offering, net issuance costs	664,931	664,931	0	0	0
Assumption of affiliate debt, net	-271,757	0	0	-271,757	0
Distribution to Cheniere Energy, Inc.	-392,901	0	0	0	-392,901
Net income (loss)	-54	0	0	0	-54
Total shareholders' equity, end of period at Dec. 31, 2013	219	664,931	0	-271,757	-392,955
Common stock shares outstanding, end of period at Dec. 31, 2013	231,700,000	231,700,000
Treasury stock shares, end of period at Dec. 31, 2013			0
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Dividends to shareholders	-17,146	0	0	0	-17,146
Proceeds from public offering, net issuance costs, shares		10,100,000
Proceeds from public offering, net issuance costs	228,781	228,781	0	0	0
Redemption of common shares owned by Cheniere, shares		-10,100,000
Redemption of common shares owned by Cheniere	-228,781	-228,781	0	0	0
Treasury stock acquired, shares			10,100,000
Treasury stock acquired	0	0	0	0	0
Treasury stock retired, shares		0	-10,100,000
Treasury stock retired	0		0	0	0
Net income (loss)	18,141	0	0	0	18,141
Total shareholders' equity, end of period at Dec. 31, 2014	$1,214	$664,931	$0	($271,757)	($391,960)
Common stock shares outstanding, end of period at Dec. 31, 2014	231,700,000	231,700,000
Treasury stock shares, end of period at Dec. 31, 2014			0

Statements_of_Cash_Flows

Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)	($54)	$18,141
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Income from equity investment	0	-20,338
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	0	47
Accounts receivable—affiliate	-70	70
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	95	28
Accrued liabilities—affiliate	39	-40
Other, net	-10	-55
Net cash used in operating activities	0	-2,147
Cash flows from investing activities
Distributions from equity investment	0	20,338
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from sale of common shares	720,000	229,876
Dividends paid to shareholders	0	-17,146
Redemption of common shares	0	-228,781
Distribution paid to Cheniere Energy, Inc.	-392,971	0
Repayment of affiliate debt	-272,030	0
Offering costs	-54,999	-879
Net cash used in financing activities	0	-16,930
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	1,261
Cash and cash equivalents—beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents—end of period	$0	$1,261

Nature_of_Business_Notes

Nature of Business (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of Business	NATURE OF BUSINESS
	We are a Delaware limited liability company formed by Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) (NYSE MKT: LNG) to hold its limited partner interests in Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (“Cheniere Partners”), a publicly traded limited partnership (NYSE MKT: CQP). Our only business consists of owning Cheniere Partners’ limited partner units (the “Cheniere Partners units”), along with cash or other property that we receive as distributions in respect of such units, and, accordingly, our consolidated results of operations and financial condition are dependent on the performance of Cheniere Partners.
	On December 12, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declared effective a registration statement with respect to the initial public offering of our common shares (the “IPO”). On December 18, 2013, we completed the IPO of 36.0 million common shares to the public at a price of $20.00 per share for net proceeds of $665.0 million after the underwriting discount and offering expenses. A portion of the net proceeds from the IPO were used to repay intercompany indebtedness and payables, in the aggregate amount of $272.0 million, and the remaining proceeds were distributed to Cheniere.
	Additionally, on November 19, 2014, we completed a public offering of 10.1 million common shares to the public at a price of $22.76 per share for net proceeds of approximately $229 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses. The net proceeds from the offering were used to redeem from Cheniere the same number of common shares, which reduced Cheniere’s ownership of our common shares from 84.5% to 80.1%.
	At no time prior to the IPO, did we have any operations or own any interest in Cheniere Partners. After the IPO and as of December 31, 2014, our sole purpose was to own the Cheniere Partners units and we expect to have no significant assets or operations other than those related to our interest in Cheniere Partners.
	As of December 31, 2014, we owned a 55.9% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners. No owner of Cheniere Holdings shall be liable for Cheniere Holdings’ debts, liabilities or obligations beyond such owners’ capital contribution.
	Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “Cheniere Holdings” are intended to refer to Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC.

Summary_of_Significant_Account

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
	Basis of Presentation
	Our Consolidated Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Investments in non-controlled entities, over which Cheniere Holdings has the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies, are accounted for using the equity method. In applying the equity method of accounting, the investments are initially recognized at cost, and subsequently adjusted for the Company’s proportionate share of earnings, losses, and distributions.
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes. Management evaluates its estimates and related assumptions regularly, including those related to fair value measurements. Changes in facts and circumstances or additional information may result in revised estimates, and actual results may differ from these estimates. As future events and their effects cannot be determined accurately, actual results could differ significantly from our estimates.
	Accounting for Investment in Cheniere Partners
	As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we owned a 55.9% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners. In addition to the Cheniere Partners units, we own a non-economic voting interest in Cheniere GP Holding Company, LLC (“GP Holdco”), which holds a 100% indirect interest in Cheniere Partners’ general partner. This non-economic voting interest in GP Holdco allows us to control the appointment of four of the eleven members to the board of directors of Cheniere Partners’ general partner to oversee the operations of Cheniere Partners. Cheniere owns the sole share entitled to vote in the election of our directors (the “director voting share”). If Cheniere relinquishes the director voting share, which it may do in its sole discretion, or ceases to own greater than 25% of our outstanding shares, our non-economic voting interest in GP Holdco would be extinguished and we would cease to control GP Holdco. Cheniere may, at any time and without our consent, relinquish the director voting share, which would cause our non-economic voting interest in GP Holdco to be extinguished. Because Cheniere may relinquish the director voting share at any time and we have no variable interest in GP Holdco, we have determined that we cannot consolidate Cheniere Partners and must account for our investment in the Cheniere Partners units that we own using the equity method of accounting.
	We record our share of Cheniere Partners’ net income (losses) in the period in which it is earned. The difference between our reported zero investment in Cheniere Partners as of both December 31, 2014 and 2013 and our ownership in Cheniere Partners’ reported net assets, excluding the beneficial conversion feature associated with Class B units as reported by Cheniere Partners, was due primarily to suspended losses and equity gains from Cheniere Partners’ sales of common units that were not recognized by us.
	The equity method of accounting requires that our investment in Cheniere Partners be shown in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as a single amount. Our initial investment in Cheniere Partners is recognized at cost, and this carrying amount is increased or decreased to recognize our share of income or loss of Cheniere Partners after the date of our initial investment in the Cheniere Partners units. As a result of our historical negative investment in Cheniere Partners and because we are not obligated to fund losses, we had a zero investment balance in Cheniere Partners as of both December 31, 2014 and 2013 and suspended the use of the equity method for additional losses. After giving effect to our equity ownership in Cheniere Partners as though we had acquired the Cheniere Partners units we owned as a result of a merger of entities under common control, we had suspended losses of approximately $530 million and $203 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Additional equity method losses that we incur increase the suspended loss amount.
	Due to our zero investment balance in, and suspended losses of, Cheniere Partners as of both December 31, 2014 and 2013, we have historically and will continue to recognize distributions that we receive as a gain on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and a corresponding entry will be made to increase the suspended loss account. Only upon recovery of all suspended losses through future earnings will equity income be reported on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and future distributions reduce the carrying amount of our investment in Cheniere Partners.
	Cash Equivalents
	We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
	Dividends
	Within ten business days after we receive a distribution on our Cheniere Partners units, we will declare dividends on our shares of the cash that we receive as distributions in respect of our Cheniere Partners units, less income taxes and any reserves established by our board of directors (“Board”) to pay expenses and amounts due under the Services Agreement, to service and reduce indebtedness that we may incur and for company purposes, in each case as permitted by our LLC Agreement.
	Income Taxes
	We are a limited liability company that has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The provision for income taxes, taxes payable and deferred income tax balances has been recorded as if we had filed all tax returns on a separate return basis (“hypothetical carve-out basis”) from Cheniere. We record deferred taxes for federal and state income taxes. We have a gross deferred tax liability as a result of the tax basis of our investment in Cheniere Partners being substantially less than our book basis. That deferred tax liability is fully offset by federal and state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards generated primarily by our investment in Cheniere Partners. A valuation allowance equal to our federal and state net deferred tax asset balance has been established due to the uncertainty of realizing the tax benefits related to our federal and state net deferred tax assets.
	Earnings Per Share
	Both basic and diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. There are no securities outstanding that may be converted into or exercised for shares.

Capitalization_Notes

Capitalization (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Capitalization	CAPITALIZATION
	Cheniere Holdings’ authorized capital structure consists of common shares and a director voting share. No owner of Cheniere Holdings shall be liable for Cheniere Holdings’ debts, liabilities or obligations beyond such owner’s capital contribution. At December 31, 2014, our issued capitalization consisted of 231.7 million common shares, of which 185.6 million common shares were owned by Cheniere and its affiliates and 46.1 million common shares were owned by the public, and one director voting share owned by Cheniere and its affiliates. We are authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares. Additional classes or series of securities may be created with the approval of our Board, provided that any such additional class or series must be approved by a vote of holders of a majority of our outstanding shares.

Investment_in_Cheniere_Partner

Investment in Cheniere Partners (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Investment in Cheniere Partners	INVESTMENT IN CHENIERE PARTNERS
	Our business consists of owning the following Cheniere Partners units, along with cash or other property that we receive as distributions in respect of such units:
	Common Units
	We own 11,963,488 common units, which are entitled to quarterly cash distributions from Cheniere Partners. To the extent that Cheniere Partners is unable to pay the initial quarterly distribution in the future, arrearages in the amount of the initial quarterly distribution (or the difference between the initial quarterly distribution and the amount of the distribution actually paid to common unitholders) may accrue with respect to the common units.
	Subordinated Units
	We own 135,383,831 subordinated units. The subordinated units are not entitled to receive distributions until all common units have received at least the initial quarterly distribution, including any arrearages that may accrue. The subordinated units will convert on a one-for-one basis into common units at the expiration of the subordination period as described in the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Cheniere Partners, dated as of August 9, 2012. Cheniere Partners has not made any cash distributions in respect of the subordinated units with respect to the quarters ended on or after June 30, 2010.
	Class B Units
	We own 45,333,334 Class B units. The Class B units are not entitled to receive cash distributions except in the event of a liquidation of Cheniere Partners, or a merger, consolidation or other combination of Cheniere Partners with another person or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Cheniere Partners. The Class B units are subject to conversion, mandatorily or at the option of the holders of the Class B units under specified circumstances, into a number of common units based on the then-applicable conversion value of the Class B units. On a quarterly basis beginning on the initial purchase of the Class B units and ending on the conversion date of the Class B units, the conversion value of the Class B units increases at a compounded rate of 3.5% per quarter, subject to additional upward adjustment for certain equity and debt financings. As of December 31, 2014, the accreted conversion ratio of the Class B units owned by us and Blackstone CQP Holdco LP (“Blackstone”) was 1.41 and 1.39, respectively. We expect the Class B units to mandatorily convert into common units within 90 days of the substantial completion date of Train 3, which we currently expect to be prior to March 31, 2017. If the Class B units are not mandatorily converted by July 2019, the holders of the Class B units have the option to convert the Class B units into common units at that time. The following table illustrates the number of common units into which the Class B units held by us and Blackstone would convert at the dates specified below (amounts in thousands) and our and Blackstone’s percentage ownership of Cheniere Partners’ then outstanding limited partner interests, assuming that none of the outstanding Class B units are optionally converted prior to the dates set forth in the table and that no additional limited partner interests are issued by Cheniere Partners prior to such dates:
		December 31,	December 31,	December 31,	December 31,	July 9,
		2015(1)	2016	2017	2018	2019
	Cheniere Holdings:
	Number of Common Units	73,491	84,357	96,792	110,060	119,362
	Percentage Ownership	50.90%	49.40%	47.90%	46.50%	45.80%
	Blackstone:
	Number of Common Units	159,371	182,881	209,782	240,640	258,550
	Percentage Ownership	36.70%	39%	41.20%	43.30%	44.40%
	-1	Information as of December 31, 2015 is presented for informational purposes only. We do not believe that the Class B units will convert, either mandatorily or optionally, into common units prior to such dates.

Summarized_Financial_Informati

Summarized Financial Information for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Summarized Financial Information for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.	SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR CHENIERE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
	Our consolidated results of operations and financial condition are dependent on the performance of Cheniere Partners. The following tables are summarized Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated Balance Sheets information for Cheniere Partners. Additional information on Cheniere Partners’ results of operations and financial position are contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is included in this filing as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
	Summarized Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Consolidated Statements of Operations Information
	(in thousands)
		Year Ended December 31,
		2014			2013			2012
	Revenues (including transactions with affiliates)	$	268,698		$	268,191		$	264,498
	Expenses (including transactions with affiliates)	(269,572		)	(300,877		)	(226,253		)
	Other expense	(409,162		)	(225,431		)	(213,676		)
	Net loss	$	(410,036	)	$	(258,117	)	$	(175,431	)
	Summarized Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Consolidated Balance Sheets Information
	(in thousands)
		December 31,
		2014			2013
	Current assets	$	486,520		$	613,128
	Non-current assets	9,900,995			7,903,655
	Total assets	$	10,387,515		$	8,516,783
	Current liabilities	$	214,756		$	265,887
	Non-current liabilities	9,042,030			6,611,152
	Partners’ equity	1,130,729			1,639,744
	Total liabilities and partners’ equity	$	10,387,515		$	8,516,783

Related_Party_Transactions_Not

Related Party Transactions (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
	Services Agreement
	Effective December 18, 2013, we, Cheniere and Cheniere LNG Terminals, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheniere, entered into a services agreement (the “Services Agreement”). The Services Agreement provides that we pay Cheniere a fixed fee of $1.0 million per year (payable quarterly in installments of $250,000 per quarter, in arrears), subject to adjustment for inflation, for certain general and administrative services, including the services of our directors and officers who are also directors and executive officers of Cheniere. In addition, we pay directly for, or reimburse Cheniere for, certain third-party general and administrative expenses incurred. Cheniere also provides us with cash management services, including treasury services with respect to the payment of dividends and allocation of reserves for taxes. During the year ended December 31, 2014 and the period from July 29, 2013 (date of inception) through December 31, 2013, we recorded general and administrative expense—affiliate of $1.0 million and $39,000, respectively, under the Services Agreement.
	The Services Agreement has an initial term of one year from the date of the closing of our IPO, and will automatically renew for additional one-year terms unless notice of nonrenewal is provided by any party to the agreement at least 90 days prior to the next renewal date. Upon the occurrence of certain events resulting in the separation of us and Cheniere, our officers and directors who are also directors or officers of Cheniere would resign. Within 60 days after such a separation event, we may provide notice to Cheniere to terminate the Services Agreement, and the Services Agreement will terminate 90 days after the delivery date of the notice. If we provide notice to terminate at any time after such a separation event, we may request that Cheniere continue to provide services to us for a period of up to six months from the termination notice date.
	Tax Sharing Agreement
	On December 18, 2013, we entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”) with Cheniere that governs the respective rights, responsibilities, and obligations of Cheniere and us with respect to tax attributes, tax liabilities and benefits, the preparation and filing of tax returns, the control of audits and other tax proceedings, and other matters regarding taxes. Under the terms of the Tax Sharing Agreement, for each period in which we or any of our subsidiaries is consolidated or combined with Cheniere for purposes of any tax return, Cheniere will prepare a pro forma tax return for us as if we filed our own consolidated, combined or unitary income tax return, except that such pro forma tax return generally will include current income, deductions, credits and losses from us, and a deemed NOL carryforward amount. We will be required to reimburse Cheniere for any taxes shown on such pro forma tax returns. The initial deemed NOL carryforward for U.S. federal tax purposes was approximately $283 million.
	Although we and Cheniere are each generally responsible for managing those disputes that relate to the taxes for which both are responsible, the Tax Sharing Agreement provides that Cheniere will have the responsibility and discretion to prepare and file all consolidated, combined or unitary income tax returns on our behalf (including the making of any tax elections), to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings (including tax audits) relating to such tax returns, and to determine the reimbursement amounts in connection with any pro forma tax returns.

Income_Taxes_Notes

Income Taxes (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	INCOME TAXES
	The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:
			Year Ended		Period from July 29, 2013 (Date of Inception) Through December 31, 2013
			31-Dec-14
	U.S. federal statutory tax rate		35	%	35	%
	State tax benefit		—	%	8	%
	Valuation allowance		(40.3	)%	(43.0	)%
	Disallowed interest from investment in L.P.		5.3	%	—	%
	Effective tax rate as reported		—	%	—	%
	Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (in thousands):
		December 31,
		2014			2013
	Deferred tax assets
	NOL carryforwards
	Federal	$	423,824		$	378,283
	State	133,883			113,330
	Other	1,623			—
	Total deferred tax assets	559,330			491,613
	Deferred tax liabilities
	Investment in limited partnership	(272,681		)	(211,151		)
	Other	(7,118		)	—
	Total deferred tax liabilities	(279,799		)	(211,151		)
	Net deferred tax assets	279,531			280,461
	Less: net deferred tax asset valuation allowance	(279,531		)	(280,461		)
	Total net deferred tax asset	$	—		$	—
	At December 31, 2014, we had federal and state NOL carryforwards of approximately $2.9 billion. This excludes the NOL carryforwards related to unrecognized tax benefits that have not been recognized under GAAP. These NOL carryforwards will expire between 2028 and 2034.
	Due to our history of NOLs and significant risk factors related to our ability to generate taxable income, we have established a valuation allowance to fully offset our U.S. and state net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.  We will continue to evaluate our ability to release the valuation allowance in the future. The change in the net deferred tax asset valuation allowance was $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, of which $6.0 million relates to an additional deferred tax asset and related valuation reserve due to previously unrecorded net deferred tax assets.
	Changes in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits are as follows (in thousands):
		Year Ended			Period from July 29, 2013 (Date of Inception) Through December 31, 2013
		31-Dec-14
	Balance at beginning of period	$	10,314		$	—
	Additions based on tax positions related to current year	—			—
	Additions for tax positions at formation	—			10,314
	Reductions for tax positions of prior years	—			—
	Settlements	—			—
	Balance at end of the period	$	10,314		$	10,314
	Our effective tax rate will not be affected if the unrecognized federal income tax benefits provided above were recognized. Currently, we do not recognize any accrued liabilities, interest and penalties associated with the unrecognized tax benefits provided above in our Consolidated Statements of Operations or our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Any applicable interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits would be recorded to our income tax position.
	We have entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement with Cheniere as discussed in Note 6—Related Party Transactions. Any amounts due to Cheniere under the Tax Sharing Agreement in excess of our income tax provision calculated on a hypothetical carve-out basis will be recorded as an equity distribution.
	Our taxable income or loss is included in the consolidated federal income tax return of Cheniere. Cheniere experienced an ownership change within the provisions of Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 382 in 2008, 2010 and 2012. An analysis of the annual limitation on the utilization of Cheniere’s NOLs was performed in accordance with IRC Section 382.  It was determined that IRC Section 382 will not limit the use of these NOLs in full over the carryover period.  Cheniere will continue to monitor trading activity in its respective shares which may cause an additional ownership change which could ultimately affect our ability to fully utilize these existing tax NOL carryforwards.

Distributions_Received_and_Div

Distributions Received and Dividends Paid (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Distributions Received and Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Distributions Received and Dividends Paid	DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AND DIVIDENDS PAID
	The following provides a summary of distributions received from Cheniere Partners during the period from the date of inception on July 29, 2013 through December 31, 2014:
	Date Paid	Period Covered by Distribution	Distribution Per Common Unit		Total Distribution Received
					(in thousands)
	14-Nov-14	July 1, 2014 - September 30, 2014	$	0.425	$	5,084
	14-Aug-14	April 1 - June 30, 2014	0.425		5,084
	May 15, 2014	January 1 - March 31, 2014	0.425		5,084
	February 14, 2014	October 1 - December 31, 2013	0.425		5,084
	On January 22, 2015, the board of directors of Cheniere Partners’ general partner declared a cash distribution of $0.425 per common unit with respect to the fourth quarter of 2014. The distribution attributable to our interest in Cheniere Partners, totaling $5.1 million, was paid to us on February 13, 2015. We have used these distributions from Cheniere Partners to establish cash reserves to pay general and administrative expenses (including affiliate) and to pay dividends.
	The following provides a summary of dividends paid by us during the period from the date of inception on July 29, 2013 through December 31, 2014:
	Date Paid	Period Covered by Dividend	Dividend Per Common Share		Total Dividend Paid
					(in thousands)
	1-Dec-14	July 1, 2014 - September 20, 2014	$	0.019	$	4,402
	28-Aug-14	April 1 - June 30, 2014	0.019		4,402
	May 30, 2014	January 1 - March 31, 2014	0.019		4,402
	March 3, 2014	October 1 - December 31, 2013	0.017		3,939
	On February 6, 2015, our Board declared a cash dividend of $0.019 per common share with respect to the fourth quarter of 2014. The dividend, totaling $4.4 million, will be paid by us on February 27, 2015.

Quarterly_Financial_Data_unaud

Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Quarterly Financial Data	Quarterly Financial Data—(in thousands, except per unit amounts)
			First		Second			Third		Fourth
			Quarter		Quarter			Quarter		Quarter
	2014:00:00
	Equity income from investment in Cheniere Partners		$	5,084	$	5,085		$	5,084	$	5,085
	Net income		4,382		4,563			4,631		4,565
	Net income per common share—basic and diluted (1)		$	0.02	$	0.02		$	0.02	$	0.02
			Period from July 29, 2013 (Date of Inception) Through September 30, 2013		Fourth
					Quarter
	2013:00:00
	Equity income from investment in Cheniere Partners		$	—	$	—
	Net loss		—		(54		)
	Net loss per common share—basic and diluted (1)		$	0	$	0
	-1	The sum of the quarterly net income (loss) per common share may not equal the full year amount as the computations of the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted shares outstanding for each quarter and the full year are performed independently.

Summary_of_Significant_Account1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation, Policy	Basis of Presentation
	Our Consolidated Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Investments in non-controlled entities, over which Cheniere Holdings has the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies, are accounted for using the equity method. In applying the equity method of accounting, the investments are initially recognized at cost, and subsequently adjusted for the Company’s proportionate share of earnings, losses, and distributions.
Use of Estimates, Policy	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes. Management evaluates its estimates and related assumptions regularly, including those related to fair value measurements. Changes in facts and circumstances or additional information may result in revised estimates, and actual results may differ from these estimates. As future events and their effects cannot be determined accurately, actual results could differ significantly from our estimates.
Accounting for Investment in Cheniere Partners, Policy	Accounting for Investment in Cheniere Partners
	As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we owned a 55.9% limited partner interest in Cheniere Partners. In addition to the Cheniere Partners units, we own a non-economic voting interest in Cheniere GP Holding Company, LLC (“GP Holdco”), which holds a 100% indirect interest in Cheniere Partners’ general partner. This non-economic voting interest in GP Holdco allows us to control the appointment of four of the eleven members to the board of directors of Cheniere Partners’ general partner to oversee the operations of Cheniere Partners. Cheniere owns the sole share entitled to vote in the election of our directors (the “director voting share”). If Cheniere relinquishes the director voting share, which it may do in its sole discretion, or ceases to own greater than 25% of our outstanding shares, our non-economic voting interest in GP Holdco would be extinguished and we would cease to control GP Holdco. Cheniere may, at any time and without our consent, relinquish the director voting share, which would cause our non-economic voting interest in GP Holdco to be extinguished. Because Cheniere may relinquish the director voting share at any time and we have no variable interest in GP Holdco, we have determined that we cannot consolidate Cheniere Partners and must account for our investment in the Cheniere Partners units that we own using the equity method of accounting.
	We record our share of Cheniere Partners’ net income (losses) in the period in which it is earned. The difference between our reported zero investment in Cheniere Partners as of both December 31, 2014 and 2013 and our ownership in Cheniere Partners’ reported net assets, excluding the beneficial conversion feature associated with Class B units as reported by Cheniere Partners, was due primarily to suspended losses and equity gains from Cheniere Partners’ sales of common units that were not recognized by us.
	The equity method of accounting requires that our investment in Cheniere Partners be shown in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as a single amount. Our initial investment in Cheniere Partners is recognized at cost, and this carrying amount is increased or decreased to recognize our share of income or loss of Cheniere Partners after the date of our initial investment in the Cheniere Partners units. As a result of our historical negative investment in Cheniere Partners and because we are not obligated to fund losses, we had a zero investment balance in Cheniere Partners as of both December 31, 2014 and 2013 and suspended the use of the equity method for additional losses. After giving effect to our equity ownership in Cheniere Partners as though we had acquired the Cheniere Partners units we owned as a result of a merger of entities under common control, we had suspended losses of approximately $530 million and $203 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Additional equity method losses that we incur increase the suspended loss amount.
	Due to our zero investment balance in, and suspended losses of, Cheniere Partners as of both December 31, 2014 and 2013, we have historically and will continue to recognize distributions that we receive as a gain on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and a corresponding entry will be made to increase the suspended loss account. Only upon recovery of all suspended losses through future earnings will equity income be reported on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and future distributions reduce the carrying amount of our investment in Cheniere Partners.
Cash Equivalents, Policy	Cash Equivalents
	We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Dividends, Policy	Dividends
	Within ten business days after we receive a distribution on our Cheniere Partners units, we will declare dividends on our shares of the cash that we receive as distributions in respect of our Cheniere Partners units, less income taxes and any reserves established by our board of directors (“Board”) to pay expenses and amounts due under the Services Agreement, to service and reduce indebtedness that we may incur and for company purposes, in each case as permitted by our LLC Agreement.
Income Taxes, Policy	Income Taxes
	We are a limited liability company that has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The provision for income taxes, taxes payable and deferred income tax balances has been recorded as if we had filed all tax returns on a separate return basis (“hypothetical carve-out basis”) from Cheniere. We record deferred taxes for federal and state income taxes. We have a gross deferred tax liability as a result of the tax basis of our investment in Cheniere Partners being substantially less than our book basis. That deferred tax liability is fully offset by federal and state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards generated primarily by our investment in Cheniere Partners. A valuation allowance equal to our federal and state net deferred tax asset balance has been established due to the uncertainty of realizing the tax benefits related to our federal and state net deferred tax assets.
Earnings Per Share, Policy	Earnings Per Share
	Both basic and diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. There are no securities outstanding that may be converted into or exercised for shares.

Investment_in_Cheniere_Partner1

Investment in Cheniere Partners (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Schedule of Limited Partners' Capital Account by Class	The following table illustrates the number of common units into which the Class B units held by us and Blackstone would convert at the dates specified below (amounts in thousands) and our and Blackstone’s percentage ownership of Cheniere Partners’ then outstanding limited partner interests, assuming that none of the outstanding Class B units are optionally converted prior to the dates set forth in the table and that no additional limited partner interests are issued by Cheniere Partners prior to such dates:
		December 31,	December 31,	December 31,	December 31,	July 9,
		2015(1)	2016	2017	2018	2019
	Cheniere Holdings:
	Number of Common Units	73,491	84,357	96,792	110,060	119,362
	Percentage Ownership	50.90%	49.40%	47.90%	46.50%	45.80%
	Blackstone:
	Number of Common Units	159,371	182,881	209,782	240,640	258,550
	Percentage Ownership	36.70%	39%	41.20%	43.30%	44.40%
	-1	Information as of December 31, 2015 is presented for informational purposes only. We do not believe that the Class B units will convert, either mandatorily or optionally, into common units prior to such dates.

Summarized_Financial_Informati1

Summarized Financial Information for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Schedule of Condensed Financial Statements	The following tables are summarized Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated Balance Sheets information for Cheniere Partners. Additional information on Cheniere Partners’ results of operations and financial position are contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is included in this filing as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
	Summarized Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Consolidated Statements of Operations Information
	(in thousands)
		Year Ended December 31,
		2014			2013			2012
	Revenues (including transactions with affiliates)	$	268,698		$	268,191		$	264,498
	Expenses (including transactions with affiliates)	(269,572		)	(300,877		)	(226,253		)
	Other expense	(409,162		)	(225,431		)	(213,676		)
	Net loss	$	(410,036	)	$	(258,117	)	$	(175,431	)
	Summarized Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Consolidated Balance Sheets Information
	(in thousands)
		December 31,
		2014			2013
	Current assets	$	486,520		$	613,128
	Non-current assets	9,900,995			7,903,655
	Total assets	$	10,387,515		$	8,516,783
	Current liabilities	$	214,756		$	265,887
	Non-current liabilities	9,042,030			6,611,152
	Partners’ equity	1,130,729			1,639,744
	Total liabilities and partners’ equity	$	10,387,515		$	8,516,783

Income_Taxes_Tables

Income Taxes (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation	The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:
			Year Ended		Period from July 29, 2013 (Date of Inception) Through December 31, 2013
			31-Dec-14
	U.S. federal statutory tax rate		35	%	35	%
	State tax benefit		—	%	8	%
	Valuation allowance		(40.3	)%	(43.0	)%
	Disallowed interest from investment in L.P.		5.3	%	—	%
	Effective tax rate as reported		—	%	—	%
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities	Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (in thousands):
		December 31,
		2014			2013
	Deferred tax assets
	NOL carryforwards
	Federal	$	423,824		$	378,283
	State	133,883			113,330
	Other	1,623			—
	Total deferred tax assets	559,330			491,613
	Deferred tax liabilities
	Investment in limited partnership	(272,681		)	(211,151		)
	Other	(7,118		)	—
	Total deferred tax liabilities	(279,799		)	(211,151		)
	Net deferred tax assets	279,531			280,461
	Less: net deferred tax asset valuation allowance	(279,531		)	(280,461		)
	Total net deferred tax asset	$	—		$	—
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies	Changes in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits are as follows (in thousands):
		Year Ended			Period from July 29, 2013 (Date of Inception) Through December 31, 2013
		31-Dec-14
	Balance at beginning of period	$	10,314		$	—
	Additions based on tax positions related to current year	—			—
	Additions for tax positions at formation	—			10,314
	Reductions for tax positions of prior years	—			—
	Settlements	—			—
	Balance at end of the period	$	10,314		$	10,314

Distributions_Received_and_Div1

Distributions Received and Dividends Paid (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Distributions Received and Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Schedule of Distributions Received [Table Text Block]	The following provides a summary of distributions received from Cheniere Partners during the period from the date of inception on July 29, 2013 through December 31, 2014:
	Date Paid	Period Covered by Distribution	Distribution Per Common Unit		Total Distribution Received
					(in thousands)
	14-Nov-14	July 1, 2014 - September 30, 2014	$	0.425	$	5,084
	14-Aug-14	April 1 - June 30, 2014	0.425		5,084
	May 15, 2014	January 1 - March 31, 2014	0.425		5,084
	February 14, 2014	October 1 - December 31, 2013	0.425		5,084
Schedule of Dividends Paid [Table Text Block]	The following provides a summary of dividends paid by us during the period from the date of inception on July 29, 2013 through December 31, 2014:
	Date Paid	Period Covered by Dividend	Dividend Per Common Share		Total Dividend Paid
					(in thousands)
	1-Dec-14	July 1, 2014 - September 20, 2014	$	0.019	$	4,402
	28-Aug-14	April 1 - June 30, 2014	0.019		4,402
	May 30, 2014	January 1 - March 31, 2014	0.019		4,402
	March 3, 2014	October 1 - December 31, 2013	0.017		3,939

Quarterly_Financial_Data_unaud1

Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information	Quarterly Financial Data—(in thousands, except per unit amounts)
			First		Second			Third		Fourth
			Quarter		Quarter			Quarter		Quarter
	2014:00:00
	Equity income from investment in Cheniere Partners		$	5,084	$	5,085		$	5,084	$	5,085
	Net income		4,382		4,563			4,631		4,565
	Net income per common share—basic and diluted (1)		$	0.02	$	0.02		$	0.02	$	0.02
			Period from July 29, 2013 (Date of Inception) Through September 30, 2013		Fourth
					Quarter
	2013:00:00
	Equity income from investment in Cheniere Partners		$	—	$	—
	Net loss		—		(54		)
	Net loss per common share—basic and diluted (1)		$	0	$	0
	-1	The sum of the quarterly net income (loss) per common share may not equal the full year amount as the computations of the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted shares outstanding for each quarter and the full year are performed independently.

Nature_of_Business_Details

Nature of Business (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 19, 2014	Dec. 18, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 18, 2014
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Public offering of shares, number of shares issued	10,100,000	36,000,000
Public offering of shares, price per share	$22.76	$20
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering		$665,000,000
Repayments of Related Party Debt		272,000,000	272,030,000	0
Proceeds from sale of common shares	$229,000,000		$720,000,000	$229,876,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares	10,100,000
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	80.10%				84.50%
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member] | Limited Partner [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			55.90%	55.90%

Summary_of_Significant_Account2

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 19, 2014	Nov. 18, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	0
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent		80.10%	84.50%
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member] | Ownership percentage of our outstanding shares required to control GP Holdco [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	25.00%
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments	0			$0
Suspended losses	530,000,000			$203,000,000
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member] | Cheniere GP Holding Company, LLC [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
General Partner Ownership Interest Percentage	100.00%
Cheniere GP Holding Company, LLC [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Variable Interest Entity, Ownership Percentage	0.00%
Limited Partner [Member] | Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	55.90%			55.90%

Capitalization_Details

Capitalization (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Shares, Issued	231,700,000
Public Ownership of Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings LLC, shares	46,100,000
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Cheniere Ownership of Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings LLC common shares, shares	185,600,000

Investment_in_Cheniere_Partner2

Investment in Cheniere Partners (Details) (Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member])	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 09, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
							Rate
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Common Units	119,362,000	110,060,000	96,792,000	84,357,000	73,491,000	[1]
Percentage Ownership	45.80%	46.50%	47.90%	49.40%	50.90%	[1]
Common Units [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Partners Capital Account, Units, Units Held							11,963,488
Subordinated Units [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Partners Capital Account, Units, Units Held							135,383,831
Class B units [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Partners Capital Account, Units, Units Held							45,333,334
Partnership Units, Conversion Ratio, Quarterly Compounded Rate							0.035
Partnership Units, Accreted Conversion Ratio							1.41
Maximum Period Of Conversion After Condition Precedent Satisfaction							90 days
Blackstone CQP Holdco LP [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Common Units	258,550,000	240,640,000	209,782,000	182,881,000	159,371,000	[1]
Percentage Ownership	44.40%	43.30%	41.20%	39.00%	36.70%	[1]
Blackstone CQP Holdco LP [Member] | Class B units [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Partnership Units, Accreted Conversion Ratio							1.39
[1]	Information as of December 31, 2015 is presented for informational purposes only. We do not believe that the Class B units will convert, either mandatorily or optionally, into common units prior to such dates.

Summarized_Financial_Informati2

Summarized Financial Information for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. - Summarized Financial Information (Details) (Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues (including transactions with affiliates)	$268,698	$268,191	$264,498
Expenses (including transactions with affiliates)	-269,572	-300,877	-226,253
Other expense	-409,162	-225,431	-213,676
Net loss	-410,036	-258,117	-175,431
Current assets	486,520	613,128
Non-current assets	9,900,995	7,903,655
Total assets	10,387,515	8,516,783
Current liabilities	214,756	265,887
Non-current liabilities	9,042,030	6,611,152
Partners’ equity	1,130,729	1,639,744
Total liabilities and partners’ equity	$10,387,515	$8,516,783

Related_Party_Transactions_Det

Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 18, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative expense—affiliate	$39,000	$1,015,000
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member] | Management Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Committed Annual Fee		1,000,000
Related Party Transactions, Committed Quarterly Fee		250,000
General and administrative expense—affiliate	39,000	1,000,000
Related Party Agreement Term		1 year
Related Party Agreement, Renewal Additional Term		1 year
Related Party Agreement, Nonrenewal Notice Period		90 days
Related Party Agreement, Termination Notice Period After Separation Event		60 days
Related Party Agreement, Termination Period After Separation Event Notice		90 days
Related Party Agreement, Maximum Period Of Service After Separation Event Termination Notice		6 months
Cheniere Energy, Inc. [Member] | Tax Sharing Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance			$283,000,000

Income_Taxes_Details

Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	35.00%	35.00%
State tax benefit	8.00%	0.00%
Valuation allowance	-43.00%	-40.30%
Disallowed interest from investment in L.P.	0.00%	5.30%
Effective tax rate as reported	0.00%	0.00%
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Abstract]
Federal net operating loss carryforwards	$378,283,000	$423,824,000
State net operating loss carryforwards	113,330,000	133,883,000
Other deferred tax assets	0	1,623,000
Total deferred tax assets	491,613,000	559,330,000
Investment in limited partnership	-211,151,000	-272,681,000
Other deferred tax liabilities	0	-7,118,000
Total deferred tax liabilities	-211,151,000	-279,799,000
Net deferred tax assets	280,461,000	279,531,000
Less: net deferred tax asset valuation allowance	-280,461,000	-279,531,000
Total net deferred tax asset	0	0
Operating Loss Carryforwards		2,900,000,000
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase		-900,000
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Adjustment		6,000,000
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of year	0	10,314,000
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	0	0
Additions for tax positions at formation	10,314,000	0
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	0	0
Settlements	0	0
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year	$10,314,000	$10,314,000

Distributions_Received_and_Div2

Distributions Received and Dividends Paid (Details) (USD $)

0 Months Ended

5 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Dec. 01, 2014

Aug. 28, 2014

30-May-14

Mar. 03, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2014

Nov. 14, 2014

Aug. 14, 2014

15-May-14

Feb. 14, 2014

Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 06, 2015

Feb. 13, 2015

Jan. 22, 2015

Schedule of Dividends Received [Line Items]

Total Distribution Received

$0

$20,338,000

Dividend Per Share

$0.02

$0.02

$0.02

$0.02

Total Dividend Paid

4,402,000

4,402,000

4,402,000

3,939,000

Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]

Schedule of Dividends Received [Line Items]

Distribution Per Common Unit

$0.43

$0.43

$0.43

$0.43

Total Distribution Received

5,084,000

5,084,000

5,084,000

5,084,000

Subsequent Event [Member]

Schedule of Dividends Received [Line Items]

Dividend Per Share

$0.02

Total Dividend Paid

4,400,000

Subsequent Event [Member] | Cheniere Energy Partners, LP [Member]

Schedule of Dividends Received [Line Items]

Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Distributions Declared, Per Unit

$0.43

Distribution Made to Limited Partner, Cash Distributions Declared

$5,100,000

Quarterly_Financial_Data_unaud2

Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended		3 Months Ended										5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2014		Sep. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity income from investment in Cheniere Partners	$0		$5,085		$5,084		$5,085		$5,084		$0		$0	$20,338
Net income (loss)	$0		$4,565		$4,631		$4,563		$4,382		($54)		($54)	$18,141
Net income (loss) per common share—basic and diluted	$0	[1]	$0.02	[1]	$0.02	[1]	$0.02	[1]	$0.02	[1]	$0	[1]	$0	$0.08
[1]	The sum of the quarterly net income (loss) per common share may not equal the full year amount as the computations of the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted shares outstanding for each quarter and the full year are performed independently.