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Other Financial Items (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Financial Items | Other financial items comprise of the following:
(in thousands of $) | Six months ended June 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |
Mark-to-market adjustment for interest rate swap derivatives | (603 | ) | (29,390 | )
Interest expense on undesignated interest rate swaps | (2,706 | ) | (5,741 | )
Mark-to-market adjustment for equity derivatives | (4,323 | ) | 3,362 |
Impairment of loan * | — |  | (7,627 | )
Financing arrangement fees and other costs | (239 | ) | (75 | )
Amortization of debt guarantee | 846 |  | — |
Others | (903 | ) | (1,410 | )
| (7,928 | ) | (40,881 | )
* In the prior six months ended June 30, 2016, we recognized an impairment charge of $7.6 million against the loan receivable from Douglas Channel LNG Assets Partnership, pursuant the announcement of a negative FID on the related project.

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