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DEFERRED CHARGES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of other receivables, prepaid expenses and accrued income | The deferred charges are comprised of the following amounts:
(in thousands of $) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Debt arrangement fees and other deferred financing charges |  | 52,150 |  | 32,903 |
Accumulated amortization |  | (9,996 | ) | (6,102 | )
|  | 42,154 |  | 26,801 |

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