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Restricted cash and short term deposits | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract] |
Restricted cash and short term deposits | RESTRICTED CASH AND SHORT-TERM DEPOSITS Our restricted cash and short-term deposits balances are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | September 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |
Restricted cash relating to the total return equity swap | 69,382 |  | 58,351 |
Restricted cash in relation to the Hilli (1) | 175,482 |  | 174,737 |
Restricted cash and short-term deposits held by lessor VIEs | 188,434 |  | 130,063 |
Restricted cash relating to the $1.125 billion debt facility | 22,986 |  | 33,752 |
Restricted cash relating to office lease | 818 |  | 813 |
Bank guarantee | 674 |  | 99 |
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits | 457,776 |  | 397,815 |
Less: Amounts included in current restricted cash and short-term deposits | (302,456 | ) | (222,265 | )
Long-term restricted cash | 155,320 |  | 175,550 |
(1) In November 2015, in connection with the issuance of a letter of credit by a financial institution to our project partner involved in the Hilli FLNG project, we were required to provide cash collateral to support the performance guarantee. The following table identifies the balance sheet line-items included in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows:
(in thousands of $) | September 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 306,387 |  | 214,862 |  | 286,562 |  | 224,190 |
Restricted cash and short-term deposits (current portion) | 302,456 |  | 222,265 |  | 270,087 |  | 183,693 |
Restricted cash (non-current portion) | 155,320 |  | 175,550 |  | 182,416 |  | 232,335 |
| 764,163 |  | 612,677 |  | 739,065 |  | 640,218 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134446 + Details
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