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COST METHOD INVESTMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 325

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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