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Variable Interest Entities ("VIE") - Narrative (Details) - vessel		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 26, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Apr. 16, 2019
Vessels disposal group
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of vessels in sale and leaseback transactions that were sold	7
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of vessels in sale and leaseback transaction		1	8
Sale and leaseback term		10 years
FLNG | Gimi MS
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				30.00%

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Number Of Vessels In Sale And Leaseback Transactions Disposed

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Number of Vessels

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term

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

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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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