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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES [Abstract] |
Schedule of sale leaseback transactions | The following table gives a summary of our sole sale and leaseback arrangement, including the repurchase option and obligation as of December 31, 2023:
Vessel | Effective from | Lessor | Sales value (in $ millions) | Lease duration | Next repurchase option (in $ millions) | Date of next repurchase option | Net repurchase obligation at end of lease term (in $ millions) | End of lease term
FLNG Hilli | June 2018 | CSSC entity | 1,200.0 | 15 years | 421.0 | June 2028 | 207.9 | June 2033
Summary of the bareboat charter rates per day based on Base Interest Rate for the next five years | A summary of our payment obligations (excluding the repurchase option and obligation) under the bareboat charter with our sole lessor VIE as of December 31, 2023, are shown below:
(in thousands of $) | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029+
FLNG Hilli (1) | 82,389 | 79,478 | 76,567 | 73,739 | 70,745 | 286,272
(1) The payment obligations above include variable rental payments due under the lease based on assumed SOFR plus a margin.
Schedule of assets and liabilities of lessor VIEs | The assets and liabilities of the lessor VIE that most significantly impact our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2023 | 2022
Assets |  |
Restricted cash and short-term deposits (note 15) | 18,085 |  | 21,693 |
Liabilities |  |
Debt: |  |
Current portion of long-term debt and short-term debt (1) | (299,576) |  | (337,547) |
Long-term debt (1) | (93,617) |  | (156,563) |
| (393,193) |  | (494,110) |
(1) Where applicable, these balances are net of deferred finance charges (note 21). The most significant impact of the lessor VIE’s operations on our consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of changes in equity and consolidated statements of cash flows, for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021
Continuing operations
Statement of operations |  |  |
Interest expense | 11,015 |  | 8,406 |  | 5,178 |
Statement of cash flows |  |  |
Net debt repayments | (98,242) |  | (123,554) |  | (97,056) |
Net debt receipts | — |  | 20,640 |  | 2,848 |
Financing costs paid | (3,158) |  | — |  | — |
Discontinued operations
Statement of operations |  |  |
Interest expense | — |  | 3,814 |  | 17,492 |
Statement of cash flows |  |  |
Net debt repayments | — |  | — |  | (234,873) |
Net debt receipts | — |  | — |  | 10,402 |
Financing costs paid | — |  | — |  | (1,568) |
The assets and liabilities of Hilli LLC(1) that most significantly impacted our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2023 | 2022
Balance sheet |  |
Current assets | 70,461 |  | 105,738 |
Non-current assets | 1,212,922 |  | 1,481,722 |
Current liabilities | (342,480) |  | (381,131) |
Non-current liabilities | (125,094) |  | (240,146) |
(1) As Hilli LLC is the primary beneficiary of the lessor VIE (see above) the Hilli LLC balances include the lessor VIE. The most significant impacts of the lessor VIE’s operations on our consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of changes in equity and consolidated statements of cash flows, for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021
Statement of operations |  |  |
Liquefaction services revenue | 245,418 |  | 213,970 |  | 221,020 |
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on oil and gas derivative instruments | (84,751) |  | 520,997 |  | 204,663 |
Statement of changes in equity |  |  |
Additional paid-in capital | (251,249) |  | — |  | — |
Non-controlling interest | 34,309 |  | — |  | — |
Statement of cash flows |  |  |
Reacquisition of common units in Hilli LLC | (100,047) |  | — |  | — |
Net debt repayments | (98,242) |  | (123,554) |  | (97,056) |
Net debt receipts | — |  | 20,640 |  | 2,848 |
Financing costs paid | (3,158) |  | — |  | — |
Cash dividends paid | (23,449) |  | (55,169) |  | (33,136) |
The assets and liabilities of Gimi MS that most significantly impacted our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2023 | 2022
Balance sheet |  |
Current assets | 17,359 |  | 12,460 |
Non-current assets | 1,702,148 |  | 1,195,725 |
Current liabilities | (168,370) |  | (10,666) |
Non-current liabilities | (585,678) |  | (516,298) |
The most significant impacts of Gimi MS VIE’s operations on our consolidated statement of cash flows, for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021
Statement of cash flows |  |  |
Additions to asset under development | 308,093 |  | 267,421 |  | 213,481 |
Capitalized financing costs | (1,780) |  | (2,748) |  | (5,605) |
Net debt receipts | 95,000 |  | 125,000 |  | 110,000 |
Proceeds from subscription of equity interest | 80,021 |  | 39,275 |  | 25,403 |
Schedule of other ownership interests | Following the completion of the Hilli Buyback , the ownership structure of Hilli LLC is as follows:
| Percentage ownership interest
| Hilli Common Units | Series A Special Units | Series B Special Units
Golar LNG Limited | 94.6 | % | 89.1 | % | 89.1 | %
Seatrium | 5.0 | % | 10.0 | % | 10.0 | %
B&V | 0.4 | % | 0.9 | % | 0.9 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481203/810-10-50-3 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5A -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481203/810-10-50-5A Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481203/810-10-50-9 Reference 4: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481203/810-10-50-4 Reference 5: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481203/810-10-50-6 + Details
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