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OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Assets pledged as collateral | Assets pledged
(in thousands of $) | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans (1)(2) | 2,106,062 |  |  | 2,543,012 |

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