Debt Instrument, Extension Term

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- Definition

Debt Instrument, Number Of Extensions

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- Definition

Origination Of Line Of Credit To Related Party

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- Definition

Payments To Fund Line Of Credit To Related Party

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- Definition

Revised Project Schedule Extension

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- Definition

Sale Leaseback Transaction, Put Option, Term Extension

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- Definition

Sale Leaseback Transaction, Put Option, Term Extension Requirement

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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119993939&loc=d3e28551-108399

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114775985&loc=d3e28878-108400

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- Definition

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

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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details)	1 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details)	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) option	Oct. 31, 2020	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Revolving Credit Facility Issuance \| Golar LNG Partners
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Origination of line of credit to related party			$ 25,000,000.0
Payments to fund line of credit to related party			$ 15,000,000.0
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Revolving Credit Facility Issuance \| Golar LNG Partners
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate			5.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Term Loan Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount				$ 150,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Revolving Credit Facility Issuance \| Golar LNG Partners
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Origination of line of credit to related party	$ 15,000,000.0
Payments to fund line of credit to related party	$ 5,000,000.0
Subsequent Event \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Revolving Credit Facility Issuance \| Golar LNG Partners
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
Subsequent Event \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Corporate Revolving Credit Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 100,000,000
Debt instrument, term	366 days
Number of extensions \| option	2
Extension term	366 days
Subsequent Event \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Corporate Revolving Credit Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
Subsequent Event \| Golar Seal \| CCBFL Agreement \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Term extension requirement		4 years
Put option extension	1 year
Gimi Conversion \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Project extension		11 months