Contractual Obligation, Period

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Long Term Debt, Amortization Period

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- Definition

Long-term Line Of Credit, Drawdown Dependent on Project Spend

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Period between issuance and maturity of long-term debt, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Asset Under Development (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended
	Apr. 16, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019
Capitalized Costs Relating to Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Term of charter		20 years
Contractual obligation			$ 1,178,829	$ 1,300,000
$700 million facility
Capitalized Costs Relating to Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit	$ 700,000
Long-term debt, term	7 years
Amortization term	12 years
Drawdown dependent on project spend	$ 300,000
FLNG \| Gimi MS
Capitalized Costs Relating to Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	30.00%