XML 156 R120.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.7.0.1

DEBT - ICBC VIE Loans Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt				$ 1,798,361,000	$ 1,878,061,000
Golar Glacier Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt				$ 169,526,000	177,176,000
$1.125 billion newbuild facility | Line of Credit | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis				LIBOR
Golar Snow Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt				$ 170,566,000	178,566,000
Golar Kelvin Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt				182,540,000	182,540,000
Golar Ice Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt				$ 152,056,000	$ 172,046,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1401 Limited
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity period of debt			10 years
Debt Instrument, Term			10 years
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1401 Limited | Golar Glacier Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt			$ 184,800,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1401 Limited | Golar Glacier Facility | Glacier Senior Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt			153,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1401 Limited | Golar Glacier Facility | Golar Glacier Junior Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt			$ 31,800,000
Interest rate			6.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1402 Limited | Golar Snow Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 182,600,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1402 Limited | Golar Snow Facility | Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		6.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 22,600,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1402 Limited | Golar Snow Facility | Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 160,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, Term		10 years
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1405 Limited | Golar Kelvin Facility | Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		6.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 182,500,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1405 Limited | Golar Kelvin Facility | Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	10 years
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1406 Limited | Golar Ice Facility | Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate						3.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 172,000,000.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Hai Jiao 1406 Limited | Golar Ice Facility | Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	10 years

X

- Definition

Long-term Debt and Due to Related Parties, Gross

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	glng_LongtermDebtandDuetoRelatedPartiesGross
Namespace Prefix:	glng_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Period when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	glng_Maturityperiodofdebt
Namespace Prefix:	glng_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- 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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentDescriptionOfVariableRateBasis
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930739&loc=d3e28878-108400

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

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

+ References

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(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

X

- 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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentTerm
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis=glng_GolarGlacierFacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis=us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis=glng_A1.125BillionNewbuildFacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis=us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis=glng_GolarSnowFacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis=glng_GolarKelvinFacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis=glng_GolarIceFacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis=us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=glng_HaiJiao1401LimitedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis=glng_GlacierSeniorfacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis=glng_GolarGlacierJuniorfacilityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=glng_HaiJiao1402LimitedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis=us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebtMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis=us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=glng_HaiJiao1405LimitedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=glng_HaiJiao1406LimitedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: