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Asset Under Development (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Extractive Industries [Abstract] |
Schedule for Assets Under Development |
(in thousands of $) | December 31, 2017 |
Purchase price installments | 962,709 |
Interest costs capitalized | 116,416 |
Other costs capitalized | 98,364 |
| 1,177,489 |

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