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COST METHOD INVESTMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Cost Method Investments Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of cost method investments

(in thousands of $)	2017			2016
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana S.p.A ("OLT–O")	7,347			7,347

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Cost Method Investments Disclosure [Abstract]

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A tabular disclosure of (a) the aggregate carrying amount of all cost-method investments; (b) the aggregate carrying amount of cost-method investments that the investor did not evaluate for impairment for cost-method investments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75025870&loc=d3e40691-111596

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