Debt Instrument, Interest And Commitment Fee Receivable

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- Definition

Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties,Term

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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

For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in loans and leases receivable due from related parties.

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Amount due from parties in nontrade transactions, classified as other.

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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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Identify the stated interest rate per the agreement, for example, leasing and debt arrangements between related parties.

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Related Party Transactions - Transactions with existing related parties (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2023	Oct. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022
Avenir \| Loan to related party
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shareholder loan				$ 1,800,000	$ 5,300,000
Loans and leases receivable, term		3 years
Related party transaction rate	7.00%		5.00%
Increase (decrease) shareholder loan	$ 3,500,000
Related Party
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other receivables					7,263,000	$ 3,472,000
Related Party \| Avenir
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other receivables					7,202,000	3,472,000
Related Party \| Avenir \| Loan to related party
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term				1 year
Related Party \| Avenir \| Other related party transactions
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest and commitment fee receivable					200,000		$ 100,000
Related Party \| MGAS
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other receivables					$ 61,000	0
Related Party \| CoolCo and Subsidiaries
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other receivables						$ 394,000