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DEFERRED CHARGES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 26, 2013
Components of deferred financing costs [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 858,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Charges	10,700,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredCharges	24,500,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredCharges
Debt arrangement fees and other deferred financing charges	32,903,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsGross	27,845,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsGross
Accumulated amortization	(6,102,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedAmortizationDeferredFinanceCosts	(3,361,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedAmortizationDeferredFinanceCosts
Deferred Finance Costs, Net	26,801,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet	24,484,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
Amortization of deferred charges and debt guarantee	3,300,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	2,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	1,900,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Secured debt | Line of credit | $1.125 billion newbuild facility
Components of deferred financing costs [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,125,000,000.000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = glng_A1.125billionnewbuildfacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember	$ 266,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = glng_A1.125billionnewbuildfacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember		$ 1,125,000,000.000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = glng_A1.125billionnewbuildfacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember
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