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Assets Under Development, Storage Volume of Asset

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Debt Instrument, Project Funding, Project Costs Spent Threshold

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Equity Method Investment, Unit Purchase Program, Authorized Amount

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Equity Method Investment, Unit Purchase Program, Period in Force

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Estimated Project Conversion Cost

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Number of Vessels Contracted for Construction

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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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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This item represents disclosure of the amount of dividends or other distributions received from unconsolidated subsidiaries, certain corporate joint ventures, and certain noncontrolled corporation; these investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. This element excludes distributions that constitute a return of investment, which are classified as investing activities.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, m³ in Thousands		1 Months Ended
	Aug. 13, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($) owner vessel $ / shares	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) MMcfe / d phase vessel m³	Jun. 30, 2015
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.45
Golar LNG Partners
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				30.00%
Golar LNG Partners \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Equity method investment, unit purchase program, authorized amount (up to)		$ 25,000,000
Equity method investment, unit purchase program, period in force		12 months
Purchase of equity method investment units	$ 5,000,000
Ownership percentage	30.40%
Cash distribution per share (in USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.5775
Proceeds from dividends		$ 13,100,000
GoFLNG Hilli Conversion \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total estimated project conversion cost			$ 1,200,000,000
Long-term contract minimum period			5 years
Expected cost of financing during conversion period percentage			6.25%
Projected cost of long term financing percentage (less than)			6.00%
GoFLNG Hilli Conversion \| CSSCL Conversion Financing \| Construction Loans \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Project funding percentage of total project cost (up to)			80.00%
Number of project cost phases \| phase			2
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 960,000,000
Financing agreement term			10 years
Minimum debt service coverage ratio			1.2
Phase One - GoFLNG Hilli Conversion \| CSSCL Conversion Financing \| Construction Loans \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Project funding percentage of total project cost (up to)			60.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 700,000,000
Minimum project cost to be spent for phase to enable			$ 400,000,000
FLNG \| GoFLNG Hilli Conversion \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Amortization period			15 years
LNG Carrier \| Gandria Conversion \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vessel size \| m³			126
Floating Storage Regasification Unit \| Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd NewBuilding Contract \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vessel size \| m³			170
Number of newbuild commitments contracted for construction \| vessel			1
Vessel continuous regasification capacity \| MMcfe / d			500
Maximum \| Floating Storage Regasification Unit \| Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd NewBuilding Contract \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vessel continuous regasification capacity \| MMcfe / d			750
LNG Carrier Pool \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of vessels in pooling agreement \| vessel		8
Undivided Interest \| LNG Carrier Pool \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of vessels in pooling agreement \| vessel		14
Number of owners in pooling agreement \| owner		3
Dynagas Ltd. \| Undivided Interest \| LNG Carrier Pool \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of vessels in pooling agreement \| vessel		3
GasLog Ltd. \| Undivided Interest \| LNG Carrier Pool \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of vessels in pooling agreement \| vessel		3