Debt Instrument, Maturity Term

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- Definition

Line of Credit Facility, Final Payment Amount

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- Definition

Line of Credit Facility, Percentage of Initial Project Budget

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- Definition

The number of vessels the entity has interest in which generate taxable revenues in the United Kingdom.

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Represents the number of tranches the credit facility contains.

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Percentage of tranche guaranteed

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- Definition

Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term

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Substantial Doubt about Going Concern, Expected Proceeds from Debt Instrument

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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

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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- Definition

The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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DEBT - Credit Facilities Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
DEBT - Credit Facilities Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Aug. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($) tranche	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) vessel	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Substantial Doubt about Going Concern, Expected Proceeds from Debt Instrument			$ 150,000
Repayments of debt			271,858	$ 215,363	$ 239,903
Secured Debt \| Golar Arctic Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 87,500
Basis spread on variable rate			2.25%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Term			5 years
Final payment amount			$ 52,800
Secured Debt \| Golar Viking 2015 Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 62,500
Basis spread on variable rate			2.50%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Term			5 years
Final payment amount			$ 37,800
Secured Debt \| GoFLNG Hilli Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 700,000
Percentage of initial project budget			60.00%
Interest rate			6.25%
Balance outstanding under pre-delivery facility			$ 250,000
Secured Debt \| GoFLNG Hilli Facility \| Scenario, Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 1,200,000
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term	10 years
Secured Debt \| Golar Igloo Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 161,300
Secured Debt \| $1.125 billion newbuild facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,125,000	$ 1,125,000
Description of variable rate basis			LIBOR
Final payment amount			$ 131,000
Number of vessels \| vessel				8
Number of tranches \| tranche		3
Secured Debt \| $449 million newbuild facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 449,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Term			12 years
Percentage guaranteed			95.00%
Shareholder Notes Payable \| K-Sure Tranche [Axis] [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		2.10%
Shareholder Notes Payable \| KEXIM Tranche [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		2.75%