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Contract with Customer, Liability, Services Revenue Recognized During The Period

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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The current portion, due within one year or one operating cycle, if longer, of deposits held other than customer deposits.

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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Revenue - Contract assets and liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Contract assets
Contract with customer, asset	$ 21,212	$ 21,403
Contract liabilities
Current contract liabilities	4,220	4,220
Non current contract liabilities	4,222	6,276
Total contract liabilities	(8,442)	(10,496)		$ (62,416)
Deferral of revenue	0	(2,325)
Recognition of unearned revenue	2,054	44,104
Recognition of deferred revenue	$ 0	10,141
Gandria
Contract liabilities
Deposit liability, current		2,300
Liquefaction services revenue \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-07-01
Contract liabilities
Reaming contract term (in years)	2 years
Hilli \| Deferred Revenue
Contract liabilities
Total contract liabilities	$ (8,400)	$ (10,500)
Hilli \| Underutilization Liability
Contract liabilities
Non current contract liabilities				$ 35,800
Golar Artic \| Advance Payment Liability
Contract liabilities
Non current contract liabilities			$ 7,800