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CAPITAL COMMITMENTS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 Vessels	Dec. 31, 2013 Vessels	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015
Purchase obligation, fiscal year maturity:
Vessels Delivered	7glng_VesselsDelivered
Number of vessels contracted for construction, undelivered at period end	4glng_NumberofVesselsContractedforConstructionUndeliveredatPeriodEnd
Long-term purchase commitment amount	$ 900,000,000us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount
LNG carrier
Purchase obligation, fiscal year maturity:
Number of vessels contracted for construction during fiscal year		10glng_NumberofVesselsContractedforConstructionDuringFiscalYear / glng_VesselTypeAxis = glng_LngCarrierMember
Vessels Delivered	5glng_VesselsDelivered / glng_VesselTypeAxis = glng_LngCarrierMember	2glng_VesselsDelivered / glng_VesselTypeAxis = glng_LngCarrierMember
FSRU
Purchase obligation, fiscal year maturity:
Number of vessels contracted for construction during fiscal year		3glng_NumberofVesselsContractedforConstructionDuringFiscalYear / glng_VesselTypeAxis = glng_FloatingStorageRegasificationUnitsMember
Vessels Delivered	2glng_VesselsDelivered / glng_VesselTypeAxis = glng_FloatingStorageRegasificationUnitsMember
Hilli Conversion to FLNGV
Purchase obligation, fiscal year maturity:
Payable within 12 months to December 31, 2015	202,800,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_HilliConversiontoFloatingLiquidNaturalGasVesselMember
Payable within 12 months to December 31, 2016	163,500,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInSecondYear / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_HilliConversiontoFloatingLiquidNaturalGasVesselMember
Payable within 12 months to December 31, 2017	192,900,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInThirdYear / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_HilliConversiontoFloatingLiquidNaturalGasVesselMember
Total payable	559,200,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligation / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_HilliConversiontoFloatingLiquidNaturalGasVesselMember
Newbuildings
Purchase obligation, fiscal year maturity:
Payable within 12 months to December 31, 2015	548,342,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_NewbuildingsMember
Total payable	500,000,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligation / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_NewbuildingsMember
Long-term purchase commitment amount			2,700,000,000us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_NewbuildingsMember
Long-term purchase commitment, amount outstanding	548,300,000glng_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmountOutstanding / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_NewbuildingsMember
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Gimi Conversion
Purchase obligation, fiscal year maturity:
Contractual obligation				870,000,000us-gaap_ContractualObligation / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_GimiConversionMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
Termination fees				$ 7,000,000us-gaap_LossOnContractTermination / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = glng_GimiConversionMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 912

-SubTopic 275

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6471736&loc=d3e54681-109401

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