Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020		Dec. 31, 2019
Assets	$ 35,931	[1]	$ 35,492
Cash and cash equivalents	2,091	[1]	2,474
Restricted cash	$ 522	[1]	$ 520
Preferred Stock, Par Value	$ 0.0001		$ 0.0001
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	5,000,000.0		5,000,000.0
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	0		0
Common Stock, Par Value Per Share	$ 0.003		$ 0.003
Common stock, Shares Authorized	480,000,000.0		480,000,000.0
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	273,000,000.0		270,700,000
Treasury Stock, Shares			17,100,000
Common Stock
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	252,200,000		253,600,000
Treasury Stock
Treasury Stock, Shares	20,800,000
Cheniere Partners [Member]
Assets	$ 18,828		$ 19,120
Liabilities	18,492		18,602
Cash and cash equivalents	1,254		1,781
Restricted cash	$ 157		$ 181

[1] Amounts presented include balances held by our consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), Cheniere Partners, as further discussed in Note 8— Non-controlling Interest and Variable Interest Entity. As of September 30, 2020, total assets and liabilities of Cheniere Partners, which are included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, were $18.8 billion and $18.5 billion, respectively, including $1.3 billion of cash and cash equivalents and $0.2 billion of restricted cash.