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Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage Sold

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Proceeds from Divestiture of Interest in Joint Venture, Gross

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The amount of the gain (loss) recognized by the parent and included in its attributable portion of net income for the period due to deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets. The gain (loss) recognized and included in the net income attributable to the parent for the period is generally computed as the difference between: (a) the aggregate of: (1) the fair value of any consideration received; (2) the fair value of any retained noncontrolling investment in the former subsidiary at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated; and (3) the carrying amount of any noncontrolling interest in the former subsidiary (including any accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest) at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated and (b) the carrying amount of the former subsidiary's assets and liabilities.

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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Fair value portion of investments accounted under the equity method.

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The cash inflow from the sale of an investment interest in a joint venture that the reporting entity has not previously accounted for using consolidation or the equity method of accounting.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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DECONSOLIDATION OF GOLAR POWER ENTITIES (Details) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 06, 2016 USD ($) vessel	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Net proceeds		$ 113,321	$ 0	$ 0
Loss on loss of control of Golar Power		$ 8,483	$ 0	$ 0
Golar Power
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Net proceeds	$ 113,000
Number of vessels disposed \| vessel	2
Fair value of equity method investment	$ 232,701
Ownership percentage		50.00%	0.00%
Loss on loss of control of Golar Power	8,483
Golar Power \| Fair value of 50% retained investment in Golar Power
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fair value of equity method investment	$ 116,000
Ownership percentage	50.00%
Consideration received from Stonepeak	$ 116,000
Golar Power \| Stonepeak
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage disposed	50.00%