Variable Interest Entities - Summary of Bareboat Charters (Details) - Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
ICBCL Agreement \| Golar Glacier
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	$ 8,620
2019	17,100
2020	17,147
2021	17,100
2022	17,100
After 2023	29,984
ICBCL Agreement \| Golar Kelvin
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	8,620
2019	17,100
2020	17,147
2021	17,100
2022	17,100
After 2023	32,795
ICBCL Agreement \| Golar Snow
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	8,620
2019	17,100
2020	17,147
2021	17,100
2022	17,100
After 2023	32,795
ICBCL Agreement \| Golar Ice
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	8,620
2019	17,100
2020	17,147
2021	17,100
2022	17,100
After 2023	35,700
CMBL Agreement \| Golar Tundra
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	11,445
2019	21,910
2020	20,833
2021	19,739
2022	18,695
After 2023	47,532
CCBFL Agreement \| Golar Seal
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	7,513
2019	15,193
2020	15,151
2021	15,151
2022	15,151
After 2023	45,495
COSCO Shipping Agreement \| Golar Crystal
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	6,083
2019	11,934
2020	11,726
2021	11,477
2022	11,271
After 2023	45,529
CSSC \| Hilli
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2018	64,568
2019	126,118
2020	121,036
2021	116,143
2022	111,279
After 2023	$ 505,666

Amount of minimum lease payments for capital leases due in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
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