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Equipment Item, Number of Crew on Board

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Joint Venture Agreement, Estimated Project Cost

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Joint Venture Agreement, Estimated Project Cost Funded by Debt

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Joint Venture Agreement, Initial Investment Commitment

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Number of Equipment Items, Owned

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Number of Vessels Contracted for Construction

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Shareholders Agreement, Aggregate New Equity Funding

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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The cash inflow from the issuance of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Financing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6513228

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3255-108585

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The cash inflow from amounts received from issuance of long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes proceeds from tax exempt secured debt.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Financing Activities
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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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General (Details)	1 Months Ended
General (Details)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 12, 2017 crew	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) carrier newbuild	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016
Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Additional aggregate funding commitment				$ 150,000,000
OneLNG
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Additional aggregate funding commitment				$ 250,000,000
Ownership percentage				51.00%
Fortuna Project
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated project cost				$ 2,000,000,000
Debt financing assumed				1,200,000,000
OneLNG \| Fortuna Project
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Initial investment amount				650,000,000
Aggregate new equity funding				500,000,000
Ophir \| Fortuna Project
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Initial investment amount				$ 150,000,000
Minimum \| Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Additional aggregate funding commitment					$ 20,000,000
Maximum \| Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Additional aggregate funding commitment					$ 50,000,000
Convertible Bond
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net proceeds from convertible bond offering		$ 360,200,000
Margin Loan Facility
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds raised from entering into loan facility	$ 150,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Hilli Conversion to FLNG
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of crew on board \| crew			108
Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of newbuild commitments contracted for construction \| newbuild				1
Sergipe \| Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage					50.00%	25.00%
LNG Carrier \| Golar LNG Partners
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers operated by other \| carrier				3
LNG Carrier \| Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers operated by other \| carrier				2
Floating Storage Regasification Unit \| Golar LNG Partners
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers operated by other \| carrier				6
LNG Carrier \| LNG Carrier
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier				14
LNG Carrier \| LNG Carrier \| Golar LNG Limited, Golar LNG Partners, and Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier				19
LNG Carrier \| Floating Storage Regasification Unit
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier				1
LNG Carrier \| Floating Storage Regasification Unit \| Golar LNG Limited, Golar LNG Partners, and Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier				7