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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Golar Power Other Transactions, Indemnifications and Guarantees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Golar Power | Debt guarantees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount of guarantee	$ 393.5	$ 182.3

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- Definition

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115931803&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

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+ References

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- Details

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