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LNG production

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Line of Credit Facility, Letter of Credit Available to Project Partner

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Number Of UK Leases

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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 cash and cash equivalents restricted as to withdrawal or usage, classified as noncurrent. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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RESTRICTED CASH AND SHORT-TERM DEPOSITS (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions, t in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2021 USD ($) t	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) lease	Dec. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		$ 134,043				$ 106,073
Less: Amounts included in current restricted cash and short-term deposits		(21,693)				(34,025)
Long-term restricted cash		$ 112,350				72,048
Number of UK leases \| lease		6
Hilli
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Letter of credit available to project partner							$ 400,000
LNG production \| t	3.6
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 100,000
Debt guarantee \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale \| Hygo and subsidiaries
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		$ 0		$ 1,500		1,500
Debt guarantee \| Golar Arctic
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		38,822				0
Debt guarantee \| LNG Croatia and NFE's fleet
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		11,504				11,328
Debt guarantee \| LNG Croatia \| Euro member countries, euro
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits \| €			€ 9.3
Debt guarantee \| LNG Croatia \| United States of America, dollars
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		$ 1,300
Term facility		10 years
Debt guarantee \| Hilli
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		$ 60,952				60,720	$ 305,000
Performance guarantee \| Golar Arctic \| Euro member countries, euro
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits \| €			26.9
Performance guarantee \| Golar Arctic \| United States of America, dollars
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		29,800
Variable interest entity, primary beneficiary
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		21,691				16,523
Lease agreements
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		1,074				2
UK tax lease
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		0			$ 16,000	$ 16,000
Advanced Repayment Guarantees \| Golar Arctic \| Euro member countries, euro
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits \| €			8.1
Advanced Repayment Guarantees \| Golar Arctic \| Euro member countries, euro \| Maximum
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits \| €			€ 163.9
Advanced Repayment Guarantees \| Golar Arctic \| United States of America, dollars
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and short-term deposits		$ 9,000