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Equity Method Investment, Commitment

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Amount of common stock allocated to investors to buy shares of a new issue of common stock before they are offered to the public. When stock is sold on a subscription basis, the issuer does not initially receive the total proceeds. In general, the issuer does not issue the shares to the investor until it receives the entire proceeds.

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This element represents the aggregate cost of investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of an equity method investment.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Amount of funds committed to investment company from investors.

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

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands, R$ in Millions			1 Months Ended			2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 08, 2018 $ / shares shares	Oct. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2023 BRL (R$)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2006 $ / shares shares
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investments						$ 43,665	$ 43,665	$ 53,982	$ 104,108
Common shares, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Equity method investment, impairment							$ 2,834	$ 0
Additions							$ 3,948	9,678
ECGS
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Common stock purchased (in shares) \| shares												500
Common stock purchased, price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares												$ 1.00
Percentage of voting interest acquired (in percent)						50.00%	50.00%					50.00%
Investee capital share amount called											$ 7,500
Cash paid to maintain equity interest											$ 3,750
LOGAS
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners (in percent)				42.00%	42.00%
Noncontroling owner, ownership percentage that prevent controlling the significant operating and financial decisions						30.00%	30.00%
Avenir
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investments						$ 28,934	$ 28,934	$ 35,729
Ownership percentage (in percent)		25.00%	23.36%			23.40%	23.40%	23.50%		23.50%
Ownership percentage after transaction (in percent)	22.50%
Sale of stock (in shares) \| shares			3,600
Equity method investment, commitment										$ 18,000
Aggregate cost										42,750
Sale of stock (in USD/NOK per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.095
Equity method investment, realized gain (loss) on disposal			$ 500
Avenir \| Private placement
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investments		$ 24,800
Sale of stock (in shares) \| shares	110,000
Common shares, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 1.00
Shares subscribed but unissued \| shares	24,750
Equity shortfall notice										$ 45,000
Higas
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investments			$ 3,900
Ownership percentage (in percent)			25.00%			25.00%	25.00%	0.00%
Equity method investment, impairment						$ 2,800
Higas \| Stolt-Nielsen Limited
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (in percent)			50.00%
Higas \| Aequitas
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (in percent)			25.00%
LOGAS
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investments						$ 7,183	$ 7,183	$ 9,261
Ownership percentage (in percent)				58.00%	58.00%	58.00%	58.00%	58.00%
Additions				$ 9,300	R$ 45.0
ECGS
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investments						$ 5,502	$ 5,502	$ 5,237
Ownership percentage (in percent)						50.00%	50.00%	50.00%			50.00%
Stolt-Nielsen Ltd and Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd \| Avenir \| Related Party
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment company, committed capital		$ 182,000
Hoegh LNG Holdings Limited \| Avenir \| Related Party
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage after transaction (in percent)	22.50%	25.00%
Shares subscribed but unissued \| shares	24,750
Stolt-Nielsen Limited \| Avenir \| Related Party
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage after transaction (in percent)	45.00%	50.00%
Shares subscribed but unissued \| shares	49,500
Institutional and other professional investors \| Avenir \| Private placement
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Sale of stock (in shares) \| shares	11,000