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COST METHOD INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Cost Method Investments Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cost Method Investments |
| 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Golar Partners | 191,177 |  |  | — |
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana S.p.A ("OLT–O") | 7,347 |  |  | 7,347 |
| 198,524 |  |  | 7,347 |

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- Definition A tabular disclosure of (a) the aggregate carrying amount of all cost-method investments; (b) the aggregate carrying amount of cost-method investments that the investor did not evaluate for impairment for cost-method investments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 325 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6872867&loc=d3e40691-111596 + Details
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