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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information - Daewoo Shipbuilding (Detail) $ in Thousands |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 02, 2015 floating_storage_unit | Feb. 29, 2016 Vessel | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Vessel floating_storage_unit m³ | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Payments made to commitments |  |  | $ 424,868 | $ 237,647
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Modified Vessel [Member] | Bahrain LNG Joint Venture [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating lease arrangement period, lessor | 20 years |  | 20 years |
Number of floating storage units | floating_storage_unit | 1 |  | 1 |
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of vessels | Vessel |  |  | 9 |
Volume of vessels | m³ |  |  | 173,400 |
Cost of construction |  |  | $ 1,800,000 |
Payments made to commitments |  |  | 384,700 |
Remaining payments required to be made under newbuilding contracts in 2016 |  |  | 338,100 |
Remaining payments required to be made under newbuilding contracts in 2017 |  |  | 607,100 |
Remaining payments required to be made under newbuilding contracts in 2018 |  |  | $ 515,400 |
Shell [Member] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of vessels | Vessel |  |  | 5 |
Subsidiary of Cheniere Energy [Member] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of vessels | Vessel |  |  | 2 |
Operating lease arrangement period, lessor |  |  | 5 years |
Minimum [Member] | Shell [Member] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating lease arrangement period, lessor |  |  | 6 years |
Maximum [Member] | Shell [Member] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating lease arrangement period, lessor |  |  | 8 years |
Unfixed Vessel [Member] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of vessels | Vessel |  |  | 2 |
Delivered [Member] | Subsidiary of Cheniere Energy [Member] | Subsequent Events [Member] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. [Member] | Liquefied Natural Gas [Member] |  |  |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of vessels | Vessel |  | 1 |  |

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