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RELATED PARY TRANSACTIONS - Golar Power Other Transactions, Indemnifications and Guarantees (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) vessel
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of vessels in sale and leaseback transaction | vessel	7
Golar Power
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of sale leaseback transaction	18 months
Number of vessels in sale and leaseback transaction | vessel	2
Additional aggregate funding committed | $	$ 150.0
Golar Power | Debt guarantees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount of guarantee | $	$ 182.3

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248

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