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OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)	12 Months Ended	107 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2003 GBP (£) tax_lease	Dec. 13, 2012 tax_lease	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Golar LNG Partners tax_lease
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans and capital leases			$ 1,997,657,000us-gaap_PledgedAssetsNotSeparatelyReportedOnStatementOfFinancialPosition	$ 700,726,000us-gaap_PledgedAssetsNotSeparatelyReportedOnStatementOfFinancialPosition
Tax lease benefits:
Number of tax leases	6glng_NumberOfTaxLeases
Gross amount received from tax lease benefit (in GBP)	41,000,000glng_TaxLeaseBenefitAmountReceivedGross
Number of tax leases terminated		5glng_NumberOfTaxLeasesTerminated
Number of tax leases remaining					1glng_InvestmentsNumberOfTaxLeasesRemaining / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = glng_GolarLngPartnersMember
Other commitment to pay third party			$ 1,000,000us-gaap_OtherCommitment

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

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-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (b)(1)(i)

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