Debt Instrument, Face Amount, Reclassified from Junior Debt to Senior Notes

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- Definition

Amount of short-term debt and current maturity of long-term debt and capital lease obligations due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19,20)

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 55

-Paragraph 8

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Represents the aggregate of total long-term debt, including current maturities and short-term debt.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Debt (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt outstanding	$ 1,818,000,000			$ 1,380,800,000
Current debt outstanding	224,900,000			$ 116,400,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Golar Snow Facility \| Hai Jiao 1402 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face amount			$ 184,200,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Junior Loan Facility \| Golar Kelvin Facility \| Hai Jiao 1405 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face amount	26,300,000.0		184,200,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Junior Loan Facility \| Golar Snow Facility \| Hai Jiao 1402 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face amount			25,600,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Junior Loan Facility \| Golar Ice Facility \| Hai Jiao 1406 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face amount	26,300,000.0	$ 184,200,000.0
Senior Loan Facility \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Golar Kelvin Facility \| Hai Jiao 1405 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt reclassified from junior facility to senior facility	$ 157,900,000
Debt instrument, term	10 years
Senior Loan Facility \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Golar Snow Facility \| Hai Jiao 1402 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face amount			$ 158,600,000.0
Debt instrument, term	10 years
Senior Loan Facility \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Golar Ice Facility \| Hai Jiao 1406 Limited
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt reclassified from junior facility to senior facility	$ 157,900,000.0
Debt instrument, term	10 years