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Cheniere Energy, Inc
(NYSE MKT:LNG) 

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Cheniere Energy, Inc., an energy infrastructure company, engages in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) related businesses in the United States. It owns and operates the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; and the Corpus Christi LNG terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas. The company als...

Founded: 1996
Full Time Employees: 1,530
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas Midstream

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      revenues
                                                                                     
      lng revenues
    5,722,000,000 5,313,000,000 4,302,000,000 4,515,000,000 5,305,000,000 4,266,000,000 3,554,000,000 3,042,000,000 4,037,000,000 4,585,000,000 3,974,000,000 3,919,000,000 7,091,000,000 8,355,000,000 8,236,000,000 7,873,000,000 7,340,000,000 6,405,000,000 3,078,000,000 2,913,000,000 2,999,000,000 2,688,000,000 1,373,000,000 2,295,000,000 2,568,000,000 2,871,000,000 2,059,000,000 2,173,000,000 2,143,000,000 2,245,000,000 1,719,000,000 1,442,000,000 2,166,000,000 1,671,000,000 1,332,000,000 1,171,000,000 1,143,000,000 504,140,000 398,554,000 110,735,000 2,704,000                                         
      regasification revenues
    34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 33,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 33,000,000 34,000,000 477,000,000 455,000,000 68,000,000 68,000,000 67,000,000 68,000,000 67,000,000 67,000,000 67,000,000 67,000,000 68,000,000 67,000,000 67,000,000 66,000,000 67,000,000 66,000,000 65,000,000 66,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 68,000,000 67,262,000 66,970,000 65,622,000 65,551,000                                         
      other revenues
    112,000,000 103,000,000 105,000,000 92,000,000 105,000,000 137,000,000 175,000,000 175,000,000 182,000,000 204,000,000 151,000,000 150,000,000 185,000,000 253,000,000 161,000,000 66,000,000 76,000,000 85,000,000 54,000,000 37,000,000 24,000,000 32,000,000 20,000,000 39,000,000 74,000,000 69,000,000 45,000,000 52,000,000 48,000,000 69,000,000 30,000,000 33,000,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000  184,000 149,000 470,000 826,000                                         
      total revenues
    5,868,000,000 5,450,000,000 4,441,000,000 4,641,000,000 5,444,000,000 4,436,000,000 3,763,000,000 3,251,000,000 4,253,000,000 4,823,000,000 4,159,000,000 4,102,000,000 7,310,000,000 9,085,000,000 8,852,000,000 8,007,000,000 7,484,000,000 6,557,000,000 3,200,000,000 3,017,000,000 3,090,000,000 2,787,000,000 1,460,000,000 2,402,000,000 2,709,000,000 3,007,000,000 2,170,000,000 2,292,000,000 2,261,000,000 2,383,000,000 1,819,000,000 1,543,000,000 2,242,000,000 1,746,000,000 1,403,000,000 1,241,000,000 1,211,000,000 571,586,000 465,673,000 176,827,000 69,081,000 68,432,000 66,059,000 68,025,000 68,369,000 65,952,000 66,807,000 67,645,000 67,550,000 66,420,000 67,710,000 67,177,000 65,906,000 67,421,000 65,998,000 62,328,000 70,474,000 72,590,000 65,813,000 72,810,000 79,231,000 68,248,000 68,275,000 79,517,000 85,601,000 56,332,000 37,959,000 1,235,000 653,000 4,100,000 914,000 1,477,000 638,000 394,000 872,000 -1,256,000 799,000 737,000 413,000 422,000  
      yoy
    7.79% 22.86% 18.02% 42.76% 28.00% -8.02% -9.52% -20.75% -41.82% -46.91% -53.02% -48.77% -2.32% 38.55% 176.63% 165.40% 142.20% 135.27% 119.18% 25.60% 14.06% -7.32% -32.72% 4.80% 19.81% 26.19% 19.30% 48.54% 0.85% 36.48% 29.65% 24.34% 85.14% 205.47% 201.28% 601.82% 1653.01% 735.26% 604.93% 159.94% 1.04% 3.76% -1.12% 0.56% 1.21% -0.70% -1.33% 0.70% 2.49% -1.48% 2.59% 7.78% -6.48% -7.12% 0.28% -14.40% -11.05% 6.36% -3.61% -8.43% -7.44% 21.15% 79.87% 6338.62% 13008.88% 1273.95% 4053.06% -16.38% 2.35% 940.61% 4.82% -217.60% -20.15% -46.54% 111.14% -397.63%      
      qoq
    7.67% 22.72% -4.31% -14.75% 22.72% 17.88% 15.75% -23.56% -11.82% 15.97% 1.39% -43.89% -19.54% 2.63% 10.55% 6.99% 14.14% 104.91% 6.07% -2.36% 10.87% 90.89% -39.22% -11.33% -9.91% 38.57% -5.32% 1.37% -5.12% 31.01% 17.89% -31.18% 28.41% 24.45% 13.05% 2.48% 111.87% 22.74% 163.35% 155.97% 0.95% 3.59% -2.89% -0.50% 3.66% -1.28% -1.24% 0.14% 1.70% -1.91% 0.79% 1.93% -2.25% 2.16% 5.89% -11.56% -2.92% 10.30% -9.61% -8.10% 16.09% -0.04% -14.14% -7.11% 51.96% 48.40% 2973.60% 89.13% -84.07% 348.58% -38.12% 131.50% 61.93% -54.82% -169.43% -257.20% 8.41% 78.45% -2.13%   
      operating costs and expenses
                                                                                     
      cost of sales
    8,318,000,000 712,000,000 1,750,000,000 1,117,000,000 3,571,000,000         1,471,000,000 11,073,000,000 5,752,000,000 7,336,000,000 5,365,000,000 4,868,000,000 2,154,000,000 1,386,000,000 1,866,000,000 768,000,000 803,000,000 724,000,000 1,321,000,000 1,267,000,000 1,277,000,000 1,204,000,000 1,519,000,000 1,027,000,000 873,000,000 1,178,000,000 535,000,000 824,000,000 692,000,000 624,000,000   85,709,000 14,507,000                                         
      operating and maintenance expense
    525,000,000 487,000,000 447,000,000 559,000,000 473,000,000 493,000,000 450,000,000 463,000,000 451,000,000 459,000,000 445,000,000 487,000,000 444,000,000 454,000,000 419,000,000 419,000,000 389,000,000 387,000,000 350,000,000 385,000,000 322,000,000 332,000,000 317,000,000 355,000,000 316,000,000 330,000,000 308,000,000 295,000,000 221,000,000 156,000,000 170,000,000 147,000,000 140,000,000 137,000,000 114,000,000 117,000,000 78,000,000 72,731,000 61,610,000 45,562,000 36,317,000 30,448,000 -6,251,000 18,877,000 37,153,000 16,594,000 26,102,000                                   
      selling, general and administrative expense
    136,000,000 87,000,000 81,000,000 99,000,000 116,000,000 142,000,000 99,000,000 99,000,000 101,000,000 178,000,000 102,000,000 87,000,000 107,000,000 151,000,000 92,000,000 77,000,000 96,000,000 101,000,000 70,000,000 73,000,000 81,000,000 78,000,000 70,000,000 73,000,000 81,000,000 88,000,000 72,000,000 77,000,000 73,000,000 75,000,000 74,000,000 73,000,000 67,000,000 77,000,000 64,000,000 61,000,000 54,000,000 62,693,000 59,418,000                                           
      depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
    373,000,000 350,000,000 338,000,000 329,000,000 312,000,000                                                                             
      other operating costs and expenses
    4,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 11,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 13,000,000                                                                          
      total operating costs and expenses
    9,356,000,000 1,646,000,000 2,624,000,000 2,111,000,000 4,483,000,000 2,697,000,000 2,116,000,000 1,663,000,000 3,099,000,000 2,388,000,000 1,404,000,000 1,794,000,000 -681,000,000 2,374,000,000 11,868,000,000 6,530,000,000 8,097,000,000 6,118,000,000 5,550,000,000 2,871,000,000 2,026,000,000 2,511,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,465,000,000 1,363,000,000 1,991,000,000 1,863,000,000 1,860,000,000 1,655,000,000 1,867,000,000 1,394,000,000 1,207,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,305,000,000 1,106,000,000 967,000,000 835,000,000 449,216,000 450,397,000 253,281,000 159,640,000 309,553,000 118,133,000 163,605,000 129,367,000 168,415,000 128,165,000 129,780,000 115,162,000 145,798,000 113,586,000 203,455,000 133,360,000 83,336,000 120,515,000 68,449,000 69,753,000 64,824,000 55,458,000 56,349,000 55,665,000 45,865,000 43,585,000 48,471,000 43,283,000 38,078,000 37,636,000 38,633,000 63,865,000 43,245,000 104,381,000 39,842,000 47,306,000 47,668,000 41,096,000 28,516,000 27,883,000 18,213,000 9,162,000 22,989,000  
      income from operations
    -3,488,000,000 3,804,000,000 1,817,000,000 2,530,000,000 961,000,000 1,739,000,000 1,647,000,000 1,588,000,000 1,154,000,000 2,435,000,000 2,755,000,000 2,308,000,000 7,991,000,000 6,711,000,000 -3,016,000,000 1,477,000,000 -613,000,000 439,000,000 -2,350,000,000 146,000,000 1,064,000,000 276,000,000 72,000,000 937,000,000 1,346,000,000 1,016,000,000 307,000,000 432,000,000 606,000,000 516,000,000 425,000,000 336,000,000 747,000,000 441,000,000 297,000,000 274,000,000 376,000,000 122,370,000 15,276,000 -76,454,000 -90,559,000 -241,121,000 -52,074,000 -95,580,000 -60,998,000 -102,463,000 -61,358,000 -62,135,000 -47,612,000 -79,378,000 -45,876,000 -136,278,000 -67,454,000 -15,915,000 -54,517,000 -6,121,000 721,000 7,766,000 10,355,000 16,461,000 23,566,000 22,383,000 24,690,000 31,046,000 42,318,000 18,254,000 323,000 -37,398,000 -63,212,000 -39,145,000 -103,467,000 -38,365,000 -46,668,000 -47,274,000 -40,224,000 -29,772,000 -27,084,000 -17,476,000 -8,749,000 -22,567,000  
      yoy
    -462.96% 118.75% 10.32% 59.32% -16.72% -28.58% -40.22% -31.20% -85.56% -63.72% -191.35% 56.26% -1403.59% 1428.70% 28.34% 911.64% -157.61% 59.06% -3363.89% -84.42% -20.95% -72.83% -76.55% 116.90% 122.11% 96.90% -27.76% 28.57% -18.88% 17.01% 43.10% 22.63% 98.67% 260.38% 1844.23% -458.39% -515.20% -150.75% -129.34% -20.01% 48.46% 135.32% -15.13% 53.83% 28.11% 29.08% 33.75% -54.41% -29.42% 398.76% -15.85% 2126.40% -9455.62% -304.93% -626.48% -137.18% -96.94% -65.30% -58.06% -46.98% -44.31% 22.62% 7543.96% -183.02% -166.95% -146.63% -100.31% -2.52% 35.45% -17.20% 157.23% 28.86% 72.31% 170.51% 359.76% 31.93%      
      qoq
    -191.69% 109.36% -28.18% 163.27% -44.74% 5.59% 3.72% 37.61% -52.61% -11.62% 19.37% -71.12% 19.07% -322.51% -304.20% -340.95% -239.64% -118.68% -1709.59% -86.28% 285.51% 283.33% -92.32% -30.39% 32.48% 230.94% -28.94% -28.71% 17.44% 21.41% 26.49% -55.02% 69.39% 48.48% 8.39% -27.13% 207.26% 701.06% -119.98% -15.58% -62.44% 363.04% -45.52% 56.69% -40.47% 66.99% -1.25% 30.50% -40.02% 73.03% -66.34% 102.03% 323.84% -70.81% 790.66% -948.96% -90.72% -25.00% -37.09% -30.15% 5.29% -9.34% -20.47% -26.64% 131.83% 5551.39% -100.86% -40.84% 61.48% -62.17% 169.69% -17.79% -1.28% 17.53% 35.11% 9.92% 54.98% 99.75% -61.23%   
      operating margin %
    -59.44% 69.80% 40.91% 54.51% 17.65% 39.20% 43.77% 48.85% 27.13% 50.49% 66.24% 56.27% 109.32% 73.87% -34.07% 18.45% -8.19% 6.70% -73.44% 4.84% 34.43% 9.90% 4.93% 39.01% 49.69% 33.79% 14.15% 18.85% 26.80% 21.65% 23.36% 21.78% 33.32% 25.26% 21.17% 22.08% 31.05% 21.41% 3.28% -43.24% -131.09% -352.35% -78.83% -140.51% -89.22% -155.36% -91.84% -91.85% -70.48% -119.51% -67.75% -202.86% -102.35% -23.61% -82.60% -9.82% 1.02% 10.70% 15.73% 22.61% 29.74% 32.80% 36.16% 39.04% 49.44% 32.40% 0.85% -3028.18% -9680.25% -954.76% -11320.24% -2597.49% -7314.73% -11998.48% -4612.84% 2370.38% -3389.74% -2371.23% -2118.40% -5347.63%  
      other income
    -3,000,000 -1,000,000 2,000,000 -1,000,000 20,000,000 6,000,000 -3,000,000 3,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 4,000,000  37,000,000   3,000,000 5,000,000   4,000,000 6,000,000   5,000,000 9,000,000 13,000,000 -70,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 5,708,000 437,000 -6,930,000 929,000 1,188,000 -39,000 283,000 372,000 -544,000 -160,000 -189,000 310,000 137,000 65,000 413,000 475,000 133,000 -12,081,000 458,000 125,000 75,000 17,000 118,000 109,000 46,000 16,000  -8,000 124,000 46,000 -64,000 193,000 -33,000 -34,000  1,032,000 3,000 -184,000  -309,000 201,000 108,000 176,000  
      interest expense, net of capitalized interest
    -255,000,000 -246,000,000 -236,000,000 -237,000,000 -229,000,000 -240,000,000 -247,000,000 -257,000,000 -266,000,000 -270,000,000 -283,000,000 -291,000,000 -297,000,000 -346,000,000 -354,000,000 -357,000,000 -349,000,000 -350,000,000 -364,000,000 -368,000,000 -356,000,000 -351,000,000 -355,000,000 -407,000,000 -412,000,000 -418,000,000 -395,000,000 -372,000,000 -247,000,000 -222,000,000 -221,000,000 -216,000,000 -216,000,000 -208,000,000 -186,000,000 -188,000,000 -165,000,000 -158,033,000 -148,053,000 -105,967,000 -76,337,000 -83,419,000 -93,566,000                                       
      loss on modification or extinguishment of debt
    -23,000,000 -1,750,000 -7,000,000             -28,000,000 -18,000,000 -21,000,000 -36,000,000 -4,000,000 -55,000,000 -2,000,000 -171,000,000 -43,000,000 -1,000,000 -28,000,000 -27,000,000    -12,000,000 -15,000,000                                                  
      interest and dividend income
    16,000,000 15,000,000 23,000,000 31,000,000 37,000,000 40,000,000 41,000,000 47,000,000 61,000,000 64,000,000 58,000,000                                                                       
      total other expense
    -265,000,000 -233,000,000 -218,000,000 -207,000,000 -172,000,000 -194,000,000 -209,000,000 -216,000,000 -206,000,000 -209,000,000 -224,000,000 -238,000,000 -240,000,000 -343,000,000 -380,000,000 -383,000,000 -359,000,000 -377,000,000 -426,000,000 -370,000,000 -404,000,000 -350,000,000 -655,000,000 -470,000,000 -612,000,000 -380,000,000 -570,000,000 -430,000,000 -266,000,000 -281,000,000 -195,000,000 -189,000,000 -132,000,000 -157,000,000 -209,000,000 -252,000,000 -204,000,000 27,168,000 -144,054,000 -258,833,000 -257,799,000 -71,654,000 -255,087,000 -46,729,000 -274,168,000 -79,563,000 -41,471,000 -218,491,000 -74,641,000 -66,781,000 -74,798,000 -26,604,000 -57,255,000 -83,200,000 -57,298,000 -69,738,000                          
      income before income taxes and nci
    -3,753,000,000 3,571,000,000 1,599,000,000                                                                               
      less: income tax provision
    -341,000,000 638,000,000 303,000,000 426,000,000 121,000,000 261,000,000 231,000,000 210,000,000 109,000,000 400,000,000 440,000,000 363,000,000 1,316,000,000   181,000,000 -191,000,000 1,151,000,000 -1,860,000,000 -93,000,000                                                              
      net income
    -3,412,000,000 2,933,000,000 1,296,000,000 1,897,000,000 668,000,000 1,284,000,000 1,207,000,000 1,162,000,000 839,000,000 1,826,000,000 2,091,000,000 1,707,000,000 6,435,000,000 5,147,000,000 -2,644,000,000 913,000,000 -781,000,000 -1,089,000,000 -916,000,000 -131,000,000 571,000,000 2,000,000 -508,000,000 404,000,000 603,000,000 1,153,000,000 -260,000,000 2,000,000 337,000,000 223,000,000 227,000,000 150,000,000 600,000,000 280,000,000 90,000,000 21,000,000 172,000,000 149,541,000 -130,416,000 -334,944,000 -348,974,000 -312,577,000 -307,092,000 -141,802,000 -335,844,000 -184,022,000 -104,800,000 -280,710,000 -122,345,000 -147,748,000 -122,483,000 -163,904,000 -124,629,000 -98,908,000 -111,876,000 -73,040,000 -56,415,000 -57,809,000 -53,936,000 -47,171,000 -39,838,000 -41,301,000 85,172,000 -35,167,000 -23,201,000 -42,497,000 -13,051,000 -82,742,000 -106,784,000 -67,443,000 -132,333,000 -49,911,000 -52,648,000 -53,454,000 -41,119,000 -34,556,000 -93,317,000 -33,106,000 -3,619,000 -15,811,000  
      yoy
    -610.78% 128.43% 7.37% 63.25% -20.38% -29.68% -42.28% -31.93% -86.96% -64.52% -179.08% 86.97% -923.94% -572.64% 188.65% -796.95% -236.78% -54550.00% 80.31% -132.43% -5.31% -99.83% 95.38% 20100.00% 78.93% 417.04% -214.54% -98.67% -43.83% -20.36% 152.22% 614.29% 248.84% 87.24% -169.01% -106.27% -149.29% -147.84% -57.53% 136.21% 3.91% 69.86% 193.03% -49.48% 174.51% 24.55% -14.44% 71.26% -1.83% 49.38% 9.48% 124.40% 120.91% 71.09% 107.42% 54.84% 41.61% 39.97% -163.33% 34.13% 71.71% -2.81% -752.61% -57.50% -78.27% -36.99% -90.14% 65.78% 102.83% 26.17% 221.83% 44.44% -43.58% 61.46% 1036.20% 118.56%      
      qoq
    -216.33% 126.31% -31.68% 183.98% -47.98% 6.38% 3.87% 38.50% -54.05% -12.67% 22.50% -73.47% 25.02% -294.67% -389.59% -216.90% -28.28% 18.89% 599.24% -122.94% 28450.00% -100.39% -225.74% -33.00% -47.70% -543.46% -13100.00% -99.41% 51.12% -1.76% 51.33% -75.00% 114.29% 211.11% 328.57% -87.79% 15.02% -214.66% -61.06% -4.02% 11.64% 1.79% 116.56% -57.78% 82.50% 75.59% -62.67% 129.44% -17.19% 20.63% -25.27% 31.51% 26.00% -11.59% 53.17% 29.47% -2.41% 7.18% 14.34% 18.41% -3.54% -148.49% -342.19% 51.58% -45.41% 225.62% -84.23% -22.51% 58.33% -49.04% 165.14% -5.20% -1.51% 30.00% 18.99% -62.97% 181.87% 814.78% -77.11%   
      net income margin %
    -58.15% 53.82% 29.18% 40.87% 12.27% 28.94% 32.08% 35.74% 19.73% 37.86% 50.28% 41.61% 88.03% 56.65% -29.87% 11.40% -10.44% -16.61% -28.63% -4.34% 18.48% 0.07% -34.79% 16.82% 22.26% 38.34% -11.98% 0.09% 14.90% 9.36% 12.48% 9.72% 26.76% 16.04% 6.41% 1.69% 14.20% 26.16% -28.01% -189.42% -505.17% -456.77% -464.88% -208.46% -491.22% -279.02% -156.87% -414.98% -181.12% -222.45% -180.89% -243.99% -189.10% -146.70% -169.51% -117.19% -80.05% -79.64% -81.95% -64.79% -50.28% -60.52% 124.75% -44.23% -27.10% -75.44% -34.38% -6699.76% -16352.83% -1644.95% -14478.45% -3379.21% -8252.04% -13567.01% -4715.48% 2751.27% -11679.22% -4491.99% -876.27% -3746.68%  
      less: net income attributable to nci
    90,000,000 631,000,000 247,000,000                                                                               
      net income attributable to cheniere
    -3,502,000,000 2,302,000,000 1,049,000,000 1,626,000,000 353,000,000 977,000,000 893,000,000 880,000,000 502,000,000                                                                         
      net income per share
    -16.65 10.56 4.76 7.32 1.57 4.33 3.95 3.85 2.14 5.87 7.08 5.65 22.28 15.63 -9.54 2.92 -3.41 -5.22 -4.27 -1.3 1.56 -0.77 -1.84 0.78 1.48 3.66 -1.25 -0.44 0.55 0.25 0.26 -0.07 1.52 0.56 -1.24 -1.23 0.23 0.48 -0.44 -1.31 -1.41 -1.28 -1.31 -0.52 -1.18 -0.7 -0.4 -0.9 -0.44 -0.61 -0.46 -0.71 -0.54 -0.43 -0.52 -0.43 -0.43 -0.66 -0.67 -0.67 -0.6 -0.73 1.55                   
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding—basic
    210.5 219.7 219.3 221.8 223.5 228.4 226.3 228.4 234.2 241 240.2 242.3 243.9 251.1 249.9 253.6 254 253.4 253.6 253.5 252.9 252.4 252.2 252.1 253 256.2 256 257.4 257.1 245.6 247.2 242.8 235.5    232.4                      80,473 70,630  55,609 55,317                   
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding—diluted
    210.5 220.3 219.9 222.3 224.1 229.1 227 228.9 235 242.6 242 243.8 245.8 253.4 249.9 255.9 254 253.4 253.6 253.5 258.9 252.4 252.2 252.4 299.6 258.1 256 257.4 258.5 248 250.2 242.8 238    232.7                      80,473 70,630  55,609 116,596                   
      ___________________
                                                                                     
      income before income taxes and non-controlling interests
       2,323,000,000 789,000,000                                                                             
      less: net income attributable to non-controlling interests
       271,000,000 315,000,000                                                                             
      cost
         1,068,750,000 1,255,000,000 784,000,000 2,236,000,000 -17,750,000 556,000,000 912,000,000 -1,539,000,000                         229,358,000 252,343,000                                           
      depreciation and amortization expense
         228,000,000 306,000,000 304,000,000 302,000,000 304,000,000 298,000,000 297,000,000 297,000,000 292,000,000 280,000,000 276,000,000 271,000,000 258,000,000 259,000,000 258,000,000 236,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 213,000,000 204,000,000 144,000,000 116,000,000 113,000,000 111,000,000 109,000,000 104,000,000 92,000,000 90,000,000 70,000,000 67,960,000 49,212,000 32,781,000 24,089,000                                         
      gain on modification or extinguishment of debt
           -9,000,000   -3,000,000 -2,000,000 20,000,000 -10,750,000 3,000,000                                                                   
      income before income taxes and non-controlling interest
         939,500,000 1,438,000,000 1,372,000,000 948,000,000 2,226,000,000 2,531,000,000 2,070,000,000 7,751,000,000   1,094,000,000 -972,000,000 62,000,000 -2,776,000,000 -224,000,000 660,000,000 -74,000,000 -583,000,000 467,000,000 734,000,000 636,000,000 -263,000,000 2,000,000 340,000,000 235,000,000 230,000,000 147,000,000 615,000,000 284,000,000 88,000,000 22,000,000 172,000,000                    -58,847,000 -58,772,000 -55,469,000 -48,456,000 -40,479,000   -35,649,000 -23,332,000 -41,907,000 -15,077,000 -87,339,000              
      less: net income attributable to non-controlling interest
         233,250,000 314,000,000 282,000,000 337,000,000 449,000,000 390,000,000 338,000,000 1,001,000,000 1,210,000,000 -259,000,000 172,000,000 84,000,000 234,000,000 168,000,000 198,000,000 178,000,000 196,000,000 -45,000,000 207,000,000 228,000,000 214,000,000 58,000,000 116,000,000 196,000,000 156,000,000 162,000,000 168,000,000 243,000,000 153,000,000 379,000,000 306,000,000 118,000,000                                             
      other
            9,000,000 20,000,000 3,000,000 11,000,000  2,000,000                      6,000,000  1,655,000 27,000 50,000 112,000 182,000 404,000 826,000 126,000 357,000 323,000 480,000 474,000 435,000 385,000 336,000   1,000  6,000 8,000 11,000 18,000 13,000 21,000 25,000 11,000 25,000 25,000 75,000               
      net income attributable to common stockholders
             1,377,000,000 1,701,000,000 1,369,000,000 5,434,000,000   741,000,000 -865,000,000 -1,323,000,000 -1,084,000,000 -329,000,000 393,000,000 -194,000,000 -463,000,000 197,000,000 375,000,000 939,000,000 -318,000,000 -114,000,000 141,000,000 67,000,000 65,000,000 -18,000,000 357,000,000    54,000,000                         -40,580,000 85,677,000                   
      earnings per share in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding because it is calculated based on whole numbers, not the rounded numbers presented.
                                                                                     
      interest rate derivative gain
                    3,000,000    1,000,000                                                             
      interest income
               55,000,000                                                  169,000 142,000 97,000 92,000 114,000 388,000 811,000 2,397,000 3,535,000 4,801,000 9,604,000 15,940,000 20,990,000 24,120,000 21,582,000 18,109,000 11,100,000 10,335,000 9,544,000  
      development expense
                10,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  1,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 2,129,000 1,546,000 1,616,000 1,547,000 4,501,000 4,935,000 16,609,000 16,096,000 15,457,000 11,544,000                                   
      derivative gain
                 500,000  -1,000,000          53,000,000 -78,000,000 -74,000,000 -35,000,000 -75,000,000 23,000,000 32,000,000 77,000,000 44,000,000 -2,000,000  1,000,000 -60,557,000 29,327,000 -90,621,000  38,484,000 -161,482,000 45,755,000  -28,726,000 5,573,000 -60,178,000  27,742,000 -22,335,000 95,509,000  346,000 287,000 261,000  -1,087,000 -716,000 -448,000   -44,000 505,000 795,000 1,158,000 762,000 2,562,000 2,327,000 14,692,000       -20,026,000 -966,000 162,000 761,000  
      other expense
                 -5,250,000 -29,000,000   -8,000,000 -24,000,000   -28,750,000 -129,000,000                                                           
      loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest
                 -818,500,000 -3,396,000,000                       149,538,000 -128,778,000 -335,287,000 -348,358,000 -312,775,000 -307,161,000 -142,309,000 -335,166,000 -182,026,000 -102,829,000 -280,626,000 -122,253,000 -146,159,000 -120,674,000 -162,882,000 -124,709,000 -99,115,000 -111,815,000 -75,859,000                          
      less: income tax benefit
                 -190,500,000 -752,000,000                                                                   
      net loss attributable to common stockholders
                 -627,250,000 -2,385,000,000                   127,000,000 -289,000,000 -285,000,000  109,707,000 -100,442,000 -298,418,000 -320,838,000 -291,097,000 -297,808,000 -118,495,000 -267,709,000 -158,613,000 -89,581,000 -201,928,000 -97,810,000 -135,230,000 -100,824,000 -154,764,000 -117,105,000 -94,324,000 -109,001,000                           
      impairment expense and loss on disposal of assets
                   3,000,000   1,000,000 -1,000,000  1,000,000   5,000,000 16,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000  8,000,000   4,000,000 9,000,000                                               
      interest rate derivative loss
                     2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000  -58,250,000  -25,000,000 -208,000,000                                                         
      income tax provision
                        -89,000,000   -63,000,000 -131,000,000    -3,000,000    -15,000,000        -616,000    -678,000 -1,996,000 -1,971,000 -84,000  -1,589,000 -1,809,000 -1,022,000  207,000 -61,000 -144,000 -6,000                    -511,250 -15,079,000    
      income tax benefit
                         76,000,000 75,000,000    3,000,000   -3,750,000 -3,000,000 3,000,000  250,000 2,000,000 -1,000,000  3,000 -1,638,000 343,000  198,000 69,000 507,000     -92,000    80,000                          5,621,000 7,413,000  
      other—related party
                                4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                              
      cost of sales—related party
                                10,000,000                                                     
      restructuring expense
                                        6,000,000 12,213,000 26,241,000                                           
      loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                      -25,000,000 -33,000,000 -42,000,000 -52,605,000 -25,765,000 -55,315,000 -1,457,000 -27,907,000  -7,281,000 -88,992,000   -114,335,000  -51,066,000  -80,510,000  -42,587,000  -14,593,000 -507,000            25,000 -10,716,000            
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding—basic and diluted
                                     233.1 232.6 232.5  228,768 228,924 228,323 228,138 226,903 227,126 226,481 226,328 224,338 224,309 223,602 223,207            66,950   54,870,000 51,598,000 52,945,000 51,576,000 48,650,000 47,365,000 47,492,000 47,129,000 46,977,000 50,537,000 46,728,000 54,391,000 54,891,000 54,423,000  54,369,000 54,217,000  
      impairment expense
                                         477,000  -71,000 10,166,000                                         
      derivative loss
                                       -36,000,000     -180,934,000    -125,936,000    -34,681,000    -17,468,000    -836,000              -11,536,000 -830,000          
      less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
                                         39,834,000 -29,974,000 -36,526,000 -28,136,000 -21,480,000 -9,284,000 -23,307,000 -68,135,000 -25,409,000 -15,219,000 -78,782,000 -24,535,000                                 
      marketing expense
                                           26,225,000 24,978,000                                         
      general and administrative expense
                                           61,409,000 47,924,000 160,657,000 97,332,000 107,856,000 58,017,000 107,926,000 74,255,000 67,720,000 73,808,000 106,541,000 57,096,000 135,076,000 85,798,000 31,845,000 79,427,000 20,816,000 19,993,000 31,311,000 16,227,000 19,378,000 21,510,000 15,145,000 16,910,000 19,217,000 12,194,000 15,557,000 15,422,000 17,797,000              
      lng terminal revenues
                                             66,583,000 67,212,000 67,905,000 67,581,000 67,363,000 66,983,000 66,841,000 66,419,000 66,184,000 66,735,000 66,425,000 66,061,000 66,625,000 65,939,000 66,071,000 67,260,000 68,594,000 68,375,000 67,302,000 70,001,000                     
      marketing and trading revenues
                                             1,667,000 -1,557,000 -706,000 662,000 -1,768,000 -499,000 324,000 657,000 -199,000 590,000 416,000 -565,000 469,000 -292,000 -4,007,000 2,658,000                         
      depreciation expense
                                             14,890,250 21,638,000 20,154,000 17,769,000                                     
      interest expense
                                               -85,486,000 -59,612,000 -50,293,000 -46,884,000 -43,789,000 -40,270,000 -43,594,000 -52,528,000 -42,016,000 -40,262,000 -41,092,000 -45,504,000 -55,864,000 -58,350,000 -65,526,000 -65,125,000 -64,587,000 -64,154,000 -63,899,000 -66,950,000 -67,194,000 -66,529,000 -61,557,000 -61,959,000 -53,250,000 -52,597,000 -36,801,000 -21,402,000 -19,849,000 -24,174,000 -28,027,000 -25,930,000 -26,426,000 -20,848,000 -10,886,000 -11,096,000 -11,138,000  
      depreciation
                                                 12,240,500 16,189,000 17,298,000                                  
      lng terminal operating expense
                                                   29,409,000 13,687,000 12,744,000 30,098,000 31,068,000                              
      lng terminal development expense
                                                   15,263,000 12,112,000 10,720,000 11,046,000 22,081,000                              
      depreciation, depletion and amortization
                                                    15,475,000 15,676,000 15,246,000 15,173,000 15,113,000 19,406,000 15,233,000 15,478,000 16,290,000 17,123,000 15,271,000 15,625,000 15,386,000 16,649,000 15,612,000 15,624,000 15,103,000 14,269,000 12,795,000 12,062,000 11,509,000 7,220,000 3,333,000 2,284,000 1,870,000 1,952,000 1,513,000 1,075,000 1,051,000 896,000 579,000 606,000  
      non-controlling interest
                                                     12,518,000 21,659,000 9,140,000 7,524,000 4,584,000 2,875,000 2,963,000 2,438,000 1,123,000 1,533,000 1,285,000 641,000   482,000 131,000 -590,000 2,026,000 4,597,000              
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
                                                     218,869 220,734 217,397 215,634 181,768 208,712 171,001 131,107 76,483                        
      oil and gas sales
                                                        410,000 327,000 350,000 264,000 550,000 489,000 426,000 884,000 768,000 749,000 884,000 537,000 496,000 797,000 839,000 734,000 547,000 1,375,000 1,207,000 1,085,000 1,014,000 812,000 2,719,000 832,000 738,000 737,000 413,000 422,000  
      lng terminal and pipeline operating expense
                                                        15,259,000 20,470,000 14,056,000 10,993,000 11,557,000 10,078,000 10,976,000 7,853,000 10,194,000                     
      lng terminal and pipeline development expense
                                                        17,088,000 11,483,000 11,721,000 21,088,000 21,819,000 7,867,000 11,143,000 13,356,000 8,437,000                     
      loss before non-controlling interest
                                                           -76,003,000                          
      total other income
                                                            -59,568,000 -66,538,000 -65,824,000 -64,917,000 -64,045,000 -63,684,000 60,482,000                   
      income before non-controlling interest
                                                            -58,853,000 -58,932,000 -55,469,000 -48,456,000 -40,479,000   -35,649,000 -23,332,000 -41,907,000 -15,077,000 -87,339,000              
      marketing and trading
                                                             2,513,750 -2,999,000 4,606,000 8,449,000 1,533,000 1,029,000 12,142,000 -2,566,250 -9,609,000 -1,156,000 501,000              
      gain on sale of equity method investment
                                                                  128,329,000                   
      oil and gas production and exploration costs
                                                               137,000 138,000 133,000 113,000 99,000 72,500 126,000 77,000               
      lng receiving terminal revenues
                                                                 65,945,000 66,337,000 66,827,000 25,830,000 65,119,000 38,201,000               
      lng receiving terminal and pipeline development expense
                                                                 4,885,000 1,143,000 718,000 101,000 122,000 91,000  -247,000 1,522,000 2,566,000           
      lng receiving terminal and pipeline operating expense
                                                                 9,053,000 9,807,000 12,813,000 10,824,000 8,004,000 9,251,000 8,687,000 9,943,000 4,163,000 416,000           
      gain on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                  -1,011,000  11,340,750  45,363,000               
      income before income taxes
                                                                 -41,301,000 85,172,000                   
      net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest
                                                                 721,000                    
      net income attributable to non-controlling interest
                                                                  505,000                   
      other loss
                                                                   -103,000        -36,000          
      net income per common share—basic and diluted
                                                                   -640 -420 -800 -250 -1,700 -2,240 -1,420 -2,810 -1,060 -1,120 -1,140 -760 -630   -70 -290  
      restructuring charges
                                                                        -147,000 287,000 78,564,000           
      income from equity method investments
                                                                          -3,000,000  -47,750 -191,000        
      exploration costs
                                                                        30,000 5,000 24,000 69,000 84,000 659,000 14,000 359,000 1,049,000 661,000 590,000 838,000  
      oil and gas production costs
                                                                       87,000 75,000 115,000 114,000 94,000 108,000 82,000 101,000 67,000 71,000 61,000 55,000 51,000  
      marketing and trading gain
                                                                        91,000 2,725,000 -293,000 392,000          
      general and administrative expenses
                                                                        42,702,000 29,933,000 19,364,000 30,679,000 36,945,000 34,904,000 28,936,000 21,261,000 20,343,000 12,044,000 12,444,000 13,181,000  
      income before income taxes and minority interest
                                                                        -110,867,000 -68,468,000 -134,638,000 -51,276,000 -53,870,000 -54,499,000 -42,218,000 -34,616,000 -93,317,000 -18,027,000 -9,240,000 -23,224,000  
      income before minority interest
                                                                        -110,867,000 -68,468,000 -134,638,000 -51,276,000 -53,870,000 -54,499,000 -42,218,000 -34,616,000 -93,317,000 -33,106,000 -3,619,000 -15,811,000  
      minority interest
                                                                        4,083,000 1,025,000 2,305,000 1,365,000 1,222,000 1,045,000 1,099,000 60,000      
      lng receiving terminal and pipeline development expenses
                                                                           6,716,000 8,299,000 10,071,000 10,532,000 5,754,000 5,369,000 2,923,000 -4,506,000 8,313,000  
      equity in net income of limited partnership
                                                                           -1,800,000          
      marketing and trading loss
                                                                            -1,088,250 -418,000 -1,847,000 -2,088,000      
      impairment of fixed assets
                                                                                 1,628,000    
      gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                     
      net income per common share—basic
                                                                                -242.5 -610    
      net income per common share—diluted
                                                                                -242.5 -610    
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
                                                                                     
      basic
                                                                                 54,496,000    
      diluted
                                                                                 54,496,000    
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        assets
                                                                                       
        current assets
                                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,305,000,000 1,099,000,000 1,075,000,000 1,648,000,000 2,511,000,000 2,638,000,000 2,663,000,000 2,442,000,000 4,411,000,000 4,066,000,000 3,861,000,000 4,529,000,000 2,948,000,000 1,353,000,000 2,504,000,000 2,631,000,000 2,487,000,000 1,404,000,000 2,203,000,000 1,806,000,000 1,667,000,000 1,628,000,000 2,091,000,000 2,039,000,000 2,399,000,000 2,474,000,000 2,539,000,000 2,279,000,000 1,093,000,000 981,000,000 989,000,000 874,000,000 715,000,000 722,000,000 919,000,000 796,000,000 923,000,000 875,836,000 990,132,000 1,049,478,000 1,094,833,000 1,201,112,000 1,340,262,000 1,470,207,000 2,158,338,000 1,747,583,000 791,656,000 889,887,000 914,603 960,842,000 374,164,000 396,921,000 178,041,000 201,711,000 214,995,000 137,885,000 439,827,000 459,160,000 131,312,000 162,561,000 24,473,000 81,515,000 73,940,000 95,106,000 88,372,000 87,354,000 88,946,000 81,482,000 102,192,000 128,337,000 162,615,000 141,545,000 296,530,000 446,579,000 710,802,000 583,620,000 462,963,000 586,787,000 657,608,000 678,098,000 692,592,000 
        restricted cash and cash equivalents
      463,000,000 485,000,000 323,000,000 369,000,000 357,000,000 552,000,000 413,000,000 512,000,000 427,000,000 459,000,000 422,000,000 640,000,000 495,000,000 1,134,000,000 834,000,000 335,000,000 419,000,000 413,000,000                           457,456,000 481,737,000 661,804,000 670,659,000 520,119 598,064,000 577,945,000 899,468,000 722,083,000 520,263,000 500,711,000 491,299,000 123,023,000 102,165,000 152,534,000 72,525,000 105,439,000 116,231,000 76,164,000 176,098,000 138,309,000 183,273,000 147,229,000 293,464,000 301,550,000 394,433,000 192,302,000 232,902,000 228,085,000 234,546,000 195,337,000 218,145,000 355,831,000 139,623,000 136,860,000 144,948,000 160,885,000 
        trade and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses
      1,209,000,000 1,380,000,000 1,324,000,000 761,000,000 1,019,000,000 727,000,000 680,000,000 719,000,000 675,000,000 1,106,000,000 811,000,000 709,000,000 929,000,000 1,944,000,000 1,834,000,000 1,883,000,000 1,461,000,000                                                                 
        inventory
      678,000,000 524,000,000 458,000,000 482,000,000 525,000,000 501,000,000 394,000,000 387,000,000 363,000,000 445,000,000 400,000,000 404,000,000 465,000,000 826,000,000 1,129,000,000 746,000,000 571,000,000 706,000,000 471,000,000 363,000,000 314,000,000 292,000,000 280,000,000 207,000,000 239,000,000 312,000,000 288,000,000 290,000,000 279,000,000 316,000,000 298,000,000 233,000,000 123,000,000 243,000,000 133,000,000 150,000,000 113,000,000 160,161,000 63,853,000 66,322,000 31,243,000 18,125,000                                        
        current derivative assets
      25,000,000 9,000,000 89,000,000 147,000,000 135,000,000 155,000,000 94,000,000 38,000,000 122,000,000 141,000,000 95,000,000 93,000,000 78,000,000 120,000,000 131,000,000 273,000,000 215,000,000 55,000,000 266,000,000 178,000,000                                                              
        margin deposits
      289,000,000 76,000,000 103,000,000 150,000,000 87,000,000 128,000,000 102,000,000 105,000,000 34,000,000 18,000,000 73,000,000 36,000,000 63,000,000 134,000,000 267,000,000 169,000,000 456,000,000 765,000,000 336,000,000                                                               
        other current assets
      190,000,000 119,000,000 129,000,000 147,000,000 93,000,000 100,000,000 109,000,000 133,000,000 77,000,000 96,000,000 107,000,000 129,000,000 70,000,000 97,000,000 115,000,000 149,000,000 96,000,000 207,000,000 185,000,000 281,000,000 120,000,000 121,000,000 154,000,000 146,000,000 79,000,000 92,000,000 133,000,000 135,000,000 106,000,000 114,000,000 131,000,000 156,000,000 103,000,000 96,000,000 112,000,000 86,000,000 74,000,000 100,748,000 69,030,000 75,941,000 63,509,000 54,203,000 78,108,000 88,382,000                                      
        total current assets
      4,159,000,000 3,692,000,000 3,501,000,000 3,704,000,000 4,727,000,000 4,801,000,000 4,455,000,000 4,336,000,000 6,109,000,000 6,331,000,000 5,769,000,000 6,540,000,000 5,048,000,000 5,608,000,000 7,206,000,000 6,186,000,000 5,705,000,000 5,056,000,000 4,863,000,000 3,665,000,000 3,574,000,000 3,169,000,000 3,632,000,000 3,827,000,000 3,937,000,000 4,212,000,000 4,185,000,000 4,425,000,000 3,896,000,000 4,234,000,000 3,670,000,000 3,966,000,000 3,268,000,000 3,369,000,000 3,031,000,000 2,368,000,000 2,419,000,000 2,238,318,000 2,104,727,000 1,990,482,000 1,946,115,000 1,782,586,000 2,086,272,000 2,263,362,000 2,703,059,000 2,258,877,000 1,509,862,000 1,591,484,000 1,468,629 1,591,180,000 1,009,060,000 1,353,901,000 925,582,000 748,563,000 767,414,000 655,330,000 591,026,000 591,452,000 312,338,000 261,046,000 190,793,000 217,273,000 190,696,000 304,771,000 286,275,000 320,267,000 268,422,000 392,977,000 416,592,000 540,866,000 429,671,000 468,987,000 600,612,000 733,851,000 935,420,000 831,343,000 828,977,000 745,687,000 815,773,000 839,797,000 871,463,000 
        property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
      36,744,000,000 35,755,000,000 35,345,000,000 34,829,000,000 34,177,000,000 33,552,000,000 33,219,000,000 33,079,000,000 32,705,000,000 32,456,000,000 32,053,000,000 31,821,000,000 31,747,000,000 31,528,000,000 30,904,000,000 30,659,000,000 30,314,000,000 30,288,000,000 30,318,000,000 30,288,000,000                                                              
        operating lease assets
      2,657,000,000 2,700,000,000 2,627,000,000 2,776,000,000 2,724,000,000 2,684,000,000 2,859,000,000 2,845,000,000 2,924,000,000 2,641,000,000 2,549,000,000 2,487,000,000 2,553,000,000 2,625,000,000 2,795,000,000 2,255,000,000 1,975,000,000 2,102,000,000 2,064,000,000 1,698,000,000 1,181,000,000 759,000,000 630,000,000 520,000,000 350,000,000 439,000,000 493,000,000 502,000,000 542,000,000                                                     
        derivative assets
      2,229,000,000 4,663,000,000 2,565,000,000 2,236,000,000 1,023,000,000 1,903,000,000 1,661,000,000 1,151,000,000 367,000,000 863,000,000 620,000,000 282,000,000 200,000,000 35,000,000 46,000,000 144,000,000 43,000,000 69,000,000 71,000,000 96,000,000 67,000,000 32,000,000 195,000,000 284,000,000 322,000,000 323,000,000 140,000,000 127,000,000 107,000,000 63,000,000 63,000,000 37,000,000 23,000,000 57,000,000 12,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 23,750,000                                   1,056,000 3,048,000 395,000 46,000  9,194,000 11,618,000 9,413,000 5,468,000 
        deferred tax assets
      12,000,000 12,000,000 17,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 26,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 40,000,000 36,000,000 35,000,000 864,000,000 2,100,000,000 1,276,000,000 1,450,000,000 1,204,000,000 2,361,000,000 497,000,000 402,000,000 489,000,000 414,000,000 337,000,000 400,000,000 529,000,000                                                        
        other non-current assets
      1,044,000,000 1,060,000,000 1,047,000,000 1,015,000,000 877,000,000 899,000,000 855,000,000 841,000,000 779,000,000 759,000,000 611,000,000 560,000,000 605,000,000 529,000,000 514,000,000 716,000,000 491,000,000 462,000,000 425,000,000 431,000,000 446,000,000 406,000,000 385,000,000 546,000,000 476,000,000 388,000,000 287,000,000 337,000,000 317,000,000 305,000,000 295,000,000 309,000,000 292,000,000 288,000,000 298,000,000 295,000,000 238,000,000 302,075,000 279,434,000 251,458,000 262,486,000 314,455,000 273,840,000 222,399,000 215,840,000 186,356,000                                    
        total assets
      46,845,000,000 47,882,000,000 45,102,000,000 44,578,000,000 43,546,000,000 43,858,000,000 43,075,000,000 42,278,000,000 42,911,000,000 43,076,000,000 41,719,000,000 41,803,000,000 40,265,000,000 41,266,000,000 43,642,000,000 41,313,000,000 40,055,000,000 39,258,000,000 40,179,000,000 36,752,000,000 36,395,000,000 35,697,000,000 35,931,000,000 35,846,000,000 35,747,000,000 35,492,000,000 34,705,000,000 34,572,000,000 32,885,000,000 31,987,000,000 30,740,000,000 30,327,000,000 28,341,000,000 27,906,000,000 27,134,000,000 26,600,000,000 26,056,000,000 23,702,737,000 22,689,080,000 21,436,851,000 20,430,947,000 19,019,589,000 18,452,259,000 17,759,502,000 14,923,047,000 12,573,683,000 11,785,316,000 11,859,295,000 9,524,616 9,673,237,000 8,125,853,000 8,582,230,000 6,581,819,000 4,639,085,000 4,383,725,000 3,028,330,000 2,934,522,000 2,915,325,000 2,651,443,000 2,619,807,000 2,564,433,000 2,616,478,000 2,607,481,000 2,736,643,000 2,732,622,000 2,789,045,000 2,785,785,000 2,892,308,000 2,922,070,000 3,049,316,000 2,832,341,000 2,955,426,000 2,962,299,000 3,016,934,000 3,084,424,000 2,912,361,000 2,604,488,000 1,612,102,000 1,449,796,000 1,332,351,000 1,308,124,000 
        liabilities, redeemable nci and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                       
        current liabilities
                                                                                       
        accounts payable
      241,000,000 123,000,000 279,000,000 161,000,000 182,000,000 171,000,000 137,000,000 124,000,000 102,000,000 181,000,000 126,000,000 100,000,000 93,000,000 124,000,000 405,000,000 141,000,000 167,000,000 155,000,000 73,000,000 83,000,000 84,000,000 35,000,000 41,000,000 26,000,000 29,000,000 66,000,000 50,000,000 120,000,000 66,000,000 58,000,000 80,000,000 29,000,000 21,000,000 25,000,000 59,000,000 62,000,000 54,000,000 48,577,000 38,569,000 48,676,000 35,398,000 22,820,000 11,558,000 23,799,000 20,953,000 13,426,000 16,064,000 30,205,000 6,269 10,367,000 6,345,000 20,790,000 22,344,000 74,360,000 2,282,000 11,357,000 1,916,000 1,103,000 1,699,000 1,413,000 3,468,000 1,393,000 723,000 470,000 426,000 250,000 1,319,000 1,617,000 1,220,000 5,009,000 5,610,000 8,084,000 6,620,000 7,755,000 10,029,000 13,256,000 3,659,000 13,792,000 149,000 2,219,000 778,000 
        accrued liabilities
      2,047,000,000 2,081,000,000 1,492,000,000 1,492,000,000 2,206,000,000 2,179,000,000 1,654,000,000 1,706,000,000 1,097,000,000 1,780,000,000 1,433,000,000 1,037,000,000 1,328,000,000 2,679,000,000 3,108,000,000 2,599,000,000 1,963,000,000 2,299,000,000 1,787,000,000 1,197,000,000 1,263,000,000 1,175,000,000 1,006,000,000 735,000,000 922,000,000 1,281,000,000 1,199,000,000 1,572,000,000 1,101,000,000 1,169,000,000 987,000,000 1,382,000,000 729,000,000 1,078,000,000 722,000,000 674,000,000 683,000,000 637,097,000 699,996,000 589,604,000 670,584,000 427,199,000 457,901,000 565,832,000 255,815,000 169,129,000 378,982,000 320,918,000 142,275 186,552,000 172,015,000 491,424,000 242,152,000 58,737,000 138,780,000 57,752,000 85,247,000 63,074,000 77,410,000 38,061,000 72,964,000 71,492,000 28,233,000 65,087,000 38,425,000 89,468,000 56,044,000 99,428,000 61,883,000 109,172,000 123,000,000 200,815,000 164,917,000 175,896,000 90,973,000 118,920,000 58,280,000 44,304,000 53,541,000 24,512,000 54,544,000 
        current debt, net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs
      1,606,000,000 306,000,000 605,000,000 609,000,000 104,000,000 351,000,000 700,000,000                                                                           
        deferred revenue
      111,000,000 150,000,000 176,000,000 145,000,000 117,000,000 163,000,000 189,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000 179,000,000 209,000,000 130,000,000 108,000,000 234,000,000 211,000,000 141,000,000 120,000,000 155,000,000 187,000,000 105,000,000 102,000,000 138,000,000 179,000,000 23,000,000 94,000,000 161,000,000 171,000,000 136,000,000 108,000,000 139,000,000 120,000,000 99,000,000 120,000,000 111,000,000 134,000,000 65,000,000 63,000,000 72,631,000 26,709,000 26,709,000 26,669,000 26,669,000 26,653,000 26,671,000 26,653,000 26,655,000 26,639,000 26,639,000 26,764 26,593,000 26,585,000 26,585,000 25,329,000 26,540,000 26,525,000 25,148,000 26,525,000 26,628,000 26,457,000 26,363,000 26,703,000 26,340,000 26,453,000 26,439,000 26,456,000 26,196,000 35,500,000 36,500,000 37,500,000 38,500,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 
        current operating lease liabilities
      572,000,000 539,000,000 539,000,000 562,000,000 576,000,000 592,000,000 621,000,000 637,000,000 678,000,000 655,000,000 612,000,000 598,000,000 604,000,000 616,000,000 669,000,000 598,000,000 527,000,000 535,000,000 458,000,000 365,000,000 251,000,000 161,000,000 160,000,000 179,000,000 178,000,000 236,000,000 275,000,000 292,000,000 325,000,000                                                     
        current derivative liabilities
      2,546,000,000 618,000,000 556,000,000 706,000,000 710,000,000 902,000,000 801,000,000 803,000,000 536,000,000 750,000,000 991,000,000 1,215,000,000 1,292,000,000 2,301,000,000 3,215,000,000 1,793,000,000 1,746,000,000 1,089,000,000 1,979,000,000 822,000,000                                                              
        other current liabilities
      149,000,000 99,000,000 92,000,000 100,000,000 84,000,000 83,000,000 54,000,000 43,000,000 41,000,000 43,000,000 38,000,000 37,000,000 40,000,000 28,000,000 50,000,000 14,000,000 20,000,000 94,000,000 129,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 29,000,000 25,000,000 53,000,000 13,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 17,000,000 9,000,000 1,000,000       224,000 264,000 54,000 93,000  268,000 600,000                                      
        total current liabilities
      7,272,000,000 3,916,000,000 3,739,000,000 3,775,000,000 3,979,000,000 4,441,000,000 4,156,000,000 4,236,000,000 6,212,000,000 3,888,000,000 3,758,000,000 4,913,000,000 3,526,000,000 6,795,000,000 9,375,000,000 7,556,000,000 4,605,000,000 4,693,000,000 5,660,000,000 3,526,000,000 3,152,000,000 2,196,000,000 1,917,000,000 1,464,000,000 3,657,000,000 1,874,000,000 1,892,000,000 2,207,000,000 1,659,000,000 1,742,000,000 1,350,000,000 1,728,000,000 895,000,000 1,251,000,000 1,011,000,000 840,000,000 871,000,000 1,076,669,000 2,608,878,000 2,414,521,000 2,568,623,000 2,188,086,000 530,219,000 640,839,000 321,467,000 232,475,000 438,788,000 390,883,000 194,869 237,011,000 213,237,000 548,295,000 291,366,000 159,763,000 168,122,000 298,141,000 314,173,000 584,960,000 595,016,000 364,197,000 103,350,000 354,407,000 56,517,000 92,018,000 66,212,000 116,244,000 83,601,000 114,803,000 66,133,000 117,391,000 136,370,000 211,230,000 173,101,000 184,532,000 101,997,000 133,582,000 61,939,000 64,096,000 59,690,000 32,731,000 61,322,000 
        long-term debt
      22,143,000,000 22,507,000,000 21,957,000,000 22,012,000,000 22,509,000,000 22,554,000,000 22,546,000,000 22,590,000,000 21,401,000,000 23,397,000,000 23,389,000,000 23,380,000,000 23,928,000,000 24,055,000,000 25,325,000,000 26,055,000,000 28,907,000,000 29,449,000,000 29,481,000,000 29,327,000,000 29,465,000,000 30,471,000,000 30,949,000,000 30,807,000,000 28,940,000,000 30,774,000,000 30,795,000,000 29,944,000,000 28,726,000,000 28,179,000,000 27,438,000,000 26,782,000,000 25,656,000,000 25,336,000,000 24,923,000,000 24,654,000,000 24,088,000,000 21,687,532,000 19,033,513,000 17,789,074,000 16,348,099,000 15,128,145,000 15,835,910,000 14,854,794,000 12,117,880,000 9,806,084,000 8,989,760,000 8,987,850,000 6,578,350 6,576,273,000 5,574,195,000 5,572,008,000 3,668,286,000 2,167,113,000 2,295,939,000 2,194,765,000 2,466,287,000 2,465,113,000 2,463,939,000 2,645,609,000 2,930,929,000 2,585,408,000 2,593,386,000 2,694,013,000 2,692,740,000 2,684,279,000 2,667,567,000 2,833,280,000 2,832,673,000 2,902,161,000 2,852,000,000 2,757,000,000 2,757,000,000 2,757,000,000 2,757,000,000 2,357,000,000 2,357,000,000 1,264,500,000 1,063,500,000 986,000,000 917,500,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      2,086,000,000 2,163,000,000 2,091,000,000 2,216,000,000 2,153,000,000 2,090,000,000 2,234,000,000 2,200,000,000 2,247,000,000 1,971,000,000 1,907,000,000 1,863,000,000 1,919,000,000 1,971,000,000 2,082,000,000 1,623,000,000 1,423,000,000 1,541,000,000 1,590,000,000 1,332,000,000                                                              
        derivative liabilities
      1,810,000,000 1,208,000,000 1,464,000,000 1,621,000,000 1,767,000,000 1,865,000,000 2,217,000,000 2,153,000,000 2,359,000,000 2,378,000,000 2,882,000,000 3,740,000,000 4,407,000,000 7,947,000,000 10,954,000,000 7,133,000,000 6,256,000,000 3,501,000,000 2,158,000,000 145,000,000 342,000,000 313,000,000 164,000,000 239,000,000 244,000,000 117,000,000 181,000,000 84,000,000 37,000,000 128,000,000 96,000,000 81,000,000 25,000,000 37,000,000 55,000,000 39,000,000 47,000,000 70,673,000 61,829,000 72,002,000 50,561,000 35,201,000 33,839,000 23,937,000 18,046,000 23,247,000                         7,760,000 2,331,000 1,564,000 881,000 995,000 1,406,000      
        deferred tax liabilities
      3,318,000,000 3,698,000,000 3,075,000,000 2,307,000,000 1,893,000,000 1,856,000,000 1,626,000,000 1,576,000,000 1,534,000,000 1,545,000,000 1,178,000,000 731,000,000 388,000,000                                                                     
        other non-current liabilities
      1,544,000,000 1,312,000,000 1,315,000,000 1,338,000,000 1,148,000,000 992,000,000 448,000,000 419,000,000 402,000,000 410,000,000 222,000,000 201,000,000 170,000,000 175,000,000 161,000,000 85,000,000 66,000,000 50,000,000 20,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 23,000,000 11,000,000 26,000,000 44,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 76,000,000 59,000,000 74,000,000 59,000,000 63,000,000 45,000,000 59,000,000 49,534,000 65,849,000 50,382,000 61,668,000 53,068,000 85,226,000 37,013,000 116,829,000 20,107,000 11,715,000 4,105,000 3,281 2,396,000  3,677,000 2,792,000 2,680,000 2,882,000 3,015,000 3,149,000 3,146,000 3,288,000 3,364,000 2,140,000 2,312,000 2,875,000 25,793,000 23,162,000 16,930,000 14,599,000 12,398,000 8,141,000 7,263,000 6,015,000 12,441,000 8,637,000 7,359,000 6,874,000 1,518,000 1,302,000 703,000    
        total liabilities
      38,173,000,000 34,804,000,000 33,641,000,000 33,269,000,000 33,449,000,000 33,798,000,000 33,722,000,000 33,680,000,000 34,613,000,000                                                                         
        redeemable nci
       136,000,000 118,000,000                                                                               
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                       
        preferred stock: 0.0001 par value...
                                                                                       
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 279.6 million shares and 279.2 million shares issued at march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025, respectively
      1,000,000                                                                                 
        treasury stock
      -9,394,000,000 -8,852,000,000 -7,826,000,000 -6,798,000,000 -6,488,000,000 -6,136,000,000 -5,853,000,000 -5,568,000,000 -5,067,000,000 -3,864,000,000 -3,522,000,000 -3,162,000,000 -2,821,000,000 -2,342,000,000 -1,609,000,000 -1,529,000,000 -988,000,000 -928,000,000 -924,000,000 -915,000,000 -914,000,000 -872,000,000 -872,000,000 -870,000,000 -868,000,000 -674,000,000 -584,000,000 -423,000,000 -418,000,000 -406,000,000 -396,000,000 -394,000,000 -392,000,000 -386,000,000 -378,000,000 -377,000,000 -375,000,000 -374,324,000 -372,531,000 -357,491,000 -354,903,000 -353,927,000 -337,057,000 -298,926,000 -296,523,000 -292,752,000 -224,944,000 -189,646,000 -187,568 -179,826,000 -128,252,000 -117,709,000 -39,575,000 -39,115,000 -39,115,000 -23,340,000 -20,499,000 -20,195,000 -6,067,000 -6,065,000 -4,340,000 -2,175,000 -2,175,000 -2,172,000 -1,494,000 -576,000 -576,000 -572,000 -496,000  -329,445,000 -329,437,000 -325,039,000 -325,000,000 -212,520,000 -62,000    -932,000  
        additional paid-in-capital
      4,526,000,000 4,523,000,000 4,507,000,000 4,483,000,000 4,448,000,000 4,452,000,000 4,436,000,000 4,406,000,000 4,371,000,000 4,377,000,000 4,394,000,000 4,363,000,000 4,328,000,000 4,314,000,000 4,309,000,000 4,277,000,000 4,244,000,000 4,377,000,000 4,364,000,000 4,337,000,000 4,306,000,000 4,273,000,000 4,246,000,000 4,227,000,000 4,196,000,000 4,167,000,000 4,130,000,000 4,097,000,000 4,063,000,000 4,035,000,000 4,009,000,000 3,664,000,000 3,264,000,000 3,248,000,000 3,238,000,000 3,228,000,000 3,218,000,000 3,211,124,000 3,112,753,000 3,105,728,000 3,088,648,000 3,075,317,000 3,029,317,000 3,014,483,000 2,989,221,000 2,776,702,000 2,562,647,000 2,533,119,000 2,501,133 2,459,699,000 2,382,424,000 2,352,741,000 2,234,740,000 2,168,781,000 2,163,796,000 1,730,987,000 1,252,826,000 898,702,000 543,776,000 541,444,000 412,130,000 350,388,000 346,954,000 343,320,000 336,971,000 330,553,000 325,489,000 184,827,000 181,289,000 151,353,000 469,670,000 465,178,000 451,705,000 434,755,000 411,992,000 398,004,000 390,256,000 383,736,000 378,130,000 372,920,000 375,551,000 
        retained earnings
      8,622,000,000 12,243,000,000 10,067,000,000 9,021,000,000 7,620,000,000 7,382,000,000 6,518,000,000 5,625,000,000 4,945,000,000                                                                         
        total cheniere stockholders’ equity
      3,755,000,000 7,915,000,000 6,749,000,000 6,707,000,000 5,581,000,000 5,699,000,000 5,102,000,000 4,464,000,000 4,250,000,000 5,060,000,000 4,144,000,000 2,868,000,000 1,902,000,000                                                                     
        nci
      4,917,000,000 5,027,000,000 4,594,000,000                                                                               
        total stockholders’ equity
      8,672,000,000 12,942,000,000 11,343,000,000 11,251,000,000 10,052,000,000 10,053,000,000 9,347,000,000 8,592,000,000 8,294,000,000 9,020,000,000 7,907,000,000 6,492,000,000 5,440,000,000           422,000,000 196,000,000                     -164,177,000 -151,808,000 -56,457,000                            116,374,000 143,247,000 217,825,000 285,547,000 272,620,000 286,518,000 
        total liabilities, redeemable nci and stockholders’ equity
      46,845,000,000 47,882,000,000 45,102,000,000                                                                               
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                       
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 279.2 million shares and 278.7 million shares issued at december 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively
       1,000,000                                                                                
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 279.3 million shares and 278.7 million shares issued at september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
        1,000,000                                                                               
        liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                       
        redeemable non-controlling interest
         58,000,000 45,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000                                                                         
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 279.2 million shares and 278.7 million shares issued at june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
         1,000,000                                                                              
        non-controlling interests
         4,544,000,000 4,471,000,000 4,354,000,000                                                                            
        total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
         44,578,000,000 43,546,000,000 43,858,000,000 43,075,000,000 42,278,000,000 42,911,000,000                                                                         
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 279.1 million shares and 278.7 million shares issued at march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
          1,000,000                                                                             
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 278.7 million shares and 277.9 million shares issued at december 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
           1,000,000                                                                            
        finance lease liabilities
            495,000,000 506,000,000 458,000,000 467,000,000 476,000,000 483,000,000 487,000,000 494,000,000 75,000,000 56,000,000 57,000,000 57,000,000 57,000,000 57,000,000                                                              
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 278.5 million shares and 277.9 million shares issued at september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
            1,000,000                                                                           
        non-controlling interest
            4,245,000,000 4,128,000,000 4,044,000,000 3,960,000,000 3,763,000,000 3,624,000,000 3,538,000,000 2,798,000,000 1,849,000,000 2,367,000,000 2,451,000,000 2,538,000,000 2,470,000,000 2,463,000,000 2,427,000,000 2,409,000,000 2,371,000,000 2,574,000,000 2,523,000,000 2,449,000,000 2,386,000,000 2,477,000,000 2,507,000,000 2,455,000,000 2,440,000,000 2,751,000,000 3,104,000,000 3,004,000,000 2,976,000,000 2,617,000,000 2,331,000,000 2,234,821,000 2,308,458,000 2,358,427,000 2,415,019,000 2,463,253,000 2,504,814,000 2,534,131,000 2,577,509,000 2,665,694,000 2,482,361,000 2,517,414,000 2,616,054 2,660,375,000 2,027,136,000 2,067,988,000 2,095,868,000 1,751,604,000 1,268,004,000 190,637,000 200,888,000 208,575,000 217,770,000 182,766,000 183,842,000 196,103,000 203,422,000 210,525,000 217,605,000 224,334,000 230,342,000 238,967,000              
        current debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
             798,000,000 3,633,000,000                                                                         
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 278.5 million shares and 277.9 million shares issued at june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
             1,000,000                                                                          
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 278.5 million shares and 277.9 million shares issued at march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
              1,000,000                                                                         
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                       
        current debt, net of discount and debt issuance costs
               300,000,000 349,000,000 1,796,000,000 61,000,000 813,000,000 1,717,000,000 2,270,000,000 62,000,000 366,000,000 1,047,000,000 949,000,000                                                              
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 277.9 million shares and 276.7 million shares issued at december 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
               1,000,000                                                                        
        accumulated income
               4,546,000,000 3,271,000,000 1,666,000,000 394,000,000                                                                     
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
               43,076,000,000 41,719,000,000 41,803,000,000 40,265,000,000     39,258,000,000 40,179,000,000 36,752,000,000 36,395,000,000 35,697,000,000 35,931,000,000 35,846,000,000 35,747,000,000 35,492,000,000                                                  2,912,361,000 2,604,488,000 1,612,102,000 1,449,796,000 1,332,351,000 1,308,124,000 
        goodwill
                77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 77,000,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,819,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 76,844,000 
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 277.8 million shares and 276.7 million shares issued at september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                1,000,000                                                                       
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 277.7 million shares and 276.7 million shares issued at june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                 1,000,000                                                                      
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 277.7 million shares and 276.7 million shares issued at march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                  1,000,000                                                                     
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                                       
        stockholders’ deficit
                                                                                       
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 276.7 million shares and 275.2 million shares issued at december 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
                   1,000,000                                                                    
        accumulated deficit
                   -4,942,000,000 -8,880,000,000 -6,311,000,000 -6,967,000,000 -6,021,000,000 -4,698,000,000 -3,529,000,000 -3,200,000,000 -3,593,000,000 -3,399,000,000 -2,936,000,000 -3,133,000,000 -3,508,000,000 -4,447,000,000 -4,129,000,000 -4,015,000,000 -4,156,000,000 -4,223,000,000 -4,288,000,000 -4,270,000,000 -4,627,000,000 -4,754,000,000 -4,465,000,000 -4,180,000,000 -4,233,939,000 -4,343,646,000 -4,243,204,000 -3,944,786,000 -3,623,948,000 -3,332,851,000 -3,035,043,000 -2,916,548,000 -2,648,839,000 -2,490,226,000 -2,400,645,000 -2,198,717 -2,100,907,000 -1,965,677,000 -1,864,853,000 -1,710,090,000 -1,592,985,000 -1,498,661,000 -1,389,660,000 -1,316,620,000 -1,260,205,000 -1,202,396,000 -1,148,459,000 -1,101,287,000 -975,316,000 -934,736,000 -1,020,413,000 -985,246,000 -962,045,000 -919,548,000 -868,131,000 -785,389,000 -678,605,000 -611,162,000 -478,829,000 -428,918,000 -376,270,000 -322,816,000 -281,697,000 -247,141,000 -153,824,000 -120,718,000 -117,099,000 -83,311,000 
        total cheniere stockholders’ deficit
                   -2,969,000,000 -6,179,000,000                                                                   
        total stockholders’ deficit
                   -171,000,000 -4,330,000,000           -14,000,000 -900,000,000 -454,000,000 -369,000,000 -526,000,000 -609,000,000 -1,017,000,000 -1,397,000,000 -1,764,000,000 -1,893,000,000 -1,613,000,000 -1,336,000,000 -1,396,425,000 -1,602,719,000 -1,494,260,000 -1,210,334,000 -901,850,000 -639,883,000 -318,775,000 -223,138,000                 -627,115,000 -589,987,000 -679,214,000 -649,732,000 -631,939,000 -594,577,000 -683,935,000 -604,593,000 -527,185,000 -470,853,000 -342,957,000          
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                   41,266,000,000 43,642,000,000                                                      2,922,070,000 3,049,316,000 2,832,341,000 2,955,426,000          
        contract assets
                    392,000,000                                                                   
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 276.7 million shares and 275.2 million shares issued at september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                    1,000,000                                                                   
        liabilities and stockholders' deficit
                                                                                       
        stockholders' deficit
                                                                                       
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 276.6 million shares and 275.2 million shares issued at june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                     1,000,000                                                                  
        total cheniere stockholders' deficit
                     -3,562,000,000                                                                  
        total stockholders' deficit
                     -1,195,000,000 -3,710,000,000 -2,571,000,000 -1,257,000,000 -106,000,000  -191,000,000 -24,000,000                                  -84,073,000 -381,567,000 -664,668,000 -613,091,000 -693,520,000                     
        total liabilities and stockholders' deficit
                     41,313,000,000 40,055,000,000                                                                 
        common stock: 0.003 par value, 480.0 million shares authorized; 276.5 million shares and 275.2 million shares issued at march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                      1,000,000                                                                 
        total deficit
                      -1,259,000,000                                         -172,992,000 -446,898,000 -430,325,000 -509,678,000 -431,012,000 -386,565,000 -468,689,000 -432,127,000 -407,605,000 -364,235,000 -444,968,000              
        accounts and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses
                       1,506,000,000 983,000,000 613,000,000                                                              
        preferred stock, 0.0001 par value...
                                                                                       
        common stock
                       1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                         173,000                 166,000   
        total equity
                       -33,000,000 1,213,000,000 2,357,000,000 2,620,000,000 2,218,000,000 2,347,000,000 2,996,000,000 2,719,000,000 2,435,000,000 1,486,000,000 2,023,000,000 2,138,000,000 1,929,000,000 1,831,000,000 1,734,000,000 1,707,000,000 1,240,000,000 1,083,000,000 1,004,000,000 995,000,000 838,396,000 705,739,000 864,167,000 1,204,685,000 1,561,403,000 1,864,931,000 2,215,356,000 2,354,371,000 2,501,517,000 2,330,553,000 2,460,957,000 2,731,616 2,840,057,000 2,316,349,000 2,438,750,000 2,576,897,000 2,261,605,000 1,864,898,000 508,909,000 116,815,000                         
        restricted cash
                        419,000,000 424,000,000 731,000,000 449,000,000 522,000,000 505,000,000 430,000,000 520,000,000 578,000,000 1,161,000,000 1,918,000,000 2,175,000,000 1,943,000,000 2,386,000,000 1,696,000,000 1,880,000,000 1,590,000,000 1,032,000,000 1,000,000,000 859,898,000 827,545,000 724,458,000 732,551,000 503,397,000 652,225,000 684,073,000                                      
        accounts and other receivables
                          675,000,000 647,000,000 390,000,000 646,000,000 468,000,000 491,000,000 507,000,000 433,000,000 390,000,000 581,000,000 243,000,000 278,000,000 606,000,000 369,000,000 264,000,000 283,000,000 290,000,000 217,925,000 154,167,000 74,283,000                                          
        property, plant and equipment
                          30,409,000,000 30,421,000,000 30,201,000,000 29,950,000,000 29,802,000,000 29,673,000,000 29,490,000,000 29,073,000,000 27,953,000,000 27,245,000,000 26,499,000,000 25,760,000,000 24,474,000,000 23,978,000,000 23,466,000,000 22,904,000,000 22,016,000,000 20,635,294,000 19,891,666,000 18,729,177,000 17,674,548,000 16,193,907,000 15,225,250,000 13,799,113,000 9,852,970,000 9,246,753,000 8,634,504,000 7,933,868,000 7,132,041 6,454,399,000 5,705,567,000 4,893,605,000 3,824,299,000 3,282,305,000 2,995,052,000 2,125,693,000 2,092,796,000 2,107,129,000 2,119,717,000 2,133,333,000 2,144,810,000 2,170,820,000 2,187,044,000 2,202,216,000 2,216,855,000 2,237,650,000 2,236,269,000 2,212,237,000 2,170,158,000 2,137,938,000 2,074,380,000 1,873,155,000 1,645,112,000 1,399,345,000 1,150,953,000 957,177,000 748,818,000 624,026,000 469,686,000 341,695,000 298,083,000 
        non-current derivative assets
                          306,000,000 376,000,000 592,000,000 589,000,000 705,000,000 174,000,000 123,000,000 103,000,000 42,000,000 54,000,000 121,000,000 107,000,000 81,000,000 34,000,000 37,000,000 43,000,000 44,000,000 82,861,000 11,247,000 20,715,000 29,361,000 30,887,000 30,770,000 21,363,000 472,000 11,744,000 32,161,000 20,236,000 71,170 98,123,000 64,309,000 81,762,000                              
        current debt
                          1,105,000,000 372,000,000 338,000,000 237,000,000 2,137,000,000  11,000,000   239,000,000 66,000,000 137,000,000   41,000,000  24,000,000 247,467,000 1,781,511,000 1,677,476,000 1,785,318,000 1,676,197,000                  298,000,000  12,499,000                    
        non-current operating lease liabilities
                          928,000,000 597,000,000 473,000,000 347,000,000 164,000,000 189,000,000 203,000,000 202,000,000 207,000,000                                                     
        non-current finance lease liabilities
                          57,000,000 57,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000                                                     
        non-current derivative liabilities
                          166,000,000 151,000,000 173,000,000 161,000,000 186,000,000 151,000,000 245,000,000 94,000,000 39,000,000 22,000,000 16,000,000 24,000,000 9,000,000 19,000,000 52,000,000 54,000,000 38,000,000 45,106,000 268,601,000 311,207,000 239,372,000 79,387,000 125,473,000          21,978,000 26,424,000 29,384,000                           
        total stockholders' equity
                          193,000,000                            115,562 179,682,000 289,213,000 370,762,000 481,029,000 510,001,000 596,894,000 318,272,000                          
        issued: 273.1 million shares and 270.7 million shares at december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 252.3 million shares and 253.6 million shares at december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                           1,000,000                                                            
        issued: 273.0 million shares at september 30, 2020 and 270.7 million shares at december 31, 2019
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 252.2 million shares at september 30, 2020 and 253.6 million shares at december 31, 2019
                            1,000,000                                                           
        issued: 272.9 million shares at june 30, 2020 and 270.7 million shares at december 31, 2019
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 252.2 million shares at june 30, 2020 and 253.6 million shares at december 31, 2019
                             1,000,000                                                          
        issued: 272.8 million shares at march 31, 2020 and 270.7 million shares at december 31, 2019
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 252.1 million shares at march 31, 2020 and 253.6 million shares at december 31, 2019
                              1,000,000                                                         
        issued: 270.7 million shares and 269.8 million shares at december 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 253.6 million shares and 257.0 million shares at december 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively
                               1,000,000                                                        
        debt issuance costs
                                50,000,000 55,000,000 58,000,000 72,000,000 78,000,000 97,000,000 138,000,000 149,000,000 159,000,000 197,000,000 244,000,000 276,551,000 294,059,000 336,474,000 409,894,000 589,213,000 640,399,000 637,301,000 217,363,000 242,323,000 251,101,000 259,716,000 302,439 313,944,000 340,856,000 351,830,000 245,804,000 220,949,000 222,144,000 15,480,000 31,728,000 33,356,000 35,470,000 37,585,000 39,676,000 39,375,000 41,347,000 44,978,000 47,043,000 48,971,000 50,840,000 55,546,000 57,676,000 59,502,000 51,496,000 42,159,000 44,005,000 45,789,000 46,875,000 39,877,000 41,545,000 47,401,000 40,288,000 41,297,000 43,008,000 
        issued: 270.6 million shares at september 30, 2019 and 269.8 million shares at december 31, 2018
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 255.0 million shares at september 30, 2019 and 257.0 million shares at december 31, 2018
                                1,000,000                                                       
        total liabilities and equity
                                34,705,000,000 34,572,000,000 32,885,000,000 31,987,000,000 30,740,000,000 30,327,000,000 28,341,000,000 27,906,000,000 27,134,000,000 26,600,000,000 26,056,000,000 23,702,737,000 22,689,080,000 21,436,851,000 20,430,947,000 19,019,589,000 18,452,259,000 17,759,502,000 14,923,047,000 12,573,683,000 11,785,316,000 11,859,295,000 9,524,616 9,673,237,000 8,125,853,000 8,582,230,000 6,581,819,000 4,639,085,000 4,383,725,000 3,028,330,000 2,934,522,000                         
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018
                                                                                       
        issued: 270.5 million shares at june 30, 2019 and 269.8 million shares at december 31, 2018
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 257.5 million shares at june 30, 2019 and 257.0 million shares at december 31, 2018
                                 1,000,000                                                      
        accounts receivable—related party
                                  3,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                              
        accrued liabilities—related party
                                  5,000,000                                                     
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018
                                                                                       
        issued: 270.4 million shares at march 31, 2019 and 269.8 million shares at december 31, 2018
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 257.4 million shares at march 31, 2019 and 257.0 million shares at december 31, 2018
                                  1,000,000                                                     
        non-current restricted cash
                                     11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 66,000,000 716,000,000 1,018,000,000 90,819,000 31,128,000 31,726,000 31,724,000 31,722,000 118,909,000 739,145,000                                      
        non-current capital lease obligations
                                   57,000,000 29,000,000                                                   
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at december 31, 2018 and 2017
                                                                                       
        issued: 269.8 million shares and 250.1 million shares at december 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 257.0 million shares and 237.6 million shares at december 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively
                                   1,000,000                                                    
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017
                                                                                       
        issued: 269.7 million shares and 250.1 million shares at september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 257.1 million shares and 237.6 million shares at september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                    1,000,000                                                   
        non-current deferred revenue
                                       1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 5,500,000 6,500,000 7,500,000 8,500,000 9,500,000 10,500,000 11,500,000 12,500,000 13,500,000                                    
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017
                                                                                       
        issued: 260.7 million shares and 250.1 million shares at june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 248.1 million shares and 237.6 million shares at june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                     1,000,000                                                  
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017
                                                                                       
        issued: 250.5 million shares and 250.1 million shares at march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 237.9 million shares and 237.6 million shares at march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                      1,000,000                                                 
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at december 31, 2017 and 2016
                                                                                       
        issued: 250.1 million shares at december 31, 2017 and 2016
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 237.6 million shares and 238.0 million shares at december 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively
                                       1,000,000                                                
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                                       
        issued: 250.1 million shares at september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 237.8 million shares and 238.0 million shares at september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                        1,000,000                                               
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                                       
        issued: 250.1 million shares at june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 237.8 million shares and 238.0 million shares at june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                         1,000,000                                              
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                                       
        issued: 250.1 million shares at march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 237.9 million shares and 238.0 million shares at march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                          1,000,000                                             
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at december 31, 2016 and 2015
                                                                                       
        issued: 250.1 million shares and 247.3 million shares at december 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively
                                                                                       
        outstanding: 238.0 million shares and 235.6 million shares at december 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively
                                           714,000                                            
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at september 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 235.1 million shares and 235.6 million shares at september 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                            705,000                                           
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 235.7 million shares and 235.6 million shares at june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                             707,000                                          
        accounts and interest receivable
                                              23,979,000 5,749,000 6,645,000 6,746,000 32,503,000 4,419,000 23,385,000 4,175,000 3,886 4,486,000 26,079,000 26,935,000 2,707,000 3,486,000 29,200,000 4,724,000 1,873,000 3,043,000 4,177,000 2,740,000 33,186,000 3,259,000 21,565,000 3,533,000 9,899,000 8,895,000 9,424,000 7,263,000 3,630,000 7,572,000 33,126,000           
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 235.5 million shares and 235.6 million shares at march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                              707,000                                         
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at december 31, 2015 and 2014
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 235.6 million shares and 236.7 million shares at december 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively
                                               708,000                                        
        lng inventory
                                                9,032,000 13,954,000 16,282,000 4,294,000 13,966,000 5,800,000 4,106 10,563,000 14,401,000 11,730,000 4,605,000 7,045,000 6,597,000 2,319,000 3,293,000 6,562,000 6,879,000 4,588,000 9,601,000 901,000 501,000 11,140,000 32,602,000 20,760,000 10,699,000               
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 236.0 million shares and 236.7 million shares at september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                                708,000                                       
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 236.6 million shares and 236.7 million shares at june 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                                 711,000                                      
        prepaid expenses and other
                                                  38,480,000 20,844,000 19,051,000 20,963,000 25,915 17,225,000 16,471,000 18,847,000 18,146,000 16,058,000 15,911,000 19,103,000 23,010,000 20,522,000 17,436,000 18,632,000 18,094,000 15,367,000 18,526,000 18,894,000 17,093,000 19,985,000 12,124,000 10,768,000 9,220,000 10,524,000 41,628,000 25,802,000 26,155,000 17,347,000 8,927,000 14,990,000      
        non-current restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                  1,856,524,000 550,811,000 1,139,104,000 1,855,769,000 330,072 1,031,399,000 828,858,000 1,778,248,000 1,467,100,000 272,924,000 267,700,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 82,892,000 117,770,000 94,843,000 138,483,000 152,105,000 61,716,000 345,907,000 478,225,000 620,938,000 737,515,000 900,458,000 892,718,000 100,098,000 13,744,000 15,234,000 16,500,000 
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 236.7 million shares at march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                  712,000                                     
        other
                                                   18,000 141,765,000 121,403,000 140,080 104,007,000 83,490,000 41,699,000 37,859,000 33,169,000 35,152,000 67,760,000 54,479,000 18,895,000 19,351,000 22,065,000 23,376,000 23,232,000 22,616,000 18,900,000 15,629,000 15,612,000 17,070,000 14,680,000 14,754,000 15,065,000 14,052,000 6,873,000 4,679,000 2,133,000 1,882,000 2,005,000 4,154,000 5,001,000 1,890,000 301,000 296,000 
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at december 31, 2014 and 2013
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 236.7 million and 238.1 million shares at december 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively
                                                   712,000                                    
        long-term deferred revenue
                                                    14,500,000 15,500,000 16,500 17,500,000 18,500,000 19,500,000 20,500,000 21,500,000 22,500,000 23,500,000 24,500,000 25,500,000                        
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at september 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 237.7 million and 238.1 million shares at september 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                    715,000                                   
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 238.1 million shares at june 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                     715,000                                  
        intangible lng assets
                                                      3,366 3,366,000 4,366,000 4,366,000 4,356,000 4,356,000 4,356,000 4,356,000 4,782,000 4,782,000    6,067,000 6,067,000 6,067,000 6,088,000 6,106,000 6,106,000 6,106,000 6,106,000 6,182,000 6,182,000 20,207,000 20,402,000    4,331,000    93,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                       
        stockholders' equity
                                                                                       
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at both march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 237.7 million shares and 238.1 million shares at march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                      714                                 
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at december 31, 2013 and 2012
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 238.1 million and 223.4 million shares at december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                                                       716,000                                
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                         -135,000 -4,771,000 -27,351,000 -29,797,000 -274,000 -241,000  -229,000 -259,000 -233,000 -185,000 -203,000 -121,000 -133,000 -41,000 -112,000 -216,000 -154,000 -85,000 -68,000 -15,000 -5,000 -61,000 -67,000 -39,000      
        advance under long-term contracts
                                                        12,528,000                               
        other long-term liabilities
                                                        3,572,000                               
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at both september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 238.8 million shares and 223.4 million shares at september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                        718,000                               
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 238.9 million shares and 223.4 million shares at june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                         718,000                              
        authorized: 480.0 million shares at march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 241.3 million shares and 223.4 million shares at march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                          725,000                             
        current debt, net of discount
                                                             203,176,000 198,893,000 492,724,000 488,666,000                       
        long-term debt-related parties, net of discount
                                                              9,598,000 9,598,000                        
        authorized: 480.0 million shares and 240.0 million shares at december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 223.4 million and 129.5 million shares at december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                           671,000                            
        advances under long-term contracts
                                                            15,088,000          1,021,000 728,000 2,697,000 4,573,000 10,705,000 12,763,000 10,378,000 31,781,000 28,497,000 31,457,000 18,917,000 14,022,000 7,101,000 11,762,000    
        authorized: 480.0 million shares and 240.0 million shares at september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 223.3 million shares and 129.5 million shares at september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                            671,000                           
        authorized: 480.0 million shares and 240.0 million shares at june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 186.4 million shares and 129.5 million shares at june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                             559,000                          
        authorized: 240.0 million shares at march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 153.8 million shares and 129.5 million shares at march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                              461,000                         
        authorized: 240.0 million shares at december 31, 2011 and 2010
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 129.5 million and 67.8 million shares at december 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively
                                                               389,000                        
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                               -258,000                   -34,000 -12,253,000 27,969,000 17,566,000 3,798,000 
        total liabilities and deficit
                                                               2,915,325,000 2,651,443,000 2,619,807,000 2,564,433,000 2,616,478,000 2,607,481,000 2,736,643,000 2,732,622,000 2,789,045,000 2,785,785,000 2,892,308,000              
        intangible assets
                                                                4,856,000 6,067,000 6,067,000             6,073,000 4,448,000 4,331,000  1,283,000 1,680,000 240,000  
        liabilities and deficit
                                                                                       
        long-term debt—related party, net of discount
                                                                9,598,000 9,462,000 9,192,000                     
        preferred stock, .0001 par value...
                                                                                       
        authorized: 240.0 million shares at september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 82.8 million shares and 67.8 million shares at september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                248,000                       
        authorized: 240.0 million shares at june 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 82.7 million shares and 67.8 million shares at june 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                 248,000                      
        authorized: 240.0 million shares at march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 70.1 million and 67.8 million shares at march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                                  210,000                     
        current debt—related parties
                                                                   242,598,000                    
        long-term debt—related parties, net of discount
                                                                   74,629,000 309,495,000 361,008,000  344,697,000 348,753,000               
        deficit
                                                                                       
        authorized: 240,000,000 and 240,000,000 shares at june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 57,627,000 and 56,651,000 shares at june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                    173,000                   
        authorized: 240,000,000 and 240,000,000 shares at march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 57,263,000 and 56,651,000 shares at march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                                     172,000                  
        non-current restricted u.s. treasury securities
                                                                         20,829,000 20,829,000 31,456,000 42,206,000 63,923,000          
        lng held for commissioning
                                                                        9,767,000 13,673,000 9,923,000 16,595,000 65,416,000 25,590,000          
        long-term debt—related parties
                                                                      349,135,000   340,295,000 332,054,000             
        authorized: 240,000,000 and 120,000,000 shares at december 31, 2009 and 2008
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 56,651,000 and 52,297,000 shares at december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                      170,000                 
        authorized: 240,000,000 and 120,000,000 shares at september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 56,529,000 and 52,297,000 shares at september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                       170,000                
        authorized: 240,000,000 and 120,000,000 shares at june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 56,539,000 and 52,297,000 shares at june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                        170,000               
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both march 31, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 52,256,000 and 52,297,000 shares at march 31, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                         157,000              
        minority interest
                                                                          250,162,000 261,186,000 268,809,000 277,712,000 285,675,000 293,477,000 300,795,000 262,887,000      
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both december 31, 2008 and 2007
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 52,297,109 and 47,730,869 shares at december 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively
                                                                          157,000             
        long-term debt—related party
                                                                           250,000,000            
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 50,685,412 and 47,730,869 shares at september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                           152,000            
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both june 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 50,630,482 and 47,730,869 shares at june 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                            152,000           
        accounts receivable
                                                                             68,738,000 42,702,000 25,527,000 12,126,000 8,146,000 1,299,000 4,654,000 5,386,000 3,799,000 2,912,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both march 31, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 48,564,751 and 47,730,869 shares at march 31, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                             146,000          
        interest receivable
                                                                              6,084,000 6,804,000 7,833,000 6,396,000 6,642,000     
        non-current restricted treasury securities
                                                                              63,923,000 75,023,000 86,304,000 86,304,000      
        stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both december 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 47,730,869 and 55,212,771 shares at december 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
                                                                              143,000         
        total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                                                              -302,114,000 -266,434,000 -123,242,000       
        total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                                                              2,962,299,000 3,016,934,000 3,084,424,000       
        equity method investments
                                                                               25,481,000        
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both september 30, 2007 and december 31, 2006
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 47,411,707 and 55,212,771 (excluding treasury shares), respectively
                                                                               142,000        
        revenues
                                                                                       
        oil and gas sales
                                                                               812,000 2,719,000       
        marketing and trading loss
                                                                               -418,000 -1,847,000       
        total revenues
                                                                               394,000 872,000       
        operating costs and expenses
                                                                                       
        lng receiving terminal and pipeline development expenses
                                                                               10,071,000 10,532,000       
        exploration costs
                                                                               659,000 14,000       
        oil and gas production costs
                                                                               82,000 101,000       
        impairment of fixed assets
                                                                                       
        depreciation, depletion and amortization
                                                                               1,952,000 1,513,000       
        general and administrative expenses
                                                                               34,904,000 28,936,000       
        total operating costs and expenses
                                                                               47,668,000 41,096,000       
        income from operations
                                                                               -47,274,000 -40,224,000       
        income from equity method investments
                                                                               -191,000        
        derivative loss
                                                                                       
        interest expense
                                                                               -28,027,000 -25,930,000       
        interest income
                                                                               20,990,000 24,120,000       
        other income
                                                                               3,000 -184,000       
        income before income taxes and minority interest
                                                                               -54,499,000 -42,218,000       
        income tax provision
                                                                                       
        income before minority interest
                                                                               -54,499,000 -42,218,000       
        net income
                                                                               -53,454,000 -41,119,000       
        net income per common share—basic and diluted
                                                                               -1,140 -760       
        weighted-average number of common shares outstanding—basic and diluted
                                                                               46,728,000 54,391,000       
        investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                25,266,000       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both june 30, 2007 and december 31, 2006
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 50,427,267 shares at june 30, 2007 and 55,212,771 shares at december 31, 2006
                                                                                169,000       
        derivative gain
                                                                                       
        income tax benefit
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both march 31, 2007 and december 31, 2006
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 56,113,685 shares at march 31, 2007 and 55,212,771 shares at december 31, 2006
                                                                                 168,000      
        advances to epc contractor
                                                                                   2,730,000   8,087,000 
        prepaid expenses
                                                                                  2,242,000 2,005,000 3,613,000 2,857,000 843,000 
        long-term derivative assets
                                                                                    29,891,000 16,943,000 1,837,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
                                                                                   6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 
        long-term derivative liabilities
                                                                                   23,978,000   1,682,000 
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at december 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 55,212,771 and 54,521,131 shares at december 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively
                                                                                  166,000     
        deferred compensation
                                                                                      -9,684,000 
        restricted certificate of deposit
                                                                                   694,000 688,000 682,000 676,000 
        investment in limited partnership
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both september 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 55,109,038 shares at september 30, 2006 and 54,521,131 shares at december 31, 2005
                                                                                   166,000    
        long-term asset retirement obligation
                                                                                    59,000  102,000 
        preferred stock, .0001 par value
                                                                                       
        authorized: 5,000,000 shares issued and outstanding: none
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 shares at both march 31, 2006 and december 31, 2005 issued and outstanding: 54,768,837 shares at march 31, 2006 and 54,521,131 shares at december 31, 2005
                                                                                     165,000  
        accrued losses on investment in limited partnership
                                                                                       
        preferred stock, .0001 par value authorized: 5,000,000 shares issued and outstanding: none
                                                                                       
        authorized: 120,000,000 and 40,000,000 shares at december 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding: 54,521,131 and 50,918,582 shares at december 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004, respectively
                                                                                      164,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 
                                                                                        
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                        
          net income
        -3,412,000,000 2,933,000,000 1,296,000,000 1,897,000,000 668,000,000 1,284,000,000 1,207,000,000 1,162,000,000 839,000,000 1,826,000,000 2,091,000,000 1,707,000,000 6,435,000,000   913,000,000 -781,000,000 -1,089,000,000 -916,000,000 -131,000,000 571,000,000 2,000,000 -508,000,000 404,000,000 603,000,000 1,153,000,000 -260,000,000 2,000,000 337,000,000 223,000,000 227,000,000 150,000,000 600,000,000 280,000,000 90,000,000 21,000,000 172,000,000                   -73,040,000 -56,415,000 -57,809,000 -53,937,000     -35,167,000 -23,201,000 -42,497,000 -13,050,000 -82,742,000 -106,784,000 -67,443,000 -132,333,000 -49,911,000 -52,648,000 -53,454,000 -41,119,000 -34,556,000 -93,317,000 -33,106,000 -3,619,000 -15,811,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
        373,000,000 350,000,000 338,000,000 329,000,000 312,000,000                                                                            
          share-based compensation expense
        78,000,000 21,000,000 35,000,000 49,000,000 56,000,000 75,000,000 48,000,000 52,000,000 40,000,000 122,000,000 43,000,000 36,000,000 49,000,000 90,000,000 36,000,000 36,000,000 43,000,000 49,000,000 28,000,000 31,000,000 32,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 28,000,000 29,000,000 37,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 28,000,000 24,000,000 31,000,000 30,000,000 28,000,000 27,000,000 18,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000                                            
          amortization of discount and debt issuance costs
        10,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000 13,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000                                                                        
          reduction of right-of-use assets
        145,000,000 158,000,000 155,000,000 151,000,000 159,000,000 170,000,000 170,000,000 167,000,000 163,000,000 159,000,000 149,000,000 154,000,000 161,000,000 163,000,000 164,000,000 146,000,000 134,000,000 124,000,000 97,000,000 87,000,000 85,000,000                                                            
          total losses on derivative instruments
        5,457,000,000    539,000,000    258,000,000 -1,051,000,000 -1,428,000,000 -770,000,000 -4,641,000,000 -3,697,000,000   3,592,000,000                                                                
          net cash from settlement of derivative instruments
        -509,000,000 3,000,000 93,000,000 122,000,000 71,000,000   12,000,000 24,000,000 17,000,000 6,000,000 -71,000,000 -31,000,000 -202,000,000 -215,000,000 -173,000,000 -314,000,000 -1,093,000,000 -375,000,000 -116,000,000 5,000,000 13,000,000 -56,000,000 26,000,000 91,000,000 30,000,000 46,000,000 46,000,000 16,000,000 71,000,000 -46,000,000 -4,000,000 -4,000,000 -47,000,000 -4,000,000 -26,000,000 -29,000,000 -10,385,000 -17,769,000 -7,981,000 -8,817,000 -5,446,000 -5,236,000 -51,672,000 -37,262,000 -3,013,000 -2,308,000                                  
          deferred taxes
        -385,000,000 632,000,000 773,000,000 416,000,000 38,000,000 237,000,000 52,000,000 47,000,000 -6,000,000 374,000,000 434,000,000 349,000,000 1,232,000,000 1,296,000,000 -824,000,000 174,000,000 -206,000,000 1,157,000,000 -1,865,000,000 -94,000,000 87,000,000 -75,000,000 -77,000,000 63,000,000 129,000,000                                                        
          other
        31,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 18,000,000 -19,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 13,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 1,000,000   1,000,000 29,000,000 -27,000,000 1,000,000 32,000,000 -49,000,000 19,000,000  -4,000,000   -5,000,000 5,000,000 -10,000,000 -2,000,000 -5,000,000   -3,301,000 992,000 8,508,000 303,000 -447,000 -27,727,000 20,330,000 8,803,000 17,889,000 -149,000 -2,832,000 1,006,000 -9,000 -601,000 807,000 -2,828,000 -1,331,000 -383,000 1,000,000 -2,634,000 -1,988,000 3,926,000 -250,000 -275,000 -1,204,000 -2,289,000 -2,379,000 2,251,000 -15,466,000 7,702,000 7,745,000 4,339,000 3,898,000 -58,000 -97,000 547,000 -188,000 -119,000 -10,000 6,012,000 -247,000 -194,000 184,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                        
          trade and other receivables
        179,000,000 -53,000,000 -558,000,000 257,000,000 -286,000,000 -47,000,000 40,000,000 -43,000,000 430,000,000 -294,000,000 -115,000,000                                                                      
          inventory
        -156,000,000 -74,000,000 23,000,000 43,000,000 -24,000,000 -107,000,000 -6,000,000 -25,000,000 81,000,000 -45,000,000 4,000,000 57,000,000 361,000,000 303,000,000 -382,000,000 -177,000,000 133,000,000 -235,000,000 -108,000,000 -50,000,000 -16,000,000 -10,000,000 -73,000,000 30,000,000 74,000,000 -24,000,000 2,000,000 -11,000,000 44,000,000 -17,000,000 -66,000,000 -110,000,000 120,000,000 -108,000,000 18,000,000 -37,000,000 54,000,000 -91,251,000 5,952,000 -32,472,000 -1,531,000                                        
          margin deposits
        -213,000,000 27,000,000 47,000,000 -63,000,000 41,000,000 -26,000,000 3,000,000 -71,000,000 -17,000,000 55,000,000 -37,000,000 27,000,000 71,000,000 133,000,000 -98,000,000 287,000,000 309,000,000 -430,000,000                                                               
          other non-current assets
        65,000,000 -8,000,000 -123,000,000 -4,000,000 -21,000,000 -25,000,000                                                                           
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        -131,000,000 440,000,000 117,000,000 -696,000,000 -93,000,000 455,000,000 117,000,000 390,000,000 -714,000,000 279,000,000 290,000,000 -274,000,000 -1,277,000,000 -688,000,000 660,000,000 664,000,000 -386,000,000 532,000,000 524,000,000 36,000,000 52,000,000 147,000,000 276,000,000 -193,000,000 -176,000,000 134,000,000 -2,000,000 71,000,000 -151,000,000 211,000,000 109,000,000 24,000,000 -156,000,000 205,000,000 -25,000,000 121,000,000 -76,000,000 24,494,000 53,825,000 13,605,000 -27,831,000 -4,690,000 -31,445,000 -30,901,000 73,002,000 -46,724,000 39,941,000 -20,523,000 43,379,000 -48,356,000 29,870,000 -24,458,000 49,631,000 -48,708,000 39,061,000 -37,164,000 17,516,000 -15,159,000 41,970,000 -34,673,000 36,719,000 43,558,000 -37,330,000 33,791,000 -30,111,000 30,248,000 -24,255,000 24,371,000 -16,231,000 -11,804,000 -47,161,000 33,130,000 -7,718,000 33,417,000 -15,407,000 31,715,000 14,883,000 -559,000 1,556,000 -2,670,000 
          total deferred revenue
        -45,000,000 -31,000,000 26,000,000 21,000,000 -57,000,000 -26,000,000 65,000,000 1,000,000 -42,000,000 -24,000,000 105,000,000 48,000,000 -126,000,000 33,000,000                                                                   
          total operating lease liabilities
        -145,000,000 -160,000,000 -152,000,000 -155,000,000 -152,000,000 -169,000,000 -165,000,000 -176,000,000 -148,000,000 -151,000,000 -151,000,000 -151,000,000 -154,000,000 -162,000,000 -174,000,000                                                                  
          other non-current liabilities
        -216,000,000                                                                                
          net cash from operating activities
        1,080,000,000 2,055,000,000 1,425,000,000 831,000,000 1,228,000,000 1,641,000,000 1,391,000,000 1,116,000,000 1,246,000,000 1,720,000,000 1,698,000,000 1,579,000,000 3,421,000,000 2,952,000,000 2,399,000,000 2,517,000,000 2,655,000,000 412,000,000 684,000,000 307,000,000 1,066,000,000 500,000,000 -263,000,000 454,000,000 574,000,000 741,000,000 332,000,000 348,000,000 412,000,000 486,000,000 522,000,000 513,000,000 469,000,000 336,000,000 359,000,000 227,000,000 309,000,000 -204,815,000 -54,993,000 -55,344,000 -88,690,000 8,955,000 20,378,000 -280,775,000 -14,180,000 -83,069,000 -29,709,000 6,878,000 -18,219,000 -30,133,000 -460,000 -8,624,000 -13,219,000 -2,861,000 -10,042,000 -26,241,000 -68,696,000 -2,849,000 -10,393,000 19,722,000 -49,244,000 8,973,000 -24,494,000 3,890,000 -3,631,000 -66,583,000 -4,908,000 -22,735,000 -40,733,000 5,750,000 -82,299,000 -24,863,000 -32,354,000 -28,093,000 4,612,000 -28,456,000 -39,645,000 -5,636,000 -14,667,000 -20,478,000 
          capital expenditures
          free cash flows
        1,080,000,000 2,055,000,000 1,425,000,000 831,000,000 1,228,000,000 1,641,000,000 1,391,000,000 1,116,000,000 1,246,000,000 1,720,000,000 1,698,000,000 1,579,000,000 3,421,000,000 2,952,000,000 2,399,000,000 2,517,000,000 2,655,000,000 412,000,000 684,000,000 307,000,000 1,066,000,000 500,000,000 -263,000,000 454,000,000 574,000,000 741,000,000 332,000,000 348,000,000 412,000,000 486,000,000 522,000,000 513,000,000 469,000,000 336,000,000 359,000,000 227,000,000 309,000,000 -204,815,000 -54,993,000 -55,344,000 -88,690,000 8,955,000 20,378,000 -280,775,000 -14,180,000 -83,069,000 -29,709,000 6,878,000 -18,219,000 -30,133,000 -460,000 -8,624,000 -13,219,000 -2,861,000 -10,042,000 -26,241,000 -68,696,000 -2,849,000 -10,393,000 19,722,000 -49,244,000 8,973,000 -24,494,000 3,890,000 -3,631,000 -66,583,000 -4,908,000 -22,735,000 -40,733,000 5,750,000 -82,299,000 -24,863,000 -32,354,000 -28,093,000 4,612,000 -28,456,000 -39,645,000 -5,636,000 -14,667,000 -20,478,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                        
          property, plant and equipment, net of proceeds from commissioning sales of lng of 42 million and 43 million, respectively
        -736,000,000                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of equity method investment
           80,000,000                                                                            
          net cash from investing activities
        -742,000,000 -749,000,000 -688,000,000 -1,026,000,000 -549,000,000 -573,000,000 -521,000,000 -519,000,000 -666,000,000 -724,000,000 -410,000,000 -341,000,000 -727,000,000 -496,000,000 -315,000,000 -855,000,000 -178,000,000 -205,000,000 -324,000,000 -183,000,000 -200,000,000 -402,000,000 -455,000,000 -436,000,000 -654,000,000 -505,000,000 -1,116,000,000 -891,000,000 -651,000,000 -932,000,000 -1,230,000,000 -716,000,000 -776,000,000 -455,000,000 -569,000,000 -1,067,000,000 -1,290,000,000 -4,401,205,000 7,051,000 -2,642,000 -16,615,000 -130,835,000 -315,558,000 -148,491,000 -64,539,000 -120,353,000 -36,351,000 -31,270,000 -24,013,000 -9,753,000 -308,636,000 298,957,000 -9,991,000 -9,487,000 -71,602,000 -1,400,000 -2,045,000 -2,154,000 -19,112,000 -733,000 -132,000 -35,000 106,066,000 3,533,000 5,337,000 27,302,000 -22,765,000 2,110,000 21,222,000 -62,382,000 27,449,000 -119,351,000 -111,627,000 -117,073,000 -97,296,000 -113,898,000 -1,138,523,000 -258,034,000 -83,601,000 -59,770,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuances of debt and borrowings
        2,543,000,000 725,000,000 997,000,000                                                                              
          redemptions and repayments of debt
        -1,603,000,000 -475,000,000 -1,052,000,000 -140,000,000 -425,000,000         -2,766,000,000 -1,290,000,000 -1,100,000,000 -1,615,000,000                                                                
          distributions to nci
        -202,000,000 -203,000,000                                                                               
          contributions from redeemable nci
         14,000,000                                                                               
          redemption of redeemable nci
        -136,000,000                                                                                
          payments related to tax withholdings for share-based compensation
        -36,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -2,000,000 -44,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -1,000,000 -40,000,000 -1,000,000 -6,000,000 -1,000,000 -55,000,000 -1,000,000 -7,000,000 -2,000,000 -53,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -1,000,000 -42,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -39,000,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000 -12,000,000 -10,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -6,000,000 -8,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,793,000 -15,040,000 -2,588,000 -976,000 -16,870,000 -38,131,000 -2,403,000 -3,771,000                                    
          repurchase of common stock, inclusive of excise taxes paid
        -537,000,000 -1,037,000,000 -997,000,000 -327,000,000 -363,000,000                                                                            
          dividends to stockholders
        -117,000,000 -119,000,000 -109,000,000 -111,000,000 -112,000,000 -112,000,000 -98,000,000 -97,000,000 -105,000,000 -102,000,000 -96,000,000 -96,000,000 -99,000,000                                                                    
          net cash from financing activities
        -149,000,000 -1,120,000,000 -1,357,000,000 -656,000,000 -997,000,000 -958,000,000 -747,000,000 -2,482,000,000 -264,000,000 -754,000,000 -2,173,000,000 487,000,000 -1,740,000,000 -3,307,000,000 -1,717,000,000 -1,602,000,000 -1,388,000,000 -1,012,000,000 32,000,000 -292,000,000 -545,000,000 -634,000,000 787,000,000 -303,000,000 -85,000,000 -359,000,000 461,000,000 972,000,000 94,000,000 670,000,000 369,000,000 1,052,000,000 116,000,000 157,000,000 241,000,000 443,000,000 2,095,000,000 4,907,322,000 -11,404,000 12,631,000 -974,000 -17,270,000 165,235,000 -258,865,000 489,474,000 1,159,349,000 -32,171,000 -324,000 -4,007,000 626,564,000 286,339,000 -71,453,000 -460,000 -936,000 158,754,000 -274,301,000 51,408,000 332,851,000 -1,744,000 119,099,000 -312,000 -1,363,000 -102,738,000 -689,000 -688,000 37,689,000 35,137,000 -85,000 -6,634,000 22,354,000 75,920,000 -10,771,000 -6,068,000 -119,057,000 219,866,000 263,011,000 1,054,344,000 192,849,000 77,778,000 65,754,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
        -5,000,000 1,000,000 -4,000,000 4,000,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 -3,000,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000                                                                   
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
        184,000,000    -322,000,000 114,000,000 122,000,000 -1,884,000,000 313,000,000 242,000,000 -886,000,000 1,726,000,000 956,000,000 -851,000,000 372,000,000 60,000,000 1,089,000,000                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents—beginning of period
        1,584,000,000 3,190,000,000 4,525,000,000 2,487,000,000 1,817,000,000                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents—end of period
        1,768,000,000 186,000,000 -619,000,000 -851,000,000 2,868,000,000 114,000,000 122,000,000 -1,884,000,000 4,838,000,000 242,000,000 -886,000,000 1,726,000,000 3,443,000,000 -851,000,000 372,000,000 60,000,000 2,906,000,000                                                                
          total gains on derivative instruments
         -2,215,000,000 -671,000,000    -468,000,000                                                                          
          property, plant and equipment, net of proceeds from commissioning sales of lng of 174 million, zero and zero, respectively
                                                                                        
          investments in equity method investments
                                                                                        
          property, plant and equipment, net of proceeds on commissioning sales of lng of 94 million and zero, respectively
                                                                                        
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
          -619,000,000                                                                              
          property, plant and equipment, net of proceeds on commissioning sales of lng of 52 million and zero, respectively
                                                                                        
          distributions to non-controlling interests
           -200,000,000 -200,000,000                                                                            
          contributions from redeemable non-controlling interest
           11,000,000 38,000,000                                                                            
          unrealized foreign currency exchange loss
            5,000,000  1,000,000 3,000,000                                                                        
          property, plant and equipment, net of proceeds on commissioning sales of lng of 43 million and zero, respectively
            -623,000,000                                                                            
          proceeds from issuances of debt
            125,000,000 1,228,000,000 1,497,000,000   560,000,000 440,000,000 575,000,000 1,807,000,000 1,920,000,000 384,000,000 1,800,000,000 140,000,000 5,086,000,000 2,001,000,000 596,000,000 2,014,000,000 2,399,000,000 1,329,000,000 692,000,000 842,000,000 1,644,000,000 1,533,000,000 266,000,000 317,000,000 1,726,000,000 1,949,000,000 2,862,000,000 4,556,161,000 2,610,087,000 3,790,219,000 1,908,000,000                                        
          unrealized foreign currency exchange gain
                 -2,000,000 5,000,000                                                                   
          loss on modification or extinguishment of debt
               3,000,000 2,000,000 -20,000,000 23,000,000 -3,000,000 28,000,000 18,000,000 21,000,000 36,000,000 4,000,000 55,000,000 2,000,000 171,000,000 43,000,000 1,000,000 28,000,000    12,000,000                                                  
          property, plant and equipment
             -569,000,000 -516,000,000 -503,000,000 -650,000,000 -691,000,000 -386,000,000 -332,000,000 -712,000,000 -491,000,000 -316,000,000 -845,000,000 -178,000,000 -205,000,000 -321,000,000 -250,000,000 -190,000,000 -402,000,000 -454,000,000 -427,000,000 -556,000,000 -469,000,000 -1,079,000,000 -883,000,000 -625,000,000 -931,000,000 -1,204,000,000 -732,000,000 -776,000,000 -454,000,000 -565,000,000 -1,019,000,000 -1,319,000,000 -906,437,000 -1,171,692,000 -1,127,642,000 -1,149,827,000 -1,104,987,000 -1,452,782,000 -3,703,816,000 -590,998,000 -781,601,000 -695,557,000 -579,024,000 -773,376,000                                
          investment in equity method investments
             -9,000,000 -3,000,000 -25,000,000                                                                       
          redemptions, repayments and repurchases of debt
             -350,000,000 -150,000,000 -2,871,000,000 -150,000,000 -50,000,000 -1,450,000,000 -202,000,000 -896,000,000                                                                    
          repurchase of common stock
             -281,000,000 -282,000,000 -510,000,000 -1,189,000,000 -341,000,000 -358,000,000 -324,000,000 -450,000,000 -733,000,000 -75,000,000 -540,000,000 -25,000,000 -3,000,000    -155,000,000 -90,000,000 -156,000,000                                                      
          depreciation and amortization expense
              306,000,000 304,000,000 302,000,000 304,000,000 298,000,000 297,000,000 297,000,000 292,000,000 280,000,000 276,000,000 271,000,000 258,000,000 259,000,000 258,000,000 236,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 233,000,000 213,000,000 204,000,000 144,000,000 116,000,000 113,000,000 111,000,000 109,000,000 104,000,000 92,000,000 90,000,000 70,000,000 67,960,000 49,212,000 32,781,000 24,089,000                                        
          distributions to non-controlling interest
              -197,000,000 -198,000,000 -253,000,000 -252,000,000 -251,000,000 -252,000,000 -261,000,000 -261,000,000 -259,000,000 -256,000,000 -171,000,000 -166,000,000 -161,000,000 -162,000,000 -160,000,000                            -19,786,000 -19,174,000 -19,174,000 -19,174,000 -11,698,000 -11,699,000 -8,298,000 -8,238,000 -8,092,000 -8,092,000 -6,817,000 -6,706,000 -6,600,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000             
          gain on modification or extinguishment of debt
                                                                                        
          other current assets
                14,000,000  12,000,000 -67,000,000 31,000,000 10,000,000 17,000,000 -59,000,000 99,000,000 -9,000,000 71,000,000 -162,000,000 -1,000,000 10,000,000 -50,000,000 13,000,000 27,000,000 1,000,000    26,000,000                                                  
          amortization of debt issuance costs, premium and discount
                 10,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 17,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 24,000,000 38,000,000 32,000,000                                                        
          repayment of paid-in-kind interest related to repurchase of convertible notes
                     -13,000,000                                                             
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                        
          equity in losses of unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          contract assets
                                                                                        
          debt issuance and other financing costs
                  -5,000,000   -7,000,000 -1,000,000   -15,000,000 -18,000,000 -1,000,000 -19,000,000 -1,000,000 -65,000,000 -26,000,000 -33,000,000                                                        
          debt modification or extinguishment gains
                  26,000,000                                                                    
          payments of finance lease liabilities
                  -7,000,000 -8,000,000 -5,000,000 -6,000,000                                                                   
          investment in equity method investment
                   -8,000,000 -10,000,000 -5,000,000       -10,000,000 -90,000,000 -35,000,000 -36,000,000 -10,000,000 -24,000,000                                                 
          non-cash interest expense
                    2,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 9,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 21,000,000 29,000,000 60,000,000 33,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 21,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 20,000,000                      4,009,000 7,932,000 7,695,000 7,535,000 8,815,000 8,613,000                 
          loss on equity method investments
                    -1,000,000                                                                   
          trade and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses
                    1,016,000,000 -113,000,000 56,000,000 -429,000,000 -16,000,000                                                                
          proceeds from sale of fixed assets
                                                                                     
          debt modification or extinguishment costs
                     5,000,000 -3,000,000 -17,000,000 -13,000,000 -15,000,000 -26,000,000 -1,000,000 -40,000,000 -2,000,000                                                           
          net loss
                                             149,541,000 -130,416,000 -334,944,000 -348,974,000 -312,577,000 -307,092,000 -141,802,000 -335,844,000    -97,810,000     -94,324,000                           
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          dividends to shareholders
                      -81,000,000                                                                  
          losses on derivative instruments
                                                                                        
          income on equity method investments
                                                                                        
          deferred revenue
                       33,000,000 -24,000,000 -3,000,000 91,000,000 3,000,000 -36,000,000 -41,000,000 156,000,000 -71,000,000 -67,000,000 -11,000,000 35,000,000 29,000,000 -31,000,000 18,000,000 21,000,000 -21,000,000 8,000,000 -24,000,000 68,000,000 1,000,000 -11,000,000 44,921,000 -1,000,000 -960,000 -1,000,000 -983,000 -1,018,000 -982,000 -1,003,000 -983,000 -1,000,000 -1,125,000 -830,000 -992,000 -1,000,000 255,000 -2,210,000 -985,000 376,000 -2,376,000 -1,104,000 -829,000 -906,000 -1,339,000 -1,384,000 -1,030,000 -985,000 -1,101,000 -740,000 -1,042,000 11,480,000 10,258,000             
          impairment expense and loss on equity method investments
                        -5,000,000 8,000,000 24,000,000                                                              
          operating lease liabilities
                        -134,000,000 -133,000,000 -112,000,000 -87,000,000 -86,000,000 -72,000,000 -60,000,000 -55,000,000 -90,000,000 -103,000,000 -100,000,000 -78,000,000 -85,000,000                                                    
          finance lease liabilities
                        1,000,000           1,000,000                                                    
          cash dividends to shareholders
                        -86,000,000                                                                
          total losses on derivatives
                         1,759,000,000 3,482,000,000 674,000,000 74,000,000 493,000,000    -422,000,000 169,000,000   34,000,000 13,000,000 35,000,000 -31,000,000 -46,000,000 29,000,000 35,000,000 44,000,000 -297,631,000 -26,518,000 113,748,000 182,169,000 -40,343,000 128,571,000 -45,985,000 126,183,000 29,682,000 -5,573,000                                  
          impairment expense and loss on disposal of assets
                             1,000,000 5,000,000 16,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000    4,000,000                                               
          accounts and other receivables, net of current expected credit losses
                         -461,000,000 -371,000,000                                                              
          repayments of debt
                          -1,673,000,000 -515,000,000 -2,088,000,000 -616,000,000 -3,944,000,000 -2,080,000,000 -300,000,000 -2,109,000,000 -1,607,000,000 -189,000,000 -441,000,000 -6,000,000 -1,104,000,000   -23,000,000 -1,446,000,000 -1,460,000,000 -703,000,000 -3,490,052,000 -1,287,695,000 -2,477,965,000 -415,000,000                                        
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                          392,000,000 -168,000,000 321,000,000     -123,000,000 -323,000,000   224,000,000 -339,000,000 849,000,000 -191,000,000 38,000,000 31,000,000 -397,000,000 1,114,000,000                                            
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period
                          2,077,000,000 2,994,000,000 3,156,000,000 2,613,000,000 1,827,000,000                                            
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period
                          392,000,000 -168,000,000 2,398,000,000 -536,000,000 69,000,000 -285,000,000 2,829,000,000 -123,000,000 -323,000,000 429,000,000 3,011,000,000 224,000,000 -339,000,000 849,000,000 2,422,000,000 38,000,000 31,000,000 -397,000,000 2,941,000,000                                            
          impairment or loss on equity method investments
                            -7,000,000 -4,000,000 129,000,000 1,000,000                                                        
          accounts and other receivables
                            -3,000,000 -255,000,000 256,000,000 -178,000,000 23,000,000 6,000,000 -64,000,000 -39,000,000 98,000,000 -246,000,000 35,000,000 317,000,000 -237,000,000 -106,000,000 30,000,000 -57,000,000 -6,000,000 -79,428,000 -60,282,000                                          
          non-cash operating lease costs
                             69,000,000 56,000,000 70,000,000 96,000,000 99,000,000                                                       
          distributions and dividends to non-controlling interest
                             -158,000,000 -158,000,000 -156,000,000 -154,000,000 -151,000,000 -149,000,000 -146,000,000 -144,000,000 -141,000,000 -147,000,000 -145,000,000 -143,000,000 -125,000,000 -20,000,000 -20,000,000 -20,000,000 -19,896,000 -19,995,000 -20,066,000 -20,098,000 -20,081,000 -20,033,000 -20,071,000 -20,050,000 -20,039,000 -19,834,000                                  
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                             -536,000,000   -165,000,000    -145,000,000                                                    
          total gains on derivatives
                               98,000,000 -459,000,000    -122,000,000                                                    
          debt extinguishment costs
                                 -11,000,000    -1,000,000 -8,000,000                                                  
          amortization of debt issuance costs, deferred commitment fees, premium and discount
                                 32,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000                                            
          debt issuance and deferred financing costs
                                 -13,000,000 -18,000,000   -13,000,000 -7,000,000 -45,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -18,000,000 -24,000,000 -43,000,000 -54,914,000 -19,500,000 -47,908,000 -49,307,000 6,637,000 -108,550,000 -352,754,000 -58,395,000 -17,587,000 -8,853,000 -71,410,000 -13,957,000 -75,800,000 -6,368,000 -193,896,000 -34,986,000                            
          amortization of operating lease assets
                                   79,000,000 79,000,000                                                    
          accounts receivable—related party
                                    1,000,000 -1,000,000    -1,000,000                                              
          accrued liabilities—related party
                                    5,000,000                                                    
          loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                         25,000,000 33,000,000 42,000,000 52,605,000 25,765,000 55,315,000 1,457,000 27,907,000 7,281,000 88,992,000   51,066,000   1,470,000 -2,000 14,590,000 507,000                        
          non-cash lng inventory write-downs
                                                216,000 -289,000 460,000 -136,000 17,502,000 956,000 8,527,000   -951,000                               
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                365,000 956,000 958,000 1,303,000 3,237,000 2,574,000 3,691,000                                
          impairment expense
                                             477,000 -71,000 10,166,000                                        
          proceeds from sale of common shares by cheniere holdings
                                                                                        
          share-based compensation
                                              33,404,000 35,553,000 16,171,000 77,745,000 24,034,000 50,238,000 16,140,000                                    
          amortization of debt issuance costs and discount
                                              11,920,000 14,089,000 12,817,000 10,951,000 11,882,000 15,784,000 9,116,000 5,622,000 5,332,000 3,422,000 2,217,000                                
          changes in restricted cash for certain operating activities
                                              -31,845,000 108,310,000 43,366,000 124,309,000 147,999,000                                      
          use of restricted cash for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment
                                              1,208,428,000 1,128,762,000 1,151,073,000 993,762,000 1,146,906,000                                      
          investment in restricted cash
                                              -1,279,072,000 -1,228,981,000 -1,423,595,000 -882,056,000 -642,821,000                                      
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                              -59,346,000    -129,945,000      -46,239,000    -23,670,000    -19,333,000     7,575,000   1,018,000 -1,592,000 7,464,000 -20,710,000 -26,145,000          -20,490,000 -14,494,000 
          cash and cash equivalents—beginning of period
                                              1,201,112,000 1,747,583,000 960,842,000 201,711,000 459,160,000 74,161,000 88,372,000 102,192,000 296,530,000  462,963,000  692,592,000 
          cash and cash equivalents—end of period
                                              -59,346,000 -45,355,000 1,094,833,000 -139,150,000 -129,945,000 -688,131,000 2,158,338,000 955,927,000 -98,231,000 -24,716,000 914,603,000 586,678,000 -22,757,000 218,880,000 178,041,000 -13,284,000 77,110,000 -301,942,000 439,827,000 327,848,000 -31,249,000 138,088,000 24,473,000 7,575,000 -21,166,000 95,106,000 1,018,000 -1,592,000 7,464,000 81,482,000 -26,145,000 -34,278,000 21,070,000 141,545,000  -264,223,000 127,182,000 583,620,000  -70,821,000 -20,490,000 678,098,000 
          accounts and interest receivable
                                                1,092,000 1,564,000 170,000 25,687,000 -28,083,000 18,966,000 -19,360,000 -139,000 600,000 21,483,000 1,736,000 -24,203,000 953,000 24,575,000 -22,190,000 -2,850,000 1,169,000 1,056,000 -1,359,000 30,055,000 -28,289,000 18,436,000 -18,073,000 1,883,000 -910,000 -2,090,000 2,878,000 -1,221,000 3,943,000 24,498,000           
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                -106,279,000    410,755,000 955,927,000 -98,231,000   586,678,000 -22,757,000   -13,284,000 77,110,000   327,848,000 -31,249,000 138,088,000 -49,688,000   6,734,000       21,070,000 -154,985,000   127,182,000 120,657,000 -123,824,000    
          investment in cheniere partners
                                                         -3,673,000 -7,449,000 -10,204,000 -364,687,000 -170,193,000 -60,000                       
          proceeds from sale of common units by cheniere partners
                                                         -20,000 -205,000 365,000,000                            
          depreciation expense
                                                  21,638,000 20,154,000 17,769,000                                    
          lng inventory
                                                  4,462,000 2,465,000 -29,491,000 8,717,000 -12,532,000 -17,377,000 3,001,000 2,495,000 -30,360,000 -1,151,000 2,440,000 -3,938,000 -788,000 974,000 3,269,000 -10,675,000 -2,291,000 5,013,000 -8,389,000 -398,000 10,638,000 21,462,000 1,707,000 -23,636,000               
          proceeds from issuances of long-term debt
                                                  973,000,000 2,705,000,000 2,500,000,000 1,000,000,000                                  
          repayments of long-term debt
                                                                                      
          use of (investment in) restricted cash and cash equivalents for certain operating activities
                                                    75,233,000                                    
          use of restricted cash and cash equivalents for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment
                                                    572,623,000 703,997,000 677,425,000 541,153,000 761,858,000 663,096,000                               
          use of (investment in) restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                    -1,929,288,000    33,743,000    -1,818,313,000 -1,795,805,000 2,161,000   8,368,000 -23,414,000     -48,621,000 7,439,000 44,872,000 71,770,000 6,621,000            17,203,000 
          net loss attributable to common stockholders
                                                     -158,613,000 -89,581,000    -100,824,000 -154,763,000 -117,105,000                            
          use of restricted cash and cash equivalents for certain operating activities
                                                     35,828,000 19,924,000   6,967,000                               
          depreciation
                                                     15,296,000 16,189,000                                  
          net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
                                                     -25,409,000 -15,219,000 -78,782,000 -24,535,000 -12,518,000 -21,659,000 -9,140,000 -7,524,000                            
          proceeds from sale of common stock
                                                         3,424,000                               
          proceeds from sales of class b units by cheniere partners
                                                                                       
          investment in restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                     30,537,000 28,170,000    337,903,000 -3,486,788,000 -33,850,000    -26,830,000    -39,725,000        6,819,000        -1,008,377,000    
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                                        
          stock-based compensation
                                                      22,436,000 26,071,000 35,942,000                                
          prepaid expenses and other
                                                      3,664,000 9,656,000 -13,189,000 23,915,000 -31,695,000 -456,000 -1,860,000 -110,000 2,588,000 2,221,000 -1,816,000 -1,636,000 1,672,000 1,536,000 -5,621,000 3,173,000 -2,556,000 1,301,000    -1,278,000             
          payments related to tax withholdings for stock-based compensation
                                                      -35,298,000 -1,476,000 -7,742,000 -47,230,000                               
          investment in restricted cash and cash equivalents for certain operating activities
                                                        -16,329,000                                
          depreciation, depletion and amortization
                                                        15,475,000 15,676,000 15,247,000 15,173,000 15,113,000 19,406,000 15,233,000 15,478,000 16,290,000 17,123,000 15,271,000 15,625,000 15,386,000 16,649,000 15,612,000 15,624,000 15,103,000 14,269,000 12,795,000 12,062,000 11,509,000 7,220,000 3,333,000 2,284,000 1,870,000 1,952,000 1,496,000 1,075,000 1,051,000 895,000 579,000 606,000 
          non-cash derivative loss
                                                        32,854,000 -28,619,000 22,882,000 -96,058,000 18,123,000                            
          non-cash interest expense on 2008 loans
                                                                                        
          amortization of debt issuance and discount costs
                                                         6,358,000 3,647,000 2,734,000 2,209,000 2,234,000 3,786,000 7,122,000 7,165,000                        
          non-cash compensation
                                                         68,582,000 26,662,000 112,434,000 63,689,000 4,735,000 49,713,000 1,959,000 2,289,000 9,735,000 2,277,000 6,341,000 8,011,000 3,435,000 3,634,000 6,311,000 5,788,000 4,771,000 4,698,000 3,947,000 28,826,000 10,299,000 3,153,000 12,752,000 15,872,000 21,445,000 12,711,000 6,610,000 5,793,000 5,079,000 5,296,000 5,600,000 
          crest royalty
                                                             1,652,000                           
          lng terminal costs
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuances of long-term debt, net of debt issuance costs
                                                                                        
          repurchases and prepayments of long-term debt
                                                                                        
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                                         1,315,000                               
          lng terminal and pipeline costs
                                                          -1,177,325,000 -807,178,000 -464,187,000                            
          proceeds from sabine pass liquefaction senior notes
                                                                                       
          proceeds from ctpl credit facility
                                                                                       
          proceeds from 2013 liquefaction credit facilities
                                                                                       
          repurchases and prepayments of debt
                                                             -550,000,000 -204,630,000 -273,884,000 -298,000,000                        
          proceeds from (repayment of) 2012 liquefaction credit facility
                                                                                        
          use of restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                           -407,775,000 463,617,000 -1,231,470,000 1,138,482,000 213,390,000 784,000 -1,896,000 1,039,000 3,210,000 2,263,000 -45,587,000 37,820,000 3,430,000 23,590,000 -71,395,000 42,015,000 7,143,000 35,415,000 4,269,000 -80,311,000 135,237,000 44,359,000 2,074,000 -100,573,000 157,183,000     
          repayment of 2012 liquefaction credit facility
                                                                                        
          purchase of treasury shares
                                                           -71,453,000 -460,000 -18,521,000 -95,000 -1,798,000 -12,633,000 -1,728,000   -5,000 -676,000 -919,000 -4,000 -76,000 -497,000 1,000 -8,000 -4,398,000  -112,480,000 -212,520,000 -62,000  1,000 -932,000 
          proceeds from 2021 sabine pass liquefaction notes
                                                            1,500,000,000                            
          gain on sale of limited partnership investment
                                                                     -1,000                   
          use of cash for accrued interest
                                                                                       
          proceeds from sale of limited partnership investment
                                                                                       
          distributions from limited partnership investment
                                                                     1,200,000 2,700,000 6,300,000                
          proceeds from 2020 notes
                                                                                        
          proceeds from liquefaction credit facility
                                                                                       
          non-controlling interest
                                                              -2,876,000 -2,963,000 -2,438,000 -1,123,000 -1,532,000 -1,286,000 -641,000 -721,000 -505,000 -482,000 -131,000 590,000 -2,027,000 -4,597,000             
          lng terminal and pipeline construction-in-process
                                                              -832,182,000 -38,715,000 -270,000 -2,396,000 -1,058,000 -3,266,000 -2,214,000  -482,000 -2,583,000 -14,326,000 -16,816,000 -54,007,000 -27,168,000             
          purchase of intangible and fixed assets, net of sales
                                                              -752,000                          
          sale of common stock
                                                              381,031,000 467,779,000 351,907,000 345,485,000 -192,000         1,000  230,000 241,000 660,000 750,000 988,000 760,000 225,000 12,000 552,000 1,164,000 
          sale of class b units by cheniere partners
                                                                                        
          sale of common units by cheniere partners
                                                              196,381,000 5,950,000 2,843,000 -277,000                       
          debt issuance costs
                                                                         -88,000 -33,000  -15,645,000 -12,475,000 -28,000 -76,000 -828,000 -8,249,000 -634,000 -32,380,000 -8,164,000 -274,000 -2,978,000 
          purchase of crest royalty, net of amortization
                                                               -25,664,000                        
          deferred financing costs
                                                                                        
          (gain)/loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                        -1,000                
          adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to common stockholders to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          amortization of debt issuance and debt discount
                                                                  7,238,000 7,109,000 6,984,000 6,692,000 7,106,000 6,599,000  6,283,000               
          non-cash derivative (gain) loss
                                                                                        
          debt repurchases
                                                                                        
          sale of common units by restricted affiliate
                                                                   7,463,000 1,515,000                    
          net income attributable to common stockholders
                                                                    -39,838,000 -40,580,000                   
          non-cash derivative gain
                                                                    123,000   -3,944,000                -722,000 
          (gain) loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                                       
          restricted interest income on restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                                        -20,000   -3,054,000 -2,336,000 -5,329,000 -7,776,000 -11,046,000 -12,562,000 -14,874,000 -14,845,000     
          non-cash inventory write-downs
                                                                        -13,549,000                
          lng receiving terminal and pipeline construction-in-process
                                                                                        
          purchases of intangibles and fixed assets, net of sales
                                                                     -35,000                   
          purchases of lng commissioning, net of amounts transferred to lng terminal construction-in-process
                                                                          -1,384,000 -12,800,000             
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          non-cash interest expense on 2008 convertible loans
                                                                                        
          non-cash restructuring charges
                                                                            -11,000 536,000           
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                        
          purchases of intangible and fixed assets, net of sales
                                                                        -229,000 -153,000 -97,000 -43,000             
          oil and gas property, net of sales
                                                                        -7,000 63,000 -154,000 -376,000             
          use of (investment in) restricted u.s. treasury securities
                                                                                        
          advances under long-term contracts, net of transfers to construction-in-process
                                                                                        
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                        
          repayment of debt
                                                                                       
          debt issuance cost
                                                                                        
          proceeds from debt issuance
                                                                                       
          proceeds from debt issuance—related parties
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of common units in partnership
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of common units to non-controlling owners in partnership
                                                                                        
          proceeds from 2007 term loan
                                                                                      
          non-cash derivative (gain)/loss
                                                                                        
          non-cash interest charges
                                                                                        
          prepaid expenses
                                                                         -7,894,000    34,822,000 -18,888,000 3,415,000 -8,808,000 -8,420,000 6,063,000 -12,763,000 -1,142,000 2,390,000 -756,000 -2,014,000 
          use of restricted treasury securities
                                                                                        
          advances under long-term contracts, net of amounts transferred to lng terminal construction-in-process
                                                                                        
          debt repurchase
                                                                                       
          proceeds from related party debt issuance
                                                                                        
          repayment of bridge loan
                                                                                        
          gain on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                                        
          use of (investment in) restricted treasury securities
                                                                             -9,044,000           
          advances under long-term contracts, net of amounts transferred to lng terminal construction-in-progress
                                                                                        
          proceeds from the bridge loan
                                                                                        
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                                                                           2,137,000 2,086,000 2,849,000 3,138,000 1,874,000 1,860,000 1,738,000 1,427,000 1,295,000     
          interest income on restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                                           -560,000             
          equity in net income of limited partnership
                                                                               1,800,000         
          advances under long-term contracts, net of transfers to construction-in-progress
                                                                                        
          impairment of unproved properties and dry hole expense
                                                                                        
          minority interest
                                                                            -4,082,000 -1,025,000 -2,305,000 -1,365,000 -1,222,000 -1,045,000 -1,098,000 -60,000     
          regulatory assets
                                                                                       
          proceeds from issuance of common units to minority owners in partnership
                                                                                98,442,000     
          distributions to minority interest
                                                                            -6,599,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000 -6,598,000       
          repayment of term loan
                                                                                    -594,000,000 -1,500,000 -1,500,000 -1,500,000 
          borrowing under sabine pass credit facility
                                                                                     202,500,000 79,000,000 70,000,000 
          repayment of sabine pass credit facility
                                                                                        
          early extinguishment of debt
                                                                                        
          purchases of lng for commissioning, net of amounts transferred to lng terminal construction-in-process
                                                                             48,821,000           
          purchases of fixed assets
                                                                             777,000 -802,000 -2,740,000  -5,349,000 -9,692,000 -6,234,000 -2,728,000 -3,749,000 -2,395,000 -1,655,000 
          advances under long-term contracts
                                                                               -12,236,000  -23,720,000 -4,896,000 -6,920,000 4,661,000    
          investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                        
          lng terminal and pipeline construction-in-progress
                                                                              -229,728,000 -211,054,000  -187,299,000 -199,668,000 -160,732,000 -132,808,000 -147,084,000 -86,668,000 -73,807,000 
          proceeds from bridge loan
                                                                                        
          accounts receivable
                                                                               -18,257,000  -14,616,000    1,475,000 -925,000 281,000 
          purchase of lng for commissioning
                                                                               -25,590,000         
          investments in restricted u.s. treasury securities
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                        
          deferred tax provision
                                                                                       
          deferred rent
                                                                                -113,000 69,000       
          investments in restricted treasury securities
                                                                                -98,442,000     
          investment in limited partnership
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuances of senior notes
                                                                                        
          issuance of convertible senior unsecured notes
                                                                                        
          proceeds from term loan
                                                                                        
          borrowings under sabine pass credit facility
                                                                                        
          purchase of issuer call spread
                                                                                        
          purchase of treasury shares pursuant to an issuer call spread
                                                                                        
          use of restricted cash and equivalents
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents—beginning of year
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents—end of year
                                                                                        
          impairment of unproved properties
                                                                                 448,000 1,000 334,000 93,000 323,000 
          dry hole expense
                                                                                  -10,000 8,000 779,000 354,000   
          impairment of fixed assets
                                                                                        
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                        
          interest receivable
                                                                                 1,029,000 -1,189,000 -2,000     
          use (investment in) of restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                        
          investments in entities accounted for using the equity method
                                                                                        
          oil and gas additions, net of sales
                                                                                 -3,000       
          advance to epc contractor
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuances of common units in partnership
                                                                                 39,441,000 164,505,000     
          payment of holdings term loan
                                                                                        
          deferred tax benefit
                                                                                      -5,620,000 -7,413,000 
          other accounts receivable
                                                                                   -7,257,000     
          additions of oil and gas property
                                                                                   -5,000     
          sale of interest in oil and gas prospects
                                                                                       448,000 
          accounts receivable—affiliate
                                                                                        
          regulatory asset
                                                                                        
          advance to epc contractor, net of transfers to construction-in-progress
                                                                                        
          oil and gas property additions
                                                                                       -1,954,000 
          offering costs
                                                                                        
          amortization of debt issuance cost
                                                                                     917,000 917,000 918,000 
          oil and gas property additions, net of sales
                                                                                     8,000   
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                        
          cash paid for interest
                                                                                        
          use of (investment in) restricted cash
                                                                                        
          interest expense
                                                                                        
          exploration dry holes
                                                                                       240,000 
          reimbursement from limited partnership investment
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of lng assets
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of limited partnership interest
                                                                                        
          accounts receivable—affiliates
                                                                                        
          lng terminal construction-in-progress
                                                                                        
          advance to epc contractor, net of transfers to construction- in-progress
                                                                                        
          sale of lng assets
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuances of notes payable
                                                                                        
          repayment of note payable
                                                                                        
          partnership contributions by minority owner