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General (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
General (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 12, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) carrier	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / barrel carrier	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2017 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative asset		$ 16,225	$ 16,225		$ 10,166
Oil price per barrel \| $ / barrel			60
Golar LNG Partners
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers operated by other \| carrier		10	10
Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers operated by other \| carrier		3	3
LNG Carrier \| LNG Carrier
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier		12	12
LNG Carrier \| LNG Carrier \| Golar LNG Limited, Golar LNG Partners, and Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier		18	18
LNG Carrier \| Floating Storage Regasification Unit
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier		1	1
LNG Carrier \| Floating Storage Regasification Unit \| Golar LNG Limited, Golar LNG Partners, and Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier		8	8
LNG Carrier \| FLNG
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier		1	1
LNG Carrier \| FLNG \| Golar LNG Limited, Golar LNG Partners, and Golar Power
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of carriers owned and operated \| carrier		1	1
FLNG
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative asset					79,600	$ 79,600
Derivative liability					79,600
Energy Related Derivative - Oil \| FLNG
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Unrealized gain on oil derivative instrument			$ 185,770	$ 0
Energy Related Derivative - Oil \| FLNG \| Fair value \| Level 2
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Derivative asset		$ 280,500	280,500		$ 94,700
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Golar Hilli LLC \| Golar, Keppel, and B&V
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Equity method investment, aggregate cost	$ 658,000
Portion of net lease obligations	50.00%
Related Party, Deposit Amount Incl. Accrued Interest \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Golar Hilli LLC \| Golar, Keppel, and B&V
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Deposits received	$ 71,900
Golar Tundra \| Related Party, Deposit Amount Incl. Accrued Interest \| Golar LNG Partners
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Deposits received	$ 110,100
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| CMBL Agreement \| Golar Tundra
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations		125,937	125,937
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| CCBFL Agreement \| Golar Seal
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations		$ 143,849	$ 143,849
Series A Preferred Units \| Keppel Shipyard Limited (“Keppel”) \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	10.00%
Series A Preferred Units \| Golar \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	89.10%
Series A Preferred Units \| Black and Veatch (“B&V”) \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	0.90%
Series B Preferred Units \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Entitlement to distributions		95.00%
Series B Preferred Units \| Keppel Shipyard Limited (“Keppel”) \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	10.00%
Series B Preferred Units \| Golar \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	89.10%
Series B Preferred Units \| Black and Veatch (“B&V”) \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	0.90%
Common Units \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Entitlement to distributions		5.00%
Entitlement to vehicle expansion capacity distributions		5.00%
Ownership percentage	44.60%
Common Units \| Keppel Shipyard Limited (“Keppel”) \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	5.00%
Common Units \| Golar LNG Partners \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%
Common Units \| Black and Veatch (“B&V”) \| Golar Hilli LLC
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	0.40%