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INVESTMENTS IN AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS IN AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES

22. INVESTMENTS IN AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES

(in thousands of $)	2015			2014
Golar Partners (see note 13)	25,530			275,307

The investment classified as available-for-sale in Golar Partners represents its interest in the common units, which includes an unrealized loss of $28.6 million as of December 31, 2015 (2014: gain of $15.7 million). In January 2015, we completed a secondary offering of 7,170,000 common units held in Golar Partners, at a price of $29.90 per unit, generating net proceeds of approximately $207.4 million. Between August and September 2015, we purchased a total of 240,000 common units held in Golar Partners in a series of open market transactions, at a combined total cost of $5.0 million.

Both the sale and purchase of common units of Golar Partners were at the fair value of these securities on the date of the respective transaction.

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The entire disclosure for investments in certain debt and equity securities.

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