6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019

Commission File Number:  1-35123

GOLAR LNG PARTNERS LP

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2nd Floor

S.E. Pearman Building

9 Par-la-Ville Road

Hamilton HM 11

Bermuda

(Address of principal executive office)

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GOLAR LNG PARTNERS LP

REPORT ON FORM 6-K FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

INDEX

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Exhibits	3
Signatures	4
Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	5
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	7
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	23
Risk Factors	26
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	27
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	28
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	29
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	30
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners' Capital for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	32
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	34

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EXHIBITS

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THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM F-3 (333-219065) AND S-8 (333-212485) OF THE REGISTRANT

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

			GOLAR LNG PARTNERS LP
Date:	November 26, 2019	By:	/s/ Graham Robjohns
		Name:	Graham Robjohns
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Report on Form 6-K for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019 contains certain forward-looking statements concerning future events and our operations, performance and financial condition, including, in particular, the likelihood of our success in developing and expanding our business. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “will,” “may,” “potential,” “should,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s current views only as of the date of this Report and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. As a result, unitholders are cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

• the ability of Golar LNG Partners LP (“Golar Partners,” “we,” “us” and “our”) to enter into long-term time charters, including our ability to re-charter floating storage and regasification units (“FSRUs”) and liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers following the termination or expiration of their time charters;

• our ability to maximize the use of our vessels, including the re-deployment or disposition of vessels no longer under long-term time charter;

• our ability to maintain cash distributions on our units and the amount of any such distributions;

• our ability to repay our debt when due and to settle our interest rate swaps;

• the ability of Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) and us to make additional borrowings and to access debt and equity markets;

• market trends in the FSRU, LNG carrier and floating liquefied natural gas vessel (“FLNG”) industries, including fluctuations in charter hire rates, vessel values, factors affecting supply and demand, and opportunities for the profitable operations of FSRUs, LNG carriers and FLNGs;

• the ability of Golar and us to retrofit vessels as FSRUs or FLNGs and the timing of the delivery and acceptance of any such retrofitted vessels by their respective charterers;

• our ability to integrate and realize the expected benefits from acquisitions and potential acquisitions:

• the future share of earnings relating to the FLNG, Hilli Episeyo ("Hilli"), which is accounted for under the equity method;

• our anticipated growth strategies;

• the effect of a worldwide economic slowdown;

• turmoil in the global financial markets;

• fluctuations in currencies and interest rates;

• changes in commodity prices;

• the liquidity and creditworthiness of our charterers;

• changes in our operating expenses, including dry-docking and insurance costs and bunker prices;

• our future financial condition or results of operations and future revenues and expenses;

• planned capital expenditures and availability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures;

• the exercise of purchase options by our charters;

• our ability to maintain long-term relationships with major LNG traders;

• our ability to leverage the relationships and reputation of Golar and Golar Power Limited (“Golar Power”) in the LNG industry;

• our ability to purchase vessels from Golar and Golar Power in the future;

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• timely purchases and deliveries of newbuilding vessels;

• future purchase prices of newbuildings and secondhand vessels;

• our ability to compete successfully for future chartering and newbuilding opportunities;

• acceptance of a vessel by its charterer;

• termination dates and extensions of charters;

• the expected cost of, and our ability to comply with, governmental regulations, maritime self-regulatory organization standards, as well as standard regulations imposed by its charterers applicable to our business;

• economic substance laws and regulations adopted or considered by various jurisdictions of formation of us and certain of our subsidiaries;

• availability of skilled labor, vessel crews and management;

• our general and administrative expenses and our fees and expenses payable under the fleet management agreements and the management and administrative services agreement;

• the anticipated taxation of our partnership and distributions to our unitholders;

• challenges by authorities to the tax benefits we previously obtained;

• estimated future maintenance and replacement capital expenditures;

• our and Golar's ability to retain key employees;

• customers’ increasing emphasis on environmental and safety concerns;

• potential liability from any pending or future litigation;

• potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, political events, piracy or acts by terrorists;

• our business strategy and other plans and objectives for future operations; and

• other factors listed from time to time in the reports and other documents that we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Forward looking statements in this Report on Form 6-K are based upon estimates reflecting the judgment of management and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 (our “2018 Annual Report”) under the caption “Item 3-Key Information-D. Risk Factors” and herein under the caption "Risk Factors".

All forward-looking statements included in this Report on Form 6-K are made only as of the date of this Report on Form 6-K. We do not intend to revise any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any change in our expectations or events or circumstances that may subsequently arise. We make no prediction or statement about the performance of our common units (“Common Units”) or our 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (our “Series A Preferred Units”). The various disclosures included in the Report on Form 6-K and in our other filings made with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, prospects and results of operations should be carefully reviewed and considered.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this report to “Golar Partners,” the “Partnership,” “we,” “our,” “us” or similar terms refer to Golar LNG Partners LP, a Marshall Islands limited partnership, or any one or more of its subsidiaries, or to all of such entities. Those statements in this section that are not historical in nature should be deemed forward-looking statements that are inherently uncertain. See “Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these statements.

This section should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in this report, as well as the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Golar LNG Partners LP included in our 2018 Annual Report.

General

We were formed in 2007 by Golar, a leading independent owner and operator of LNG carriers and FSRUs, to own and operate FSRUs and LNG carriers under long-term charters that generate long-term stable cash flows. On July 12, 2018, we acquired an interest in the Hilli, a floating liquefied natural gas vessel, through the acquisition (the "Hilli Acquisition") of 50% of the common units (the "Hilli Common Units") in Golar Hilli LLC, which owns Hilli Corporation ("Hilli Corp"), the disponent owner of the Hilli. As of September 30, 2019, our fleet consisted of six FSRUs, four LNG carriers and an interest in the Hilli.

Recent Developments

Since July 1, 2019, the significant developments that have occurred are as follows:

Organizational Changes

On October 1, 2019, Mr. Brian Tienzo stepped down as our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") to focus full time on Golar group financings. Mr. Graham Robjohns was appointed as our CEO to serve until April 30, 2020 while the search for his permanent replacement proceeds.

Cash Distributions

In August 2019, we paid a distribution of $0.4042 per common unit in respect of the quarter ended June 30, 2019, to unitholders of record as of August 7, 2019 amounting to $28.7 million in the aggregate. We also paid a cash distribution of $0.546875 per Series A Preferred Unit in respect of the period from May 15, 2019 through August 14, 2019 to unitholders of record as of August 8, 2019, amounting to $3.0 million in the aggregate.

In November 2019, we paid a distribution of $0.4042 per common unit in respect of the quarter ended September 30, 2019, to unitholders of record as of November 8, 2019 amounting to $28.6 million in the aggregate. We also paid a cash distribution of $0.546875 per Series A Preferred Unit in respect of the period from August 15, 2019 through November 14, 2019 to unitholders of record as of November 8, 2019, amounting to $3.0 million in the aggregate.

Common Unit Repurchase Program

In August 2019, we repurchased a total of 153,728 common units under the common unit repurchase program for an aggregate cost of $1.6 million. In accordance with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement, all common units repurchased are deemed cancelled and not outstanding, with immediate effect.

Partnership Matters

At our Annual General Meeting on September 27, 2019, Mr. Alf Thorkildsen was elected as a Class I Director of the Partnership. His term will expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners.

On October 1, 2019, the Partnership's general partner appointed Ms. Georgina Sousa as a replacement for Mr. Michael Ashford as one of the general partner's three appointed Directors. Mr. Michael Ashford also retired as Company Secretary and was replaced by Ms. Georgina Sousa. Ms Sousa is currently a director and the Company Secretary of 2020 Bulkers Ltd and Borr Drilling Ltd.

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Charter Awards

In the fourth quarter, the Partnership;

• received notice from Kuwait National Petroleum Co. ("KNPC") of a two-year contract award for the FSRU Golar Igloo. Pending contract finalization and signing, the award provides the Partnership with two years of continued LNG storage and regasification services at the Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery in Kuwait for KNPC’s regasification seasons beginning in March 2020. The contract may be further extended by KNPC for an additional year through to December 2022; and

• entered into a two-year charter for the Golar Maria starting in late 2020. The charter includes options for the charterer to extend the contract for up to 3 years. Between April 2020 and November 2020, the vessel will trade in the spot market.

Financing

In November 2019, we borrowed $15.0 million from Golar. The loan is unsecured, repayable in full on December 31, 2019, and bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.0%.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Compared with the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Following the modification to the charter for the Golar Freeze (the "Golar Freeze Charter") on May 15, 2019, we changed the measure by which we evaluate the profitability of our segments from EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA to reflect the change in accounting treatment of the Golar Freeze Charter as a sales-type lease (the "Golar Freeze Finance Lease"). This accounting change resulted in the recognition of the capital hire revenue as “Interest Income” based on a rate implicit in the charter while service revenue is recognized on a straight line basis over the life of the charter. In order to compare the performance of the Golar Freeze with our wider business, management has determined that it will measure the performance of the Golar Freeze Charter based on Adjusted EBITDA (EBITDA as adjusted for the amount invoiced under sales-type lease in the period).

The following table details the Adjusted EBITDA information for our reportable segments for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018. See Note 5 “Segment Information” of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information on our segments.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019															Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(dollars in thousands)	FSRU			LNG Carrier			FLNG			Elimination(1)			Consolidated Reporting			FSRU			LNG Carrier			FLNG		Elimination(1)		Consolidated Reporting
Total operating revenues	$	63,490		$	12,328		$	26,018		$	(26,018	)	$	75,818		$	96,836		$	11,396		23,736		(23,736	)	$	108,232
Vessel operating expenses	(9,542		)	(5,198		)	(5,686		)	5,686			(14,740		)	(10,317		)	(6,055		)	(5,049	)	5,049		(16,372		)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002		)	(683		)	—			—			(1,685		)	(1,146		)	(1,166		)	(655	)	655		(2,312		)
Administrative expenses(2)	(1,870		)	(1,240		)	(223		)	223			(3,110		)	(1,810		)	(1,134		)	(1,063	)	1,063		(2,944		)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600			—			—			(4,600		)	—			—			—			—		—		—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	55,676		$	5,207		$	20,109		$	(24,709	)	$	56,283		$	83,563		$	3,041		16,969		(16,969	)	$	86,604

⁽¹⁾ Eliminations reverse the effective revenues, expenses, and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units, as well as the amount invoiced under sales-type lease.

⁽²⁾ Indirect administrative expenses are allocated to the FSRU and LNG carrier segments based on the number of vessels while administrative expenses for the FLNG segment relates to our effective share of expenses attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units.

FSRU Segment

The following table sets forth the operating results of our FSRU segment for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Statement of Operations Data:	(dollars in thousands except Average Daily TCE(3))
Total operating revenues	$	63,490		$	96,836		$	(33,346	)	(34	)%
Vessel operating expenses	(9,542		)	(10,317		)	775			(8	)%
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002		)	(1,146		)	144			(13	)%
Administrative expenses	(1,870		)	(1,810		)	(60		)	3	%
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600			—			4,600			100	%
FSRU Adjusted EBITDA	$	55,676		$	83,563		$	(27,887	)	(33	)%
Other Financial Data:
Average daily TCE(3) (to the closest $100)	$	145,800		$	247,900		$	(102,100	)	(41	)%

⁽³⁾ See “—Non-GAAP Measure” for a computation of Average Daily Time Charter Earnings ("TCE") and a reconciliation to total operating revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

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Total operating revenues: Total operating revenues decreased by $33.3 million to $63.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $96.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to:

• $33.6 million decrease in revenue from the Golar Freeze. This was due to the recognition of all remaining revenue on her previous charter during the three months ended September 30, 2018 as the vessel was no longer available under the previous charter, which had an original expiration date of April 2019, when she underwent drydocking during the three months ended September 30, 2018; and

• $0.9 million decrease in revenue from the Golar Igloo due to a reduced daily hire rate.

This was slightly offset by $1.1 million increase in revenue from the Golar Winter due to an increased daily hire rate for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Vessel operating expenses: The decrease of $0.8 million in vessel operating expenses to $9.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $10.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, was primarily due to the decrease in operating cost for the Golar Igloo following reimbursement of cost in the three months ended September 30, 2019 for repairs carried out during her scheduled winter downtime in 2019 as she was still covered by supplier's guarantee. There is no comparable cost for the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Amount invoiced under sales-type lease: This represents the actual invoiced amounts on the Golar Freeze Finance Lease. As the income generated from the Golar Freeze Finance Lease is not reflected in our previous segment profit measure, we have included the amounts invoiced under the lease in arriving at our FSRU Adjusted EBITDA, to enable comparability with the rest of our FSRU segment's charters.

FSRU Adjusted EBITDA: The FSRU Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $27.9 million to $55.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $83.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to the reduced revenues from the Golar Freeze and the Golar Igloo.

Average daily TCE⁽³⁾: The average daily TCE⁽³⁾ for the three months ended September 30, 2019 decreased by $102,100 to $145,800 compared to $247,900 for three months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to the accelerated recognition of all of Golar Freeze's remaining revenue on her previous charter in the three months ended September 30, 2018.

LNG Carrier Segment

The following table sets forth the operating results of our LNG carrier segment for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Statement of Operations Data:	(dollars in thousands except Average Daily TCE(3))
Total operating revenues	$	12,328		$	11,396		$	932		8	%
Vessel operating expenses	(5,198		)	(6,055		)	857			(14	)%
Voyage and commission expenses	(683		)	(1,166		)	483			(41	)%
Administrative expenses	(1,240		)	(1,134		)	(106		)	9	%
LNG carrier Adjusted EBITDA	$	5,207		$	3,041		$	2,166		71	%
Average daily TCE(3) (to the closest $100)	$	31,600		$	30,900		$	700		2	%

⁽³⁾ See “—Non-GAAP Measure” for a computation of Average Daily TCE and a reconciliation to total operating revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

Total operating revenues: Total operating revenues increased by $0.9 million to $12.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $11.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due:

• $2.8 million increase in revenue from the Methane Princess as she was fully utilized in the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to her partial utilization in the same period in 2018 due to her scheduled drydocking; and

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• $1.2 million increase in revenue from the Golar Grand due to a higher daily hire rate.

The increase was offset by a $3.0 million decrease in revenue from the Golar Maria as a result of reduced daily hire rate for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Vessel operating expenses: The decrease of $0.9 million in vessel operating expenses to $5.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, from $6.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, was primarily due to the Methane Princess as she incurred higher repair and maintenance costs during her scheduled drydocking in the three months ended September 30, 2018. There was no comparable cost for the three months ended September 30, 2019.

LNG carrier Adjusted EBITDA: The LNG carrier Adjusted EBITDA increased by $2.2 million to $5.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $3.0 million in the three months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to the increase in revenues from the Golar Grand and Methane Princess and lower vessel operating expenses for Methane Princess for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Average daily TCE⁽³⁾: The average daily TCE⁽³⁾ for the three months ended September 30, 2019 increased by $700 to $31,600, compared to $30,900 for the three months ended September 30, 2018. This is mainly due to higher revenue from Golar Grand and Methane Princess, partially offset by a decrease in revenue from the Golar Maria.

FLNG Segment

We carry out our FLNG business through our ownership of 50% of the Hilli Common Units effective from July 2018. Although we account for our investment as an equity method investment, which is presented in “Equity in net earnings of affiliate” within our statements of operations, we report our segment on a gross basis showing our proportionate share of the underlying business activities.

The following table sets forth the operating results of our FLNG Segment for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Statement of Operations Data:	(dollars in thousands)
Total operating revenues	$	26,018		$	23,736		$	2,282		10	%
Vessel operating expenses	(5,686		)	(5,049		)	(637		)	13	%
Voyage and commission expenses	—			(655		)	655			(100	)%
Administrative expenses	(223		)	(1,063		)	840			(79	)%
FLNG Adjusted EBITDA	$	20,109		$	16,969		$	3,140		19	%

Operating revenues: This refers to our effective share of the total operating revenues of Hilli in relation to liquefaction services. The increase of $2.3 million in operating revenues to $26.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $23.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 is primarily due to the vessel being in operation for the complete three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 80 days during the three months ended September 30, 2018.

FLNG Adjusted EBITDA: This refers to our effective share of the FLNG Adjusted EBITDA. The increase of $3.1 million in FLNG Adjusted EBITDA to $20.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $17.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily due to the increased operating revenues and decreased administrative expenses.

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Other operating results

The following details our other consolidated results for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
	(dollars in thousands)
Depreciation and amortization	$	(20,380	)	$	(24,593	)	$	4,213		(17	)%
Administrative expenses	(3,110		)	(2,944		)	(166		)	6	%
Interest income	4,990			1,177			3,813			324	%
Interest expense	(19,764		)	(20,062		)	298			(1	)%
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(9,937		)	11,338			(21,275		)	(188	)%
Other financial items, net	541			(545		)	1,086			(199	)%
Taxes	(4,817		)	(4,512		)	(305		)	7	%
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(173		)	(372		)	199			(53	)%

Depreciation and amortization: Depreciation and amortization decreased by $4.2 million to $20.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $24.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to:

• a $3.8 million reduction in the depreciation and amortization of the Golar Freeze following the derecognition of the vessel from vessels and equipment, net beginning on May 15, 2019; and

• a $0.7 million decrease in the amortization of the intangible asset acquired in connection with the acquisition of the Golar Igloo to align the intangible asset's useful economic life with the amended lease term following exercise of the extension option.

Administrative expenses: Administrative expenses increased by $0.2 million to $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $2.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. We are party to a management and services agreement with Golar Management Limited (“Golar Management”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Golar, under which Golar Management provides certain management and administrative services to us and is reimbursed for costs and expenses incurred in connection with these services at cost plus 5% (the “Management and Administrative Services Agreement”). Under the Management and Administrative Services Agreement, for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we incurred charges of $2.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively. The remaining balance of administrative expenses amounting to $0.7 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, relates to corporate expenses such as legal, accounting and regulatory compliance costs.

Interest income: Interest income increased by $3.8 million to $5.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Included within the interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2019 is $4.1 million in relation to the Golar Freeze Finance Lease. There was no such income for the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Interest expense: Interest expense decreased by $0.3 million to $19.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $20.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to:

• $0.4 million decrease in amortization of deferred financing costs for the Golar Eskimo, which was fully amortized in 2018; and

• $0.2 million decrease in interest on our NR Satu Facility, due to lower LIBOR for the three months ended September 30, 2019.

This was partially offset by $0.3 million of incremental interest on our $800 million credit facility as a result of the balance drawn under the revolving credit facility.

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(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments: (Losses)/gains on derivative instruments, reflects a loss of $9.9 million and a gain of $11.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as set forth in the table below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019			2018		$ Change			% Change
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains for interest rate swaps	$	(10,860	)	$	7,523	$	(18,383	)	(244	)%
Net interest income on undesignated interest rate swaps	923			915		8			1	%
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains and realized interest income on interest rate swaps	(9,937		)	8,438		(18,375		)	(218	)%
Unrealized mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out units	—			2,900		(2,900		)	(100	)%
Total	$	(9,937	)	$	11,338	$	(21,275	)	(188	)%

Mark-to-market (losses)/gains and realized interest income on interest rate swaps: Mark-to-market (losses)/gains and realized interest income on interest rate swaps resulted in a net loss of $9.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to a net gain of $8.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 due to the decrease in long-term swap interest rates in 2019 which has resulted in a loss on the mark-to-market valuation of our interest rate swaps.

Unrealized mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out Units: As part of the transaction with Golar and our general partner in October 2016 pursuant to which we exchanged our old incentive distribution rights ("IDRs"), subject to certain conditions, for new IDRs and the issuance of new general partner units and common units in the future (collectively, the "Earn-Out Units"). These Earn-Out Units have been accounted for as a derivative. Accordingly, we recognized a mark-to-market gain of $2.9 million related to the Earn-Out Units for the three months ended September 30, 2018. On October 24, 2018, we declared a reduced quarterly distribution of $0.4042 per common unit. Consequently, the second tranche of Earn-Out Units was not issued. There is no comparative gain/loss in 2019.

Other financial items, net: Other financial items, net, reflects a gain of $0.5 million and a loss of $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as set forth in the table below:

 

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Amortization of Partnership Guarantee	$	510		$	—		$	510		100	%
Foreign exchange gains on capital lease obligation and related restricted cash	249			263			(14		)	(5	)%
Foreign exchange losses on operations	(15		)	(367		)	352			(96	)%
Financing arrangement fees and other costs	(203		)	(441		)	238			(54	)%
Total	$	541		$	(545	)	$	1,086		(199	)%

Amortization of Partnership Guarantee: Represents the amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of the fair value of the Partnership Guarantee provided in connection with the Hilli Acquisition. See Note 13 “Related Party Transactions” of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 Compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

The following table details the Adjusted EBITDA information for our three reportable segments; FSRUs, LNG carriers and FLNG for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018. See Note 5 “Segment Information” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information on our segments.

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	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019															Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(dollars in thousands)	FSRU			LNG Carrier			FLNG			Elimination(1)			Consolidated Reporting			FSRU			LNG Carrier			FLNG			Elimination(1)			Consolidated Reporting
Total operating revenues	$	181,719		$	41,370		$	78,054		$	(78,054	)	$	223,089		$	232,370		$	34,277		$	23,736		$	(23,736	)	$	266,647
Vessel operating expenses	(31,405		)	(15,058		)	(17,802		)	17,802			(46,463		)	(32,755		)	(16,623		)	(5,049		)	5,049			(49,378		)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,236		)	(1,928		)	(230		)	230			(5,164		)	(3,898		)	(3,343		)	(655		)	655			(7,241		)
Administrative expenses(2)	(6,194		)	(4,033		)	(730		)	730			(10,227		)	(6,479		)	(3,661		)	(1,063		)	1,063			(10,140		)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	6,900			—			—			(6,900		)	—			—			—			—			—			—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	147,784		$	20,351		$	59,292		$	(66,192	)	$	161,235		$	189,238		$	10,650		$	16,969		$	(16,969	)	$	199,888

⁽¹⁾ Eliminations reverse the effective revenues, expenses, and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units, as well as the Amount invoiced under sales-type lease.

⁽²⁾ Indirect administrative expenses are allocated to the FSRU and LNG carrier segments based on the number of vessels while administrative expenses for the FLNG segment relates to our effective share of expenses attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units.

FSRU Segment

	Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Statement of Operations Data:	(dollars in thousands except Average Daily TCE(3))
Total operating revenues	$	181,719		$	232,370		$	(50,651	)	(22	)%
Vessel operating expenses	(31,405		)	(32,755		)	1,350			(4	)%
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,236		)	(3,898		)	662			(17	)%
Administrative expenses	(6,194		)	(6,479		)	285			(4	)%
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	6,900			—			6,900			100	%
FSRU Adjusted EBITDA	$	147,784		$	189,238		$	(41,454	)	(22	)%
Other Financial Data:
Average daily TCE(3) (to the closest $100)	$	140,400		$	184,800		$	(44,400	)	(24	)%

⁽³⁾ See “—Non-GAAP Measure” for a computation of Average Daily TCE and a reconciliation to total operating revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

Total operating revenues: Total operating revenues decreased by $50.7 million to $181.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $232.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to:

• $48.5 million decrease in revenue from the Golar Freeze mainly as a result of (i) recognition of all remaining revenue on her previous charter during the nine months ended September 30, 2018; and (ii) reduced hire rate from the current charter for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the previous charter hire rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2018; combined with the impact of the Golar Freeze Charter being modified to a sales-type lease on May 15, 2019. Subsequently, all income from the Golar Freeze Finance Lease is recognized as interest income rather than revenue; and

• $2.3 million decrease in revenue from the Golar Igloo due to a reduced daily hire rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018.

The decrease was slightly offset by a $1.0 million increase in revenue from the Golar Winter as a result of increased daily hire rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018.

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Vessel operating expenses: The decrease of $1.4 million in vessel operating expenses to $31.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $32.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, was primarily due to a $2.6 million decrease in repair and maintenance costs incurred by Golar Eskimo, Golar Igloo and NR Satu during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in repair and maintenance costs incurred by the Golar Freeze during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Voyage and commission expenses: Voyage and commission expenses decreased by $0.7 million to $3.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $3.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, mainly due to Golar Freeze incurring lower bunker cost in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 when she incurred bunker cost sailing to the yard for her scheduled drydock.

Amount invoiced under sales-type lease: This represents the actual invoiced amounts on the Golar Freeze Finance Lease. As the income generated from the Golar Freeze Finance Lease is not reflected in our previous segment profit measure, we have included the amounts invoiced under the lease in arriving at our FSRU Adjusted EBITDA, to enable comparability with the rest of our FSRU segment's charters.

FSRU Adjusted EBITDA: The FSRU Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $41.5 million to $147.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $189.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to the reduced revenues from the Golar Freeze and the Golar Igloo charters for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, which were partially offset by the decrease in vessel operating expenses.

Average daily TCE⁽³⁾: The average daily TCE⁽³⁾ for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased by $44,400 to $140,400, compared to $184,800 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, mainly due to the decrease in revenue from the Golar Freeze as a result of accelerated recognition of all of her remaining revenue on her previous charter in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

LNG Carrier Segment

	Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Statement of Operations Data:	(dollars in thousands except Average Daily TCE(3))
Total operating revenues	$	41,370		$	34,277		$	7,093		21	%
Vessel operating expenses	(15,058		)	(16,623		)	1,565			(9	)%
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,928		)	(3,343		)	1,415			(42	)%
Administrative expenses	(4,033		)	(3,661		)	(372		)	10	%
LNG carrier Adjusted EBITDA	$	20,351		$	10,650		$	9,701		91	%
Average daily TCE(3) (to the closest $100)	$	36,300		$	29,300		$	7,000		24	%

⁽³⁾ See “—Non-GAAP Measure” for a computation of Average Daily TCE and a reconciliation to total operating revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

Total operating revenues: Total operating revenues increased by $7.1 million to $41.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $34.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to increase in hire rates for the Golar Mazo, Golar Grand and Golar Maria for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the previous hire rates for the same period in 2018. In addition, Golar Mazo, Golar Maria and Methane Princess were on-hire for longer periods in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018.

Vessel operating expenses: The decrease of $1.6 million in vessel operating expenses to $15.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $16.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily due to a decrease in operating cost for the Methane Princess as she incurred higher repair and maintenance costs during her scheduled drydocking in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Voyage and commission expenses: Voyage and commission expenses decreased by $1.4 million to $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, mainly due to incremental positioning costs incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 in connection with the Golar Mazo and Golar Maria,

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which were subsequently recouped from the charterer following their entry into spot charters. There was no comparable cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

LNG carrier Adjusted EBITDA: The LNG carrier Adjusted EBITDA increased by $9.7 million to $20.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared with $10.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to the increased revenue for the Golar Mazo, Golar Grand and Golar Maria, combined with a decrease in vessel operating cost for the Methane Princess for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Average daily TCE⁽³⁾: The average daily TCE⁽³⁾ for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased by $7,000 to $36,300, compared to $29,300 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was due to (i) increases in hire rates for the Golar Mazo, Golar Grand and Golar Maria for the nine months ended September 30, 2019; and (ii) increases in on-hire days for the Golar Mazo, Golar Maria and Methane Princess during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

FLNG Segment

The following table sets forth the operating results of our FLNG segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

	Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Statement of Operations Data:	(dollars in thousands)
Total operating revenues	$	78,054		$	23,736		$	54,318		229	%
Vessel operating expenses	(17,802		)	(5,049		)	(12,753		)	253	%
Voyage and commission expenses	(230		)	(655		)	425			(65	)%
Administrative expenses	(730		)	(1,063		)	333			(31	)%
FLNG Adjusted EBITDA	$	59,292		$	16,969		$	42,323		249	%

Operating revenues: This refers to our effective share of the total operating revenues of Hilli in relation to liquefaction services. The increase of $54.3 million in operating revenues to $78.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $23.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is primarily due to the vessel being in operation for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 80 days during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Vessel operating expenses: This refers to our effective share of the vessel operating expenses incurred by Hilli. The increase of $12.8 million in vessel operating expenses to $17.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is primarily due to Hilli being in operation for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 80 days during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

FLNG Adjusted EBITDA: This refers to our effective share of the FLNG Adjusted EBITDA. The increase of $42.3 million in FLNG Adjusted EBITDA to $59.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $17.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is due to Hilli being in operation for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2019 as explained above.

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Other operating results

The following details our other consolidated results for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

	Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
	(dollars in thousands)
Other non-operating income	$	4,195		$	236		$	3,959		1,678	%
Depreciation and amortization	(63,188		)	(75,171		)	11,983			(16	)%
Administrative expenses	(10,227		)	(10,140		)	(87		)	1	%
Interest income	8,474			7,959			515			6	%
Interest expense	(61,236		)	(59,679		)	(1,557		)	3	%
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(48,406		)	34,274			(82,680		)	(241	)%
Other financial items, net	757			(1,115		)	1,872			(168	)%
Taxes	(15,032		)	(12,938		)	(2,094		)	16	%
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(2,162		)	(1,224		)	(938		)	77	%

Other non-operating income: Other non-operating income increased by $4.0 million to $4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to the gain recognized upon the Golar Freeze charter modification from an operating lease to a sales-type lease.

Depreciation and amortization: Depreciation and amortization decreased by $12.0 million to $63.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $75.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to:

• $8.8 million reduction in the depreciation and amortization of the Golar Freeze following extension of her useful economic life to reflect the vessel being utilized for the new 15-year charter, combined with the depreciation and amortization ceasing following the derecognition of the vessel from vessels and equipment, net on May 15, 2019; and

• $2.2 million decrease in the amortization of the intangible asset acquired in connection with the acquisition of the Golar Igloo to align the intangible asset's useful economic life with the amended lease term following exercise of the extension option.

Administrative expenses: Administrative expenses increased by $0.1 million to $10.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $10.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Under the Management and Administrative Services Agreement, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we incurred charges of $7.2 million and $5.8 million, respectively. The remaining balance of administrative expenses relates to corporate expenses such as legal, accounting and regulatory compliance costs.

Interest income: Interest income increased by $0.5 million to $8.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $8.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Included within the interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is $5.3 million in relation to the Golar Freeze Finance Lease. There was no such interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Interest income earned for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 included $4.8 million earned on the $107.2 million Deferred Purchase Price relating to the Tundra Put Sale and the $70 million deposit paid upon execution of the purchase agreement for the Hilli Acquisition. No such interest income was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Interest expense: Interest expense increased by $1.6 million to $61.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $59.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, primarily due to:

• $2.4 million of incremental interest on our $800 million credit facility, due to higher LIBOR and additional interest as a result of the balance drawn under the revolving credit facility; and

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• $1.6 million of incremental interest on our Norwegian Bonds, due to higher LIBOR during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

This was offset by:

• $0.9 million decrease in amortization of deferred financing costs as a result of our refinancing of the NR Satu debt facility in early 2018; and

• $1.3 million decrease in amortization of deferred financing costs for the Golar Eskimo, which was fully amortized in 2018.

(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments: (Losses)/gains on derivative instruments, reflects a loss of $48.4 million and a gain of $34.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as set forth in the table below:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019			2018		$ Change			% Change
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains for interest rate swaps	$	(53,836	)	$	26,044	$	(79,880	)	(307	)%
Net interest income on un-designated interest rate swaps	5,430			830		4,600			554	%
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains and realized interest income on interest rate swaps	(48,406		)	26,874		(75,280		)	(280	)%
Mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out Units	—			7,400		(7,400		)	(100	)%
Total	$	(48,406	)	$	34,274	$	(82,680	)	(241	)%

Mark-to-market (losses)/gains and realized interest income on interest rate swaps: Mark-to-market (losses)/gains and realized interest income on interest rate swaps resulted in a net loss of $48.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to a net gain of $26.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 due to the decrease in long-term swap interest rates in 2019 which has resulted in losses on the mark-to-market valuation of our interest rate swaps.

Mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out units: We recognized a mark-to-market gain of $7.4 million related to Earn-Out Units for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. On October 24, 2018, we declared a reduced quarterly distribution of $0.4042 per common unit. Consequently, the second tranche of Earn-Out Units were not issued. There is no comparative gain/loss in 2019.

Other financial items, net: Other financial items, net, reflects a gain of $0.8 million and a loss of $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as set forth in the table below:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Amortization of Partnership Guarantee	$	1,579		$	—		$	1,579		100	%
Foreign exchange (losses)/gains on capital lease obligation and related restricted cash	(351		)	781			(1,132		)	(145	)%
Foreign exchange losses on operations	(23		)	(890		)	867			(97	)%
Financing arrangement fees and other costs	(448		)	(1,006		)	558			(55	)%
Total	$	757		$	(1,115	)	$	1,872		(168	)%

Amortization of Partnership Guarantee: Represents the amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of the fair value of the Partnership Guarantee provided in connection with the Hilli Acquisition. See Note 13 “Related Party Transactions” of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information.

Taxes: Taxes increased by $2.1 million to $15.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $12.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was mainly as a result of (i) Jordan's new solidarity tax of 1% applicable from 2019, resulting in a further $1.4 million deferred tax charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2019; (ii) taxable profits in Jordan resulting in a tax charge of $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to tax

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losses available during the nine months ended September 30, 2018; and (iii) an increase in tax rates in Barbados as of January 2019, resulting in an increased tax charge of $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests increased by $0.9 million to $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, mainly due to the increase in net income from Golar Mazo as she was on-hire with higher hire rates during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity and Cash Needs

We operate in a capital-intensive industry, and we expect to finance the purchase of additional vessels and other capital expenditures through a combination of borrowings from, and leasing arrangements with, commercial banks, cash generated from operations and debt and equity financings. In addition to paying distributions, our other short-term liquidity requirements relate to servicing interest on our debt, scheduled repayments of long-term debt, funding working capital requirements, including drydocking, and maintaining cash reserves against fluctuations in operating cash flows.

Our funding and treasury activities are intended to maximize investment returns while maintaining appropriate liquidity. Cash and cash equivalents are held primarily in U.S. Dollars with some balances held in other currencies. We have not used derivative instruments other than for interest rate and currency risk management purposes.

Short-Term Liquidity and Cash Requirements

Sources of short-term liquidity include cash balances, restricted cash balances, short-term deposits, and receipts from our charters. Revenues from the majority of our time charters are received monthly in advance. In addition, we benefit from low inventory requirements due to the fact that fuel costs are paid for by the charterer under time charters.

As of September 30, 2019, our cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash was $230.7 million. The majority of our restricted cash balances (excluding $19.7 million in performance bonds and bid bonds relating to certain of our charters) contribute to our short and medium term liquidity as they are used to fund payment of certain debts, swaps and capital leases which would otherwise be paid out of our unrestricted cash balances. Since September 30, 2019, significant transactions impacting our cash flows include:

• payment of a cash distribution of $0.4042 per unit ($28.6 million in the aggregate) to all common and general partner unitholders with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2019, in November 2019;

• payment of a cash distribution of $0.546875 per Series A Preferred Unit ($3.0 million in the aggregate), in respect of the period from August 15, 2019 through November 14, 2019, in November 2019;

• payment of $27.9 million of scheduled principal and interest repayments; and

• receipt of $15.0 million loan from Golar.

The 2015 Norwegian Bonds mature on May 22, 2020 and bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 4.4%. We have also entered into economic hedges that convert the floating rate of the interest obligation under the 2015 Norwegian Bonds to an all-in fixed rate of 6.275%. Management is currently exploring various options to obtain the necessary funds to refinance the maturing bonds. We have a track record of successfully refinancing our debt requirements and we believe that it is probable that we will obtain the necessary funding to meet our payment obligations under the maturing 2015 Norwegian bonds.

Together with proceeds from our financing activities, cash to be generated from our operations (assuming the current rates earned from existing charters continue until charter termination or expiration, where applicable) will be sufficient to cover our operational cash outflows and our ongoing obligations under our financing commitments to pay loan interest, make scheduled loan repayments and make cash distributions. Accordingly, we believe our current resources are sufficient to meet our working capital requirements for our current business for at least the next twelve months.

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Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our net cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the periods presented:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	112,204		$	93,482		$	18,722		20	%
Net cash used in investing activities	(9,841		)	(6,317		)	(3,524		)	56	%
Net cash used in financing activities	(136,160		)	(264,388		)	128,228			(48	)%
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(4,637		)	(3,845		)	(792		)	21	%
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(38,434		)	(181,068		)	142,634			(79	)%
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	269,092			429,887			(160,795		)	(37	)%
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	230,658			248,819			(18,161		)	(7	)%

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $18.7 million to $112.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $93.5 million for the same period in 2018. The increase was primarily due to:

• $2.2 million decrease in cash payments for drydocking expenditures in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018;

• $2.0 million dividends received from Hilli LLC in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 in respect of our Hilli Common Units; and

• improvement in the general timing of working capital in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, including an increase in cash inflows from trade receivables and related parties, partly offset by an increase in cash payments for inventories.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $9.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was due to:

• $10.3 million of cash consideration paid in respect of the remaining net purchase price less working capital adjustments in connection with the Hilli Acquisition; and

• $10.1 million of capital expenditures for the Golar Igloo and Golar Freeze.

This was partially offset by $10.5 million of dividends received from Hilli LLC in respect of our Hilli Common Units.

Net cash used in investing activities of $6.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was due to capital expenditures for the Golar Igloo, Methane Princess and Golar Freeze.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities is principally generated from funds from equity and debt offerings, new debt and lease financings and contributions from owners, offset by cash distributions, unit repurchase payments and debt and lease repayments.

Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $136.2 million was primarily due to the following:

• payment of $95.0 million in cash distributions;

• $63.9 million of scheduled repayment of our debt; and

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• $1.6 million payment in connection with our common unit repurchase program.

This was partially offset by a $25.0 million borrowing under our revolving credit facility.

Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 of $264.4 million was primarily due to the following:

• $134.6 million of repayment of our debt and revolving credit facilities;

• $133.4 million cash distributions payment;

• $9.5 million payment in connection with our common unit repurchase program; and

• $1.7 million payment of financing costs on the refinancing of the NR Satu facility.

This was partially offset by net proceeds of $13.9 million raised from our sale of our Common Units in our At-The-Market Program during 2018.

Borrowing Activities

See “—Contractual Obligations” for the repayment profile of our debt and capital lease obligation.

Debt.  As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, our long-term debt, net of deferred finance charges consisted of the following: 

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
$800 million credit facility	$	581,000		$	595,000
2017 Norwegian Bonds	250,000			250,000
2015 Norwegian Bonds	150,000			150,000
NR Satu facility	77,800			88,863
Eskimo SPV debt	185,447			199,237
Total debt	$	1,244,247		$	1,283,100
Less: deferred financing costs	(7,165		)	(10,750		)
Net debt	$	1,237,082		$	1,272,350

The significant developments relating to our debt in the period after December 31, 2018 are set forth below:

• In February 2019, the Partnership drew down the remaining $25 million of its revolving credit facility under the $800 million credit facility. As of September 30, 2019, the revolving credit facility was fully drawn.

Capital Lease Obligations.  Our net obligation on our capital lease is as follows: 

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Capital lease liability	$	114,230		$	119,683
Less: Restricted cash deposit	(106,674		)	(112,362		)
Net capital lease obligation	$	7,556		$	7,321

Methane Princess Lease.  In August 2003, Golar entered into a lease arrangement (the “Methane Princess lease”) with a UK bank (the “Methane Princess lessor”). Our obligation to the Methane Princess lessor is primarily secured by a letter of credit, which is itself secured by a cash deposit which was placed with the Methane Princess lessor since June 2008.

In the event of any adverse tax changes to legislation affecting the tax treatment of the lease for the Methane Princess lessor or a successful challenge by the UK Revenue authorities to the tax assumptions on which the transactions were based, or in the event

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that we terminate the Methane Princess lease before its expiration, we would be required to return all or a portion of, or in certain circumstances significantly more than, the upfront cash benefits that we have received or that have accrued over time, together with the fees that were financed in connection with our lease financing transaction, post additional security or make additional payments to our lessor which would increase the obligations noted above. The Methane Princess lessor has a second priority security interest in the Methane Princess, the Golar Spirit and the Golar Grand to secure these potential obligations. Golar has agreed to indemnify us against any of these increased costs and obligations. Refer to note 14 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

Debt and Lease Restrictions

Our existing financing agreements (debt and lease) impose certain operating and financing restrictions on us and our subsidiaries that are described in our 2018 Annual Report under Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Debt and Lease Restrictions.

As of September 30, 2019, we were in compliance with all covenants of our various debt and lease agreements.

Capital Commitments

Drydockings

From September 30, 2019 until December 31, 2023, eight of the vessels in our current fleet will undergo their scheduled drydockings. We estimate that we will spend in total approximately $59.3 million for drydocking and classification surveys on these vessels, with approximately $2.0 million expected to be incurred in the remainder of 2019, $9.8 million in 2020, $17.0 million in 2021, $7.0 million in 2022 and $23.5 million in 2023.

Ballast Water Management Convention

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted an International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (or the BWM Convention) in February 2004. The Convention entered into force on September 8, 2017, however IMO later decided to postpone the compliance date for existing vessels by 2 years, i.e. until the first renewal survey following September 8, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard has decided to maintain the 2017 effective date. This makes all vessels constructed before the entry into force date “existing” vessels, and requires the installation of a Ballast Water Treatment System (“BWTS”) on such vessels at the first renewal survey following the entry into force date. Installation of BWTS will be needed on all our active LNG carriers. As long as our FSRUs are operating as FSRUs and kept stationary they will not need installation of a BWTS. The additional costs of complying with these rules, relating to all our vessels are estimated to be approximately $2.0 million per vessel and will be phased in over time in connection with the renewal surveys that are required.

We reserve a portion of cash generated from our operations to meet the costs of future drydockings and BWTS installation. As our fleet matures and expands, our drydocking expenses will likely increase. Ongoing costs for compliance with environmental regulations are primarily included as part of our drydocking and society classification survey costs or are a component of our operating expenses. 

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires that management make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

For a description of our other material accounting policies that involve a higher degree of judgment, please refer to Note 2 -Significant Accounting Policies to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our 2018 Annual Report and Note 2 - Accounting Policies to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

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Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth our contractual obligations for the periods indicated as of September 30, 2019:

(in millions of $)	Total Obligation		Due in the remainder of 2019		Due in 2020-2021		Due in 2022-2023		Due Thereafter
Long-term debt(1)	$	1,244.2	$	19.6	$	1,022.2	$	70.2	$	132.2
Interest commitments on long-term debt - floating and other interest rate swaps (2)	156.6		16.9		97.2		26.6		15.9
Capital lease obligations, net (2)(3)	114.2		0.4		4.1		5.8		103.9
Total	$	1,515.0	$	36.9	$	1,123.5	$	102.6	$	252.0

⁽¹⁾ Amounts shown gross of deferred financing costs of $7.2 million.

⁽²⁾ Our interest commitment on our long-term debt is calculated based on assumed USD LIBOR of between 1.38% and 2.32%, taking into account our various margin rates and interest rate swaps associated with each debt. Our interest commitment on our capital lease obligation is calculated on an assumed average Pound Sterling LIBOR of 5.2%.

⁽³⁾ In the event of any adverse tax rate changes or rulings, our capital lease obligation could increase significantly. However, Golar has agreed to indemnify us against any such increase. 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to various market risks, including interest rate and foreign currency exchange risks. We enter into a variety of derivative instruments and contracts to maintain the desired level of exposure arising from these risks.

Our policy is to hedge our exposure to risks, where possible, within boundaries deemed appropriate by management.

A discussion of our accounting policies for derivative financial instruments is included in note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our 2018 Annual Report.  Further information on our exposure to market risk is included in note 23 — Financial Instruments to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our 2018 Annual Report.

The following analyses provide quantitative information regarding our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk and interest rate risk. There are certain shortcomings inherent in the sensitivity analyses presented, primarily due to the assumption that exchange rates change in a parallel fashion and that interest rates change instantaneously.

Interest rate risk.  A significant portion of our debt is subject to adverse movements in interest rates. Our interest rate risk management policy permits economic hedge relationships in order to reduce the risk associated with adverse fluctuations in interest rates. We use interest rate swaps and fixed rate debt to manage the exposure to adverse movements in interest rates. Interest rate swaps are used to convert floating rate debt obligations to a fixed rate in order to achieve an overall desired position of fixed and floating rate debt. Credit exposures are monitored on a counterparty basis, with all new transactions subject to senior management approval.

Assuming a 1% increase in the interest rate (including the effect of interest rates under the related interest rate swap agreements) as applied against our floating rate debt balance and proportionate share of obligation under the Partnership’s guarantee of 50% of the obligations of Hilli Corp under the Hilli bareboat charter agreement (the “Hilli Facility”) as of September 30, 2019, this would increase our interest expense by $2.0 million per annum. We have calculated our floating rate debt as the principal outstanding on our bank debt and net capital lease obligations (net of related restricted cash balances). For disclosure of the fair value of the derivatives and debt obligations outstanding as of September 30, 2019, please refer to note 12 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

Foreign currency risk.  A substantial amount of our transactions, assets and liabilities are denominated in currencies other than U.S. Dollars, such as Pound Sterling, in relation to the administrative expenses we will be charged by Golar Management in the UK and operating expenses incurred in a variety of foreign currencies, and Brazilian Real in respect of our Brazilian subsidiary which receives income and pays expenses in Brazilian Real. Based on our Pound Sterling expenses for the nine months ended

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September 30, 2019, a 10% depreciation of the U.S. Dollar against Pound Sterling would have increased our expenses by approximately $0.1 million. Based on our Brazilian Real revenues and expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a 10% depreciation of the U.S. Dollar against the Brazilian Real would have increased our net revenue and expenses by approximately $0.3 million.

The base currency of the majority of our seafaring officers’ remuneration is the Euro, Brazilian Real or Indonesian Rupiah. Based on the crew costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a 10% depreciation of the U.S. Dollar against the Euro, the Brazilian Real and the Indonesian Rupiah would have increased our crew cost by approximately $2.2 million.

We are exposed to some extent in respect of the lease transaction entered into with respect to the Methane Princess, which is denominated in Pound Sterling, although it is hedged by the Pound Sterling cash deposit that secures the obligations under the lease. We use cash from the deposits to make payments in respect of the lease transaction entered into with respect to the Methane Princess. Gains or losses that we incur are unrealized unless we choose or are required to withdraw monies from or pay additional monies into the deposit securing this obligation. Among other things, movements in interest rates give rise to a requirement for us to adjust the amount of the Pound Sterling cash deposit. Based on this lease obligation and the related cash deposit as of September 30, 2019, a 10% appreciation in the U.S. Dollar against the Pound Sterling would give rise to a net foreign exchange gain of approximately $0.8 million.

Non-GAAP measure

Average Daily TCE

It is standard industry practice to measure the revenue performance of a vessel in terms of average daily Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”). For time charters, this is calculated by dividing the sum of (a) total operating revenue and (b) amount invoiced under sales-type lease, less voyage and commission expenses, by the number of calendar days minus days for scheduled off-hire. Scheduled off-hire days includes days when vessels are in lay-up or undergoing dry dock. Where we are paid a fee to position or reposition a vessel before or after a time charter, this additional revenue, less voyage and commission expenses, is included in the calculation of net time charter revenues. TCE rate is a standard shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare period-to-period changes in a company’s performance despite changes in the mix of charter types (i.e. spot charters, time charters and bareboat charters) under which the vessels may be employed between the periods. We include average daily TCE, a non-U.S. GAAP measure, as we believe it provides additional meaningful information in conjunction with total operating revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, because it assists our management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of our vessels and in evaluating their financial performance. Our calculation of average daily TCE may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. The following table reconciles our total operating revenues by segment to average daily TCE:

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	FSRU Segment						LNG Carrier Segment
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $, except number of days and average daily TCE)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Total operating revenues	$	63,490		$	96,836		$	12,328		$	11,396
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease (1)	4,600			—			—			—
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002		)	(1,146		)	(683		)	(1,166		)
	67,088			95,690			11,645			10,230
Calendar days less scheduled off-hire days	460			386			368			331
Average daily TCE (to the closest $100)	$	145,800		$	247,900		$	31,600		$	30,900
	FSRU Segment						LNG Carrier Segment
	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $, except number of days and average daily TCE)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Total operating revenues	$	181,719		$	232,370		$	41,370		$	34,277
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease (1)	6,900			—			—			—
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,236		)	(3,898		)	(1,928		)	(3,343		)
	185,383			228,472			39,442			30,934
Calendar days less scheduled off-hire days	1,320			1,236			1,086			1,055
Average daily TCE (to the closest $100)	$	140,400		$	184,800		$	36,300		$	29,300

(1) This represents the actual invoiced amounts on the Golar Freeze Finance Lease subsequent to its modification effective from May 15, 2019. As the income generated from the Golar Freeze sales-type lease is not reflected in our previous segment profit measure, we have included amounts invoiced in arriving at our FSRU Adjusted EBITDA, to enable comparability with the rest of our FSRU segment's charters.

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Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in the Report on Form 6-K, you should carefully consider the risk factors set forth below, as well as the risk factors set forth in our 2018 Annual Report.

As a Marshall Islands limited partnership with principal executive offices in Bermuda, and also having subsidiaries in the Marshall Islands and other offshore jurisdictions, our operations may be subject to economic substance requirements, which could harm our business.

On December 5, 2017, following an assessment of the tax policies of various countries by the Code of Conduct Group for Business Taxation of the European Union (the “COCG”), the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) approved and published Council conclusions containing a list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions” for tax purposes. On March 12, 2019, the Council adopted a revised list of non-cooperative jurisdictions (the “2019 Conclusions”). In the 2019 Conclusions, Bermuda and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, among others, were placed by the E.U. on its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes for failing to implement certain commitments previously made to the E.U. by the agreed deadline. However, it was announced by the Council on May 17, 2019 and on October 10, 2019 that Bermuda and the Marshall Islands, respectively, had been removed from the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. E.U. member states have agreed upon a set of measures, which they can choose to apply against the listed countries, including increased monitoring and audits, withholding taxes, special documentation requirements and anti-abuse provisions. The European Commission has stated it will continue to support member states’ efforts to develop a more coordinated approach to sanctions for the listed countries in 2019. E.U. legislation prohibits E.U. funds from being channeled or transited through entities in non-cooperative jurisdictions.

We are a Marshall Islands limited partnership with principal executive offices in Bermuda. Our operating company and certain of our other subsidiaries are also Marshall Islands entities. These jurisdictions have enacted or may enact economic substance laws and regulations with which we may be obligated to comply. For example, on December 17, 2018, the House of Assembly of Bermuda passed the Economic Substance Act 2018 of Bermuda (the “Economic Substance Act”), which became operative on December 31, 2018, along with the Economic Substance Regulations 2018 of Bermuda. The Economic Substance Act requires each registered entity to maintain a substantial economic presence in Bermuda and provides that a registered entity that carries on a relevant activity complies with economic substance requirements if (i) it is directed and managed in Bermuda, (ii) its core income-generating activities (as may be further prescribed) are undertaken in Bermuda with respect to the relevant activity, (iii) it maintains adequate physical presence in Bermuda, (iv) it has adequate full time employees in Bermuda with suitable qualifications and (v) it incurs adequate operating expenditure in Bermuda in relation to the relevant activity. New regulations adopted in the Marshall Islands (which came into force on January 1, 2019) require certain entities that carry out particular activities to comply with an economic substance test whereby the entity must show that it (i) is directed and managed in the Marshall Islands in relation to that relevant activity, (ii) carries out core income-generating activity in relation to that relevant activity in the Marshall Islands (although it is being understood and acknowledged by the regulators that income-generated activities for shipping companies will generally occur in international waters) and (iii) having regard to the level of relevant activity carried out in the Marshall Islands has (a) an adequate amount of expenditures in the Marshall Islands, (b) adequate physical presence in the Marshall Islands and (c) an adequate number of qualified employees in the Marshall Islands.

If we fail to comply with our obligations under this legislation or any similar law applicable to us in any other jurisdictions, we could be subject to financial penalties and spontaneous disclosure of information to foreign tax officials, or could be struck from the register of companies, in related jurisdictions. Any of the foregoing could be disruptive to our business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and operating results.

We do not know: if the E.U. will add the Marshall Islands or Bermuda to the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions; how quickly the E.U. would react to any changes in legislation of the Marshall Islands or Bermuda; or how E.U. banks or other counterparties will react while we or any of our subsidiaries remain as entities organized and existing under the laws of listed countries. The effect of the E.U. list of non-cooperative jurisdictions, and any noncompliance by us with any legislation adopted by applicable countries to achieve removal from the list, including economic substance regulations, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and operating results.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

		Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $, except per unit amounts)	Notes	2019			2018			2019			2018
Time charter revenues	5	75,818			108,232			223,089			266,647
Total operating revenues		75,818			108,232			223,089			266,647
Vessel operating expenses	13	(14,740		)	(16,372		)	(46,463		)	(49,378		)
Voyage and commission expenses		(1,685		)	(2,312		)	(5,164		)	(7,241		)
Administrative expenses	13	(3,110		)	(2,944		)	(10,227		)	(10,140		)
Depreciation and amortization		(20,380		)	(24,593		)	(63,188		)	(75,171		)
Total operating expenses		(39,915		)	(46,221		)	(125,042		)	(141,930		)
Operating income		35,903			62,011			98,047			124,717
Other non-operating income		—			—			4,195			236
Financial income/(expense)
Interest income	11, 13	4,990			1,177			8,474			7,959
Interest expense		(19,764		)	(20,062		)	(61,236		)	(59,679		)
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	6	(9,937		)	11,338			(48,406		)	34,274
Other financial items, net	6	541			(545		)	757			(1,115		)
Net financial expenses		(24,170		)	(8,092		)	(100,411		)	(18,561		)
Income before tax, equity in net earnings of affiliate and non-controlling interests		11,733			53,919			1,831			106,392
Tax	7	(4,817		)	(4,512		)	(15,032		)	(12,938		)
Equity in net earnings/(loss) of affiliate	9	1,181			(71		)	2,773			(71		)
Net income/(loss)		8,097			49,336			(10,428		)	93,383
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(173		)	(372		)	(2,162		)	(1,224		)
Net income/(loss) attributable to Golar LNG Partners LP Owners		7,924			48,964			(12,590		)	92,159
General partner interest in net income/(loss)		97			920			(434		)	1,664
Preferred unitholders’ interest in net income		3,019			3,019			9,057			9,023
Common unitholders’ interest in net income/(loss)		4,808			45,025			(21,213		)	81,472
Earnings/(loss) per unit
Common unit (basic)	16	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Common unit (diluted)	16	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Cash distributions declared and paid per common unit in the period		$	0.40		$	0.58		$	1.21		$	1.73

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019	2018	2019		2018
Net income/(loss)	8,097	49,336	(10,428	)	93,383
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to statements of operations	—	—	—		(26	)
Other comprehensive loss	—	—	—		(26	)
Comprehensive income/(loss)	8,097	49,336	(10,428	)	93,357
Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to:
Golar LNG Partners LP Owners	7,924	48,964	(12,590	)	92,133
Non-controlling interests	173	372	2,162		1,224
	8,097	49,336	(10,428	)	93,357

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

		September 30,	December 31,
(in thousands of $)	Note	2019	2018
		Unaudited	Audited
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		51,961	96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits		48,743	31,330
Other current assets		20,493	34,520
Current portion of net investment in leased vessel	11	2,229	—
Amount due from related parties	13	5,964	—
Inventories		3,120	2,031
Total Current Assets		132,510	164,529
Non-current Assets
Restricted cash		129,954	141,114
Investment in affiliate	9	196,045	206,180
Vessels and equipment, net		1,384,564	1,535,757
Vessel under capital lease, net		110,003	114,711
Net investment in leased vessel	11	112,462	—
Intangible assets, net		52,899	60,369
Other non-current assets		3,196	18,157
Total Assets		2,121,633	2,240,817
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt and short-term debt	10	225,156	75,451
Current portion of obligation under capital lease		1,768	1,564
Amount due to related parties	13	—	1,237
Other current liabilities		86,294	57,855
Total Current Liabilities		313,218	136,107
Non-current Liabilities
Long-term debt	10	1,011,926	1,196,899
Obligation under capital lease		112,462	118,119
Other non-current liabilities		31,347	30,175
Total Liabilities		1,468,953	1,481,300
Equity
Partners' capital:
Common unitholders		388,752	495,576
Preferred unitholders		132,991	132,991
General partner interest		48,873	51,048
Total Partners' capital		570,616	679,615
Non-controlling interests		82,064	79,902
Total Equity		652,680	759,517
Total Liabilities and Equity		2,121,633	2,240,817

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

		Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	Notes	2019		2018
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net (loss)/income		(10,428	)	93,383
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss)/income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		63,188		75,171
Equity in net earnings of affiliate		(2,773	)	71
Movement in deferred tax liability		3,086		1,326
Amortization of deferred charges and Partnership guarantee		2,015		5,974
Drydocking expenditure		(9,859	)	(12,027	)
Foreign exchange losses/(gain)		351		(671	)
Unit options expense		177		174
Dividends received from affiliate		2,018		—
Interest element included in obligation under capital lease, net		7		(34	)
Gain on recognition of net investment in leased vessel		(4,195	)	—
Sales-type lease payments received in excess of interest income	11	1,477		—
Change in market value of derivatives		53,836		(33,420	)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable		12,078		(26,731	)
Inventories		(1,089	)	465
Other current assets and other non-current assets		833		2,989
Amount due to/(from) related parties		2,365		(2,783	)
Trade accounts payable		(2,067	)	(3,127	)
Accrued expenses		4,779		(4,104	)
Other current and non-current liabilities		(3,595	)	(3,174	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		112,204		93,482
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to vessels and equipment		(10,074	)	(6,317	)
Acquisition of Hilli Common Units		(10,296	)	—
Dividends received from affiliate		10,529		—
Net cash used in investing activities		(9,841	)	(6,317	)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of equity, net of issue costs		—		13,854
Repayment of debt		(63,853	)	(134,583	)
Proceeds from debt		25,000		1,419
Repayments of obligation under capital lease		(1,169	)	(967	)
Advances from related party for Methane Princess lease security deposit		448		481
Cash distributions paid		(95,021	)	(133,416	)
Financing costs paid		—		(1,699	)
Common units buy-back and cancelled		(1,565	)	(9,477	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(136,160	)	(264,388	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(4,637	)	(3,845	)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (1)		(38,434	)	(181,068	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period (1) (2)		269,092		429,887
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period (1) (2)		230,658		248,819

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⁽¹⁾ Included within restricted cash are security deposits for our capital lease, debt facility and performance guarantees issued to the charterers.

⁽²⁾ The following table identifies the balance sheet line-items included in ‘cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash’ presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

	September 30,	December 31,	September 30,	December 31,
(in thousands of $)	2019	2018	2018	2017
Cash and cash equivalents	51,961	96,648	75,781	246,954
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	48,743	31,330	27,106	27,306
Restricted cash - non-current	129,954	141,114	145,932	155,627
	230,658	269,092	248,819	429,887

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Partners’ capital						Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	Total Before Non-Controlling Interest		Non-Controlling Interest	Total Equity
	Preferred units		Common  Units		General Partner Units and IDRs (1)
Consolidated balance at June 30, 2018	132,991		545,047		51,981		—	730,019		77,396	807,415
Net income	3,019		45,025		920		—	48,964		372	49,336
Cash distributions	(3,019	)	(40,330	)	(831	)	—	(44,180	)	—	(44,180	)
Unit options expense	—		58		—		—	58		—	58
Consolidated balance at September 30, 2018	132,991		549,800		52,070		—	734,861		77,768	812,629

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Partners’ capital						Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)		Total Before Non-Controlling Interest		Non-Controlling Interest	Total Equity
	Preferred units		Common  Units		General Partner Units and IDRs (1)
Consolidated balance at December 31, 2017	132,991		585,440		52,600		26		771,057		76,544	847,601
Net income	9,023		81,472		1,664		—		92,159		1,224	93,383
Other comprehensive loss	—		—		—		(26	)	(26	)	—	(26	)
Cash distributions	(9,023	)	(121,372	)	(2,485	)	—		(132,880	)	—	(132,880	)
Net proceeds from equity issuances	—		13,563		291		—		13,854		—	13,854
Unit options expense	—		174		—		—		174		—	174
Common units acquired and cancelled	—		(9,477	)	—		—		(9,477	)	—	(9,477	)
Consolidated balance at September 30, 2018	132,991		549,800		52,070		—		734,861		77,768	812,629

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	Partners’ capital						Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	Total Before Non-Controlling Interest		Non-Controlling Interest	Total Equity
	Preferred Units		Common  Units		General Partner Units and IDRs (1)
Consolidated balance at June 30, 2019	132,991		413,525		49,356		—	595,872		81,891	677,763
Net income	3,019		4,808		97		—	7,924		173	8,097
Cash distributions	(3,019	)	(28,075	)	(580	)	—	(31,674	)	—	(31,674	)
Units options expense	—		59		—		—	59		—	59
Common units acquired and cancelled	—		(1,565	)	—		—	(1,565	)	—	(1,565	)
Consolidated balance at September 30, 2019	132,991		388,752		48,873		—	570,616		82,064	652,680

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	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	Partners’ capital						Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	Total Before Non-Controlling Interest		Non-Controlling Interest	Total Equity
	Preferred Units		Common  Units		General Partner Units and IDRs (1)
Consolidated balance at December 31, 2018	132,991		495,576		51,048		—	679,615		79,902	759,517
Net (loss)/income	9,057		(21,213	)	(434	)	—	(12,590	)	2,162	(10,428	)
Cash distributions	(9,057	)	(84,223	)	(1,741	)	—	(95,021	)	—	(95,021	)
Units options expense	—		177		—		—	177		—	177
Common units acquired and cancelled	—		(1,565	)	—		—	(1,565	)	—	(1,565	)
Consolidated balance at September 30, 2019	132,991		388,752		48,873		—	570,616		82,064	652,680

⁽¹⁾ As of September 30, 2019, the carrying value of the equity attributable to the holders of our incentive distribution rights ("IDRs") was $32.5 million (December 31, 2018: $32.5 million).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Golar LNG Partners LP

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1.                                      GENERAL

Golar LNG Partners LP (the “Partnership,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is a publicly traded Marshall Islands limited partnership initially formed as a subsidiary of Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) in September 2007, to own and operate LNG carriers and FSRUs under long-term charters. On July 12, 2018, we acquired an interest in the Hilli Episeyo (the “Hilli”), a floating liquefied natural gas (“FLNG”) vessel through the acquisition of 50% of the common units (the “Hilli Common Units”) in Golar Hilli LLC (“Hilli LLC”) (the “Hilli Acquisition”). As of September 30, 2019, we have a fleet of four LNG carriers, six FSRUs and an interest in the Hilli.

2.                                      ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of accounting

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The footnotes are condensed as permitted by the requirements for interim financial statements and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and disclosures required under U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, except for our accounting policy for “Leases” that changed as a result of adopting the requirements of Accounting Standards Updates ("ASU") 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842)” (hereafter, ASC 842).

Our revenue contracts and related expense recognition

Contracts relating to our LNG carriers and FSRUs can take the form of operating leases, finance leases (sales-type lease or direct financing lease) and management agreements. Although the substance of these contracts are similar, the accounting treatment varies. We outline our policies for determining the appropriate U.S. GAAP treatment below.

Lease accounting versus revenue accounting

To determine whether a contract conveys a lease agreement for a period of time, we assessed whether, throughout the period of use, the customer has both of the following:

•the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the identified asset; and

•the right to direct the use of that identified asset.

If a contract relating to an asset, fails to give the customer both of the above rights, we account for the agreement as a revenue contract. A contract relating to an asset will generally be accounted for as a revenue contract if the customer does not contract for substantially all of the capacity of the asset (i.e. another third party could contract for a meaningful amount of the asset capacity).

Where we provide services unrelated to an asset contract, we account for the contract as a revenue contract.

Lease accounting

When a contract is designated as a lease, we make an assessment on whether the contract is an operating or sales-type lease. An agreement will be a sales-type lease if any of the following conditions are met;

•ownership of the asset is transferred at the end of the lease term;

•the contract contains an option to purchase the asset which is reasonably certain to be exercised;

•the lease term is for a major part of the remaining useful life of the contract, although contracts entered into the last 25% of the asset’s useful life are not subject to this criterion;

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•the discounted value of the fixed payments under the lease represent substantially all of the fair value of the asset; or

•the asset is heavily customized such that it could not be used for another charter at the end of the term.

Lessor accounting

In making the classification assessment, we estimate the residual value of the underlying asset at the end of the lease term with reference to broker valuations. None of our lease contracts contain residual value guarantees, any purchase options are disclosed in note 8. Agreements with renewal and termination options in the control of the lessee are included together with the non-cancellable contract period in the lease term when “reasonably certain” to be exercised or if controlled by the lessor. The determination of reasonably certain depends on whether the lessee has an economic incentive to exercise the option. Generally, lease accounting commences when the asset is made available to the customer, however, where the contract contains specific customer acceptance testing conditions, lease accounting will not commence until the asset has successfully passed the acceptance test. We assess a lease under the modification guidance when there is change to the terms and conditions of the contract that results in a change in the scope or the consideration of the lease.

Costs directly associated with the execution of the lease or costs incurred after lease inception or the execution of the contract but prior to the commencement of the lease that directly relate to preparing the asset for the lease (i.e. bunker costs), are capitalized and amortized to the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term. We also defer upfront revenue payments (i.e. repositioning fees) to the consolidated balance sheet and amortize to the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term.

Fixed revenue from operating leases is accounted for on a straight line basis over the life of the lease; while variable revenue is accounted for as incurred in the relevant period. Fixed revenue includes fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments that are unavoidable) and variable payments based on a rate or index. For our operating leases, we have elected the practical expedient to combine our service revenue and operating lease income as the timing and pattern of transfer of the components are the same.

On inception of a sales-type lease for which we are lessor, we de-recognize the related asset and record "Net investment in leased vessel” on our consolidated balance sheet. The net investment in leased vessel represents the fixed payments due from the lessee, discounted at the rate implicit in the lease. We allocate sales-type lease income to the consolidated statements of operations in the "Interest income” line item to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on our sales-type lease investment.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements requires that management make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

As of September 30, 2019, we leased one (December 31, 2018: one) vessel under a finance lease from a wholly-owned special purpose vehicle (the “lessor SPV”) subsidiary of a financial institution in connection with our sale and leaseback transaction. While we do not hold any equity investment in the lessor SPV, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of the entity and accordingly, we are required to consolidate the lessor SPV into our financial results. The key line items impacted by our consolidation of the lessor SPV are short-term and long-term debt, restricted cash and short-term deposits, and interest expense. In consolidating the lessor SPV, on a quarterly basis, we must make assumptions regarding (i) the debt amortization profile; (ii) the interest rate to be applied against the lessor SPV’s debt principal; and (iii) the lessor SPV’s application of cash receipts. Our estimates are therefore dependent upon the timeliness of receipt and accuracy of financial information provided by the lessor SPV. Upon receipt of the audited annual financial statements of the lessor SPV, we will make a true-up adjustment for any material differences.

3.                                      RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Adoption of new accounting standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) along with subsequent amendments ASU 2019-20 Leases (Topic 842): Narrow scope improvements for lessors in December 2018 and ASU 2019-01 Leases (Topic 842): Codification improvements in March 2019. Topic 842 modifies the definition of a lease, requires reassessment of the lease term upon the occurrence of certain triggers and introduces new disclosures. Lessors are required to classify leases as sales-type, direct financing or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of income recognition and provides guidance for sale and leaseback transactions. Topic 842 requires a lessee to recognize leases on its balance sheet by

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recording a lease liability (representing the obligation to make future lease payments) and a right of use asset (representing the right to use the asset for the lease term). Leases for lessees will be classified as either financing or operating with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

We adopted this Topic 842 on January 1, 2019 under a modified retrospective transition approach. The Partnership does not have any lessee contracts, therefore the adoption solely impacts the contracts where we are the lessor. We have elected to use the ‘package’ of practical expedients available, which means no reassessment on transition of whether an agreement contains a lease, lease classification, and initial direct costs under ASC 842. As part of this package the lease term has been determined using hindsight up to the date of transition when considering lessee options to extend or terminate the agreement or to purchase the underlying asset. Furthermore, where available we have elected not to separate the components in our lease arrangements, instead accounting for them as a combined component under ASC 842. Our election of the practical expedient providing transition relief will result in our prior periods not being restated and will continue to be represented in accordance with Topic 840.

Our legacy leases will continue to be classified in accordance with Topic 840, while modifications and subsequent accounting will follow the accounting under Topic 842. Leases entered into on or after January 1, 2019 have been assessed under the requirements of Topic 842. New lessor presentation and disclosure requirements have been applied to our new and existing lease agreements. Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements discloses the maturity analysis of operating lease payments under arrangements where we are the lessor.

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-09 Codification improvements. The amendments in this ASU cover a wide range of topics covering primarily minor corrections, clarifications and codification improvements. We adopted the codification improvements that were not effective on issuance on January 1, 2019 under the specified transition approach connected with each of the codification improvements. The impact of this amendment has not had a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or related disclosures, including retained earnings as 1 January 2019.

Accounting pronouncements that have been issued but not adopted

The following table provides a brief description of recent accounting standards that have been issued but not yet adopted:

Standard	Description	Date of Adoption	Effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequent amendments, including ASU 2018-19 & ASU 2019-04 Codification Improvements to Topic 326 "Financial Instruments-Credit Losses"	Replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected loss methodology that requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.	January 1, 2020	Under evaluation
ASU 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	Removes some disclosure requirements relating to transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the FV hierarchy. Introduces new disclosure requirements for Level 3 measurements	January 1, 2020	No material impact on our disclosure requirements as we have no Level 3 measurements.
ASU 2018-17 Consolidation (Topic 810) - Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities	For the purposes of determining whether a decision making fee is a variable interest, a company is now required to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportionate basis as opposed to as a direct investment in the entity.	January 1, 2020	No impact on consolidation assessments.

4. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (“VIEs”)

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Eskimo SPV

As of September 30, 2019, we leased one vessel from a VIE under a finance lease with a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sea 23 Leasing Co. Limited (“Eskimo SPV”) of China Merchants Bank Leasing (“CMBL”). Eskimo SPV is a special purpose vehicle (SPV).

In November 2015, we sold the Golar Eskimo to Eskimo SPV and subsequently leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter for a term of 10 years. From the third year anniversary of the commencement of the bareboat charter, we have an annual option to repurchase the vessel at fixed pre-determined amounts, with an obligation to repurchase the vessel at the end of the ten year lease period.

While we do not hold any equity investment in Eskimo SPV, we have determined that we have a variable interest in Eskimo SPV and that Eskimo SPV is a VIE. Based on our evaluation of the bareboat agreement we have concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of Eskimo SPV and, accordingly, have consolidated Eskimo SPV into our financial results. We did not record any gain or loss from the sale of the Golar Eskimo to Eskimo SPV. We continued to report the vessel in our consolidated financial statements at the same carrying value, as if the sale had not occurred, and our contractual debt with the Eskimo SPV eliminates on consolidation.

The equity attributable to CMBL in Eskimo SPV is included in non-controlling interests in our consolidated results. As of September 30, 2019, the Golar Eskimo is reported under “Vessels and equipment, net” in our consolidated balance sheet.

The following table gives a summary of the sale and leaseback arrangement, including repurchase options and obligation as of September 30, 2019:

Vessel	Effective from	Sales value (in $ millions)	Subsequent repurchase option (in $ millions)	Subsequent repurchase option	Repurchase obligation at end of lease term    (in $ millions)	End of lease term
Golar Eskimo	November 2015	285.0	214.4	November 2019	128.3	November 2025

A summary of our payment obligations under the bareboat charter with Eskimo SPV as of September 30, 2019 is shown below:

(in thousands of $)	2019(1)	2020	2021	2022	2023	After 2023
Golar Eskimo*	6,101	23,001	21,801	20,951	20,224	35,268

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

*This payment obligation table above includes variable rental payments due under the lease based on an assumed LIBOR plus margin, but excludes the repurchase obligation at the end of the lease term.

The most significant impact of Eskimo SPV’s liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is as follows:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Liabilities
Short-term debt	11,545	11,836
Long-term debt	173,902	187,401

The most significant impact of consolidation of Eskimo SPV’s operations on our condensed consolidated statement of operations is interest expense of $1.8 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively and $1.8 million and $5.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The most significant impact of consolidation of Eskimo SPV’s cash flows on our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows is net cash of $4.6 million and $13.8 million used in financing activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and $4.9 million and $8.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

Hilli LLC

On July 12, 2018, we acquired an interest in the Hilli through the acquisition of 50% of the Hilli Common Units. Concurrently with the closing of the Hilli Acquisition, we have determined that (i) Hilli LLC is a VIE, (ii) Golar is the primary beneficiary and retains sole control over the most significant activities and the greatest exposure to variability in residual returns and expected

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losses from the Hilli and (iii) we are not the primary beneficiary. Thus, Hilli LLC was not consolidated into our financial statements. Refer to note 9 for summarized financial information of Hilli LLC.

As of September 30, 2019, our maximum exposure as a result of our ownership in the Hilli LLC is the carrying value of our investment in affiliate of $196.0 million (see note 9) and the outstanding portion of the Hilli Facility which we have guaranteed (see note 13).

PT Golar Indonesia

We consolidated PT Golar Indonesia (“PTGI”), which owns the NR Satu, in our consolidated financial statements effective September 28, 2011. PTGI became a VIE and we became its primary beneficiary upon our agreement to acquire all of Golar’s interests in certain subsidiaries that own and operate the NR Satu on July 19, 2012. We consolidate PTGI as we hold all of the voting stock and control all of the economic interests in PTGI.

5.                                      SEGMENT INFORMATION

A segment is a distinguishable component of the business that is engaged in business activities from which we earn revenues and incur expenses whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker, and which are subject to risks and rewards that are different from those of other segments.

On May 15, 2019, we executed a modification to the charter for the Golar Freeze (the "Golar Freeze Charter") which triggered a change in accounting for the Golar Freeze Charter from an operating lease to a sales-type lease ("Golar Freeze Finance Lease"). Following this change, management changed the metric by which it measures the profitability of our segments from EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA to reflect the change in accounting treatment of this contract and enable the comparability with the rest of the business. This led to a change in the information that management required to manage both the standalone segments and our overall businesses.

As of September 30, 2019, we operate in the following three reportable segments: LNG carriers, FSRUs and FLNG.

• LNG carriers are vessels that transport LNG and are compatible with many LNG loading and receiving terminals globally. Four of our vessels are LNG carriers;

• FSRUs are vessels that are permanently located offshore to regasify LNG. Six of our vessels are FSRUs; and

• FLNG is a vessel that is moored above an offshore natural gas field on a long-term basis. The vessel produces, liquefies and stores LNG at sea and transfers it to LNG carriers that berth while offshore.

There are no transactions between reportable segments.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	63,490		12,328		26,018		—	101,836		(26,018	)	75,818
Vessel operating expenses	(9,542	)	(5,198	)	(5,686	)	—	(20,426	)	5,686		(14,740	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002	)	(683	)	—		—	(1,685	)	—		(1,685	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(1,870	)	(1,240	)	(223	)	—	(3,333	)	223		(3,110	)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600		—		—		—	4,600		(4,600	)	—
Adjusted EBITDA	55,676		5,207		20,109		—	80,992		(24,709	)	56,283
Balance sheet (at end of period):
Total assets (5)	1,090,228		516,802		196,045		318,558	2,121,633		—		2,121,633

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	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	181,719		41,370		78,054		—	301,143		(78,054	)	223,089
Vessel operating expenses	(31,405	)	(15,058	)	(17,802	)	—	(64,265	)	17,802		(46,463	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,236	)	(1,928	)	(230	)	—	(5,394	)	230		(5,164	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(6,194	)	(4,033	)	(730	)	—	(10,957	)	730		(10,227	)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	6,900		—		—		—	6,900		(6,900	)	—
Adjusted EBITDA	147,784		20,351		59,292		—	227,427		(66,192	)	161,235

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	96,836		11,396		23,736		—	131,968		(23,736	)	108,232
Vessel operating expenses	(10,317	)	(6,055	)	(5,049	)	—	(21,421	)	5,049		(16,372	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,146	)	(1,166	)	(655	)	—	(2,967	)	655		(2,312	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(1,810	)	(1,134	)	(1,063	)	—	(4,007	)	1,063		(2,944	)
Adjusted EBITDA	83,563		3,041		16,969		—	103,573		(16,969	)	86,604
Balance sheet (at end of period):
Total assets (5)	1,112,411		537,239		208,554		404,667	2,262,871		—		2,262,871

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	232,370		34,277		23,736		—	290,383		(23,736	)	266,647
Vessel operating expenses	(32,755	)	(16,623	)	(5,049	)	—	(54,427	)	5,049		(49,378	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,898	)	(3,343	)	(655	)	—	(7,896	)	655		(7,241	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(6,479	)	(3,661	)	(1,063	)	—	(11,203	)	1,063		(10,140	)
Adjusted EBITDA	189,238		10,650		16,969		—	216,857		(16,969	)	199,888

⁽¹⁾ Relates to the effective revenues, expenses and EBITDA attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units that was acquired in July 2018 (see note 9). The earnings attributable to our investment in Hilli LLC is reported in the equity in net earnings of affiliate on our consolidated income statement.

⁽²⁾ Relates to assets not allocated to a segment, but included to reconcile to the total assets in our consolidated balance sheet.

⁽³⁾ Eliminations reverse the effective earnings attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units and the amounts invoiced under the sales-type lease.

⁽⁴⁾ Indirect administrative expenses are allocated to the FSRU and LNG carrier segments based on the number of vessels while administrative expenses for FLNG relates to our effective share of expenses attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units.

⁽⁵⁾ Total assets by segment refers to our principal assets being that of our vessels, including the net investment in leased vessel.

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6.                                      LOSSES/GAINS ON DERIVATIVES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS, NET

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains for interest rate swaps	(10,860	)	7,523		(53,836	)	26,044
Net interest income on un-designated interest rate swaps	923		915		5,430		830
Unrealized mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out units	—		2,900		—		7,400
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(9,937	)	11,338		(48,406	)	34,274
Amortization of debt guarantee (see note 13)	510		—		1,579		—
Foreign exchange gains/(losses) on capital lease obligation and related restricted cash	249		263		(351	)	781
Foreign exchange (losses) on operations	(15	)	(367	)	(23	)	(890	)
Financing arrangement fees and other costs	(203	)	(441	)	(448	)	(1,006	)
Other financial items, net	541		(545	)	757		(1,115	)
(Losses)/gains on derivatives and Other financial items, net	(9,396	)	10,793		(47,649	)	33,159

7. TAXATION

As of September 30, 2019, a net deferred tax liability of $10.1 million ($7.0 million at December 31, 2018) was recognized due to the deferred tax liability arising from tax depreciation being in excess of the accounting depreciation for the Golar Eskimo.

Tax charge

The tax charge for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 included current tax charges in respect of our operations in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Kuwait, Indonesia, Jordan and Barbados.

The total tax charge includes a net deferred tax charge in relation to the tax depreciation in excess of accounting depreciation for Jordan of $0.5 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and $0.4 million and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. In addition, Jordan introduced a new solidarity tax applicable from 2019 of 1% which we believe applies to our Jordan branch. Therefore, a further $nil and $1.4 million deferred tax charge was recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. All tax losses were utilized in 2018, hence, there is no related deferred tax charge for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively ($0.1 million and $0.2 million of deferred tax charge was recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively).

Uncertain tax positions

As of September 30, 2019, we recognized a provision of $5.5 million (December 31, 2018: $4.7 million) for certain tax risks in various jurisdictions.

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8. OPERATING LEASES

The minimum contractual future rentals under non-cancellable leases represent revenues to be recognized on a straight line basis for each of the following periods, as of September 30, 2019:

Year ending December 31, (in thousands of $)
2019(1)	67,841
2020	221,311
2021	213,199
2022	213,199
2023 and thereafter	267,885
Total	983,435

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

Minimum lease rentals under non-cancellable leases are calculated based on contractual future revenue expected to be recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term with certain assumptions such as those relating to expected off-hire days.

PT Nusantara Regas (“PTNR”) has the right to purchase the NR Satu at any time after the first anniversary of the commencement date of its charter at a price that must be agreed upon between us and PTNR. We have assumed that this option will not be exercised. Accordingly, the minimum lease rentals set out above include revenues arising within the option period.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (“Jordan”) has the option, for a termination fee, to terminate the charter after the fifth anniversary of the delivery date of the Golar Eskimo. The minimum contractual future revenues above assume that this option will not be exercised.

All our vessels are held for contractual future leasing, as such the cost and accumulated depreciation of vessels, all relates to arrangements under third party operating leases. For arrangements where operating costs are borne by the charterer on a pass through basis, the pass through of operating costs is reflected in both revenue and expenses.

The components of operating lease income were as follows:

(in thousands of $)	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease income	73,794	218,683
Variable lease income (1)	—	1,393
Total operating lease income	73,794	220,076

⁽¹⁾‘Variable lease income’ is excluded from lease payments that comprise the minimum contractual future revenues from non-cancellable leases.

9. INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATE    

The components of our equity method investment in Hilli LLC are as follows:

(in thousands of $)
Equity in net assets of affiliate at January 1, 2019	206,180
Dividend (Note 13)	(12,908	)
Equity in net earnings of affiliate	2,773
Equity in net assets of affiliate at September 30, 2019	196,045

Summarized financial information of Hilli LLC*

The following table summarizes the financial information of Hilli LLC shown on a 100% basis as of September 30, 2019 and

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December 31, 2018:

(in thousands of $)	Balance at September 30, 2019		Balance at December 31, 2018
Balance sheet
Current assets	57,895		124,642
Non-current assets	1,308,377		1,392,711
Current liabilities	(49,317	)	(109,773	)
Non-current liabilities	(944,482	)	(1,004,184	)

*The summarized financial information of Hilli LLC excludes the Hilli LLC lessor VIE's financial information.

10.                                      DEBT

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had total long-term debt outstanding of $1,237.1 million and $1,272.4 million, respectively, net of deferred debt financing costs of $7.2 million and $10.8 million, respectively.

In May 2015, we completed the issuance and sale of $150 million aggregate principal amount of five years non-amortizing bonds in Norway (the “2015 Norwegian Bonds”). The 2015 Norwegian Bonds mature on May 22, 2020 and bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 4.4%. We have also entered into economic hedges that convert the floating rate of the interest obligation under the 2015 Norwegian Bonds to an all-in fixed rate of 6.275%. Management is currently exploring various options to obtain the necessary funds to refinance the maturing bonds. We have a track record of successfully refinancing our debt requirements and we believe that it is probable that we will obtain the necessary funding to meet our payment obligations under the maturing 2015 Norwegian bonds.

11.                                      NET INVESTMENT IN LEASED VESSEL

On May 15, 2019, we executed a modification to the Golar Freeze Charter which triggered a change in lease classification to a sales-type lease. This classification change resulted in the de-recognition of the vessel asset carrying value, the recognition of net investment in leased vessel (consisting of present value of the future lease receivables and unguaranteed residual value), and a gain on disposal, which is presented in "Other non-operating income" of our consolidated statement of operations. Post modification to sales-type lease, all charter hire revenue from the Golar Freeze Finance Lease is to be recognized as interest income. We recognized interest income of $4.1 million and $5.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 (September 30, 2018: nil).

The following table lists the components of our net investment in leased vessel and the maturity profile of the undiscounted lease receivables:

Year ending December 31, (in thousands of $)
2019(1)	4,600
2020	18,300
2021	18,250
2022	18,250
2023 and thereafter	207,600
Total minimum lease receivable	267,000
Unguaranteed residual value	16,000
Gross investment in sales-type lease	283,000
Less: unearned interest income	(168,309	)
Net investment in leased vessel	114,691
Less: current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	(2,229	)
Non-current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	112,462

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⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

The charter includes an option after 3 years for the charterer to terminate the contract and seek an alternative regasification solution, but only in the event that certain throughput targets have not been met. Additionally, we will have a matching right to provide such alternative solution. The charter also includes a 5-year extension option.

12.                                      FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Interest rate risk management

In certain situations, we may enter into financial instruments to reduce the risk associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We have entered into swaps that convert floating rate interest obligations to fixed rates, which, from an economic perspective, hedge our interest rate exposure. We do not hold or issue instruments for speculative or trading purposes. The counterparties to such contracts are major banking and financial institutions. Credit risk exists to the extent that the counterparties are unable to perform under the contracts; however, we do not anticipate non-performance by any of our counterparties.

We manage our debt and capital lease portfolio with interest rate swap agreements in U.S. dollars to achieve an overall desired position of fixed and floating interest rates. 

Fair values

We recognize our fair value estimates using a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on reliability of inputs used to determine fair value as follows:

Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

The carrying value and estimated fair value of our financial instruments as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

		September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Fair value  Hierarchy	Carrying  Value		Fair  Value		Carrying  Value		Fair  Value
Non-Derivatives:
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1	51,961		51,961		96,648		96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	Level 1	178,697		178,697		172,444		172,444
2015 and 2017 Norwegian Bonds (1)	Level 1	(400,000	)	(399,863	)	(400,000	)	(396,843	)
Short and long-term debt — floating (2)	Level 2	(844,247	)	(844,247	)	(883,100	)	(883,100	)
Obligation under capital lease (2)	Level 2	(114,230	)	(114,230	)	(119,683	)	(119,683	)
Derivatives:
Interest rate swaps asset (3)	Level 2	1,646		1,646		17,617		17,617
Interest rate swaps liability (3)	Level 2	(46,618	)	(46,618	)	(8,753	)	(8,753	)

(1) This pertains to the 2015 and 2017 Norwegian bonds with a carrying value of $400.0 million as of September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $400.0 million), which are included under long-term debt on the balance sheet. The fair value of the bonds as of September 30, 2019 was $399.9 million (December 31, 2018: $396.8 million), which is 99.97% of their face value (December 31, 2018: 99.21%).

(2) Our short-term and long-term debt and capital lease obligations are recorded at amortized cost in the consolidated balance sheets. The long-term debt is presented gross of deferred financing cost of $7.2 million as of September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $10.8 million).

(3)  Derivative liabilities are captured within other current liabilities and derivative assets are captured within long-term assets on the balance sheet.

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The credit exposure of interest rate swap agreements is represented by the fair value of contracts with a positive fair value at the end of each period, reduced by the effects of master netting agreements. It is our policy to enter into master netting agreements with the counterparties to derivative financial instrument contracts, which give us the legal right to discharge all or a portion of amounts owed to that counterparty by offsetting them against amounts that the counterparty owes to us. We have elected not to offset the fair values of derivative assets and liabilities executed with the same counterparty that are generally subject to enforceable master netting arrangements. However, if we were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of derivatives on a net basis, the amounts presented in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 would be adjusted as detailed in the following table:

	September 30, 2019						December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount		Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount
Total asset derivatives	1,646		(1,322	)	324		17,617		(3,281	)	14,336
Total liability derivatives	(46,618	)	1,322		(45,296	)	(8,753	)	3,281		(5,472	)

As of September 30, 2019, we have entered into the following interest rate swap transactions involving the payment of fixed rates in exchange for LIBOR as summarized below: 

Instrument  (in thousands of $)	Notional  amount	Maturity Dates			Fixed Interest Rates
Interest rate swaps:
Receiving floating, pay fixed	1,722,957	2019	to	2026	1.07	%	to	2.90%

13.             RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Net (expense)/income from related parties:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended   September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Transactions with Golar and affiliates:
Management and administrative services fees (a)	(2,448	)	(1,901	)	(7,195	)	(5,778	)
Ship management fees (b)	(1,115	)	(1,300	)	(3,345	)	(3,900	)
Income on deposits paid to Golar (c)	—		295		—		4,779
Distributions with Golar, net (d)	(3,163	)	(11,142	)	(14,572	)	(37,318	)

Receivables/(payables) with related parties:

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, balances with related parties consisted of the following:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Balances due from/(to) Golar and affiliates (e)	3,558	(4,091	)
Methane Princess lease security deposit movements (f)	2,406	2,854
Total	5,964	(1,237	)

(a) Management and administrative services fees- We are party to a management and administrative services agreement with Golar Management Limited (“Golar Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Golar, pursuant to which Golar Management provides to us certain management and administrative services. The services provided by Golar Management are charged at cost plus a management fee equal to 5% of Golar Management’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with providing these services. We may terminate the agreement by providing 120 days’ written notice.

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(b) Ship management fees - Golar and certain of its affiliates charged ship management fees to us for the provision of technical and commercial management of the vessels. Each of our vessels is subject to management agreements pursuant to which certain commercial and technical management services are provided by certain subsidiaries of Golar, including Golar Management. We may terminate these agreements by providing 30 days’ written notice.

(c) Income on deposits paid to Golar - In May 2016, we completed the acquisition from Golar of Tundra Corp. (“Tundra Corp”), the owner of the Golar Tundra (the “Tundra Acquisition”), and paid total cash purchase consideration of $107.2 million. In May 2017, we elected to exercise our right (the “Tundra Put Right”) to require Golar to repurchase Tundra Corp at a price equal to the original purchase price. In connection with the exercise of the Tundra Put Right, we and Golar entered into an agreement pursuant to which we agreed to sell Tundra Corp to Golar on the date of the closing of the sale to Golar of Tundra Corp pursuant to the Tundra Put Option (the “Put Sale Closing Date”) on October 17, 2017 in return for Golar's promise to pay an amount equal to $107.2 million (the “Deferred Purchase Price”) plus an additional amount equal to 5% per annum of the Deferred Purchase Price (the “Additional Amount”). The Deferred Purchase Price and the Additional Amount was applied to the net purchase price of the Hilli Acquisition on July 12, 2018.

On August 15, 2017, Golar Partners Operating LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary, entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Hilli Purchase Agreement”) for the Hilli Acquisition from Golar and affiliates of Keppel and B&V of Common Units in Hilli LLC, which indirectly owns the Hilli. The Hilli Common Units we acquired represent the equivalent of 50% of the two liquefaction trains, out of a total of four, that are currently contracted to the Customer under the LTA. Concurrently with the execution of the Hilli Purchase Agreement, we paid a $70 million deposit to Golar, upon which we received interest at a rate of 5% per annum. We applied the deposit and interest accrued to the purchase price on July 12, 2018, upon completion of the Hilli Acquisition.

We recognized $nil for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, and $0.3 million and $4.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, from the above arrangements as interest income on the Deferred Purchase Price and $70 million deposit.

(d) Distributions with Golar, net - During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we paid total distributions to Golar of $9.2 million and $27.5 million, and $13.1 million and $39.3 million, respectively, in respect of the Common Units and General Partner units owned by it.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, Hilli LLC declared quarterly distributions totaling $6.0 million and $12.9 million, and $1.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in respect of the Hilli Common Units owned by us. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we have a dividend receivable of $4.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively.

(e) Balances due from/(to) Golar and its affiliates - Receivables and payables with Golar and its affiliates primarily comprise of unpaid fees and expenses for management and administrative services and vessel management services performed by Golar and its affiliates, dividends due in respect of the Hilli Common Units, and other related party arrangements. In addition, certain receivables and payables arise when we pay an invoice on behalf of a related party and vice versa. Receivables and payables are generally settled quarterly in arrears. Trading balances due from Golar and its affiliates are unsecured, interest-free and intended to be settled in the ordinary course of business.

(f) Methane Princess lease security deposit movements - This represents net advances to Golar since our initial public offering in April 2011, which correspond with the net release of funds from the security deposits held relating to the Methane Princess lease. This is in connection with the Methane Princess tax lease indemnity provided by Golar under the Omnibus Agreement that we entered into with Golar at the time of our initial public offering. Accordingly, these amounts held with Golar will be settled as part of the eventual termination of the Methane Princess lease.

Other transactions

Agency agreement with PT Pesona Sentra Utama (or PT Pesona) - PT Pesona, an Indonesian company, owns 51% of the issued share capital in our subsidiary, PTGI, the owner and operator of NR Satu, and provides agency and local representation services for us with respect to NR Satu. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, PT Pesona received an agency fee of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, and $0.1 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

Hilli guarantees (in connection with the Hilli Acquisition)

(i) Debt

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Hilli Corp is a party to a Memorandum of Agreement, dated September 9, 2015, with Fortune Lianjiang Shipping S.A., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (“Fortune”), pursuant to which Hilli Corp has sold to and leased back from Fortune the Hilli under a 10-year bareboat charter agreement (the “Hilli Facility”). The Hilli Facility provided for post-construction financing for the Hilli in the amount of $960 million. Under the Hilli Facility, Hilli Corp will pay to Fortune forty consecutive equal quarterly repayments of 1.375% of the construction cost, plus interest based on LIBOR plus a margin of 3.95%. In connection with the closing of the Hilli Acquisition, we agreed to provide a several guarantee (the “Partnership Guarantee”) of 50% of the outstanding principal, interest, expenses and other amounts payable by Hilli Corp under the Hilli Facility pursuant to a Deed of Amendment, Restatement and Accession relating to a guarantee between Golar, Fortune and us dated July 12, 2018. We entered into a $480.0 million interest rate swap in relation to our proportionate share of the obligation under the Hilli Facility.

(ii) Letter of credit

On November 28, 2018, we entered into an agreement to guarantee (the “LOC Guarantee”) the letter of credit issued by a financial institution in the event of Hilli Corp’s underperformance or non-performance under the liquefaction tolling agreement for the Hilli. Under the LOC Guarantee, we are severally liable for any outstanding amounts that are payable, based on the percentage ownership that Golar holds in us, multiplied by our percentage ownership in Hilli Common Units.

Pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee and the LOC Guarantee, we are required to comply with the following covenants:

• free liquid assets of at least $30 million throughout the Hilli facility period;

• a maximum net debt to EBITDA ratio for the previous 12 months of 6.5:1; and

• a consolidated tangible net worth of $123.95 million.

As of September 30, 2019, the amount we have guaranteed under the Partnership Guarantee and the LOC Guarantee is $430.5 million, and the fair value of debt guarantee, presented under "Other current liabilities" and "Other non-current liabilities" of our consolidated balance sheet, amounting to $1.8 million and $6.9 million, respectively. We are in compliance with the covenants for both Hilli guarantees.

14.          OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 Assets pledged

  

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans and capital lease (1)	1,479,924	1,517,297

 ⁽¹⁾ Includes Net investment in leased vessel relating to the Golar Freeze of $114.7 million.

Other contractual commitments and contingencies

Insurance

We insure the legal liability risks for our shipping activities with Gard and Skuld, which are mutual protection and indemnity associations. As a member of a mutual association, we have inquired to the associations based on our claims record in addition to the claims records of all other members of the association. A contingent liability exists to the extent that the claims records of the members of the association in the aggregate show significant deterioration, which results in additional premiums on the members.

Tax lease benefits

As of September 30, 2019, we have one UK tax lease (relating to the Methane Princess). A termination of this lease would realize the accrued currency gain or loss recorded against the lease liability, net of the restricted cash. As of September 30, 2019, there was a net accrued gain of approximately $1.8 million. 

Under the terms of the leasing arrangement, the benefits are derived primarily from the tax depreciation assumed to be available to the lessor as a result of their investment in the vessel. As is typical in these leasing arrangements, as the lessee, we are obligated to maintain the lessor’s after-tax margin. Accordingly, in the event of any adverse tax changes or a successful challenge by the UK Tax Authorities (“HMRC”) with regard to the initial tax basis of the transactions, or in the event of an early termination of

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the Methane Princess lease or in relation to the other vessels previously financed by UK tax leases, we may be required to make additional payments principally to the UK vessel lessor. We would be required to return all, or a portion of, or in certain circumstances significantly more than the upfront cash benefits that Golar received in respect of the lease financing transaction.

HMRC has been challenging the use of similar lease structures and has been engaged in litigation of a test case for some years. In August 2015, following an appeal to the Court of Appeal by the HMRC which set aside previous judgments in favor of the tax payer, the First Tier Tribunal (“UK court”) ruled in favor of HMRC. The judgments of the First Tier Tribunal do not create binding precedent for other UK court decisions and therefore the ruling in favor of HMRC is not binding in the context of our leases. Further, we consider there are differences in the fact pattern and structure between this test case and our leasing arrangements and therefore, the judgement is not necessarily indicative of any outcome should HMRC challenge us. HMRC have written to our lessor to indicate that they believe the Methane Princess lease may be similar to the lease in the case noted above, however we remain confident that our fact pattern is sufficiently different. We have reviewed the details of the case and the basis of the judgment with our legal and tax advisers to ascertain what impact, if any, the judgment may have on us and the possible range of exposure has been estimated at approximately nil to $30 million (£23.0 million). Golar's discussions with HMRC on this matter have concluded without agreement and Golar expects to receive a closure notice to the inquiry, which will state the basis of HMRC’s position. Accordingly, Golar is determining how best to proceed in conjunction with the lessor, whilst contemporaneously obtaining supplementary legal advice in addition to the advice previously received. We remain confident of our position, however given the complexity of these discussions it is impossible to quantify the reasonably possible loss, and we continue to estimate the possible range of exposures as set out above. However, under the indemnity provisions of the Omnibus Agreement, Golar has agreed to indemnify us against any liabilities incurred as a consequence of a successful challenge by the UK Revenue Authorities with regard to the initial tax basis of the Methane Princess lease and in relation to other vessels previously financed by UK tax leases.

Legal proceedings and claims

We may, from time to time, be involved in legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. A provision will be recognized in the financial statements only where we believe that a liability will be probable and for which the amounts are reasonably estimable, based upon the facts known prior to the issuance of the financial statements.

In November and December 2015, the Indonesian tax authorities issued letters to our subsidiary, PTGI, to, among other things, revoke a previously granted VAT importation waiver in the approximate amount of $24.0 million for the NR Satu. In April 2016, PTGI initiated an action in the Indonesian tax court to dispute the waiver cancellation. The final hearing took place in June 2016 and we received the verdict of the Tax Court in November 2017, which rejected PTGI’s claim. In February 2018, PTGI filed a Judicial Review with the Supreme Court of Indonesia, but in December 2018, the Supreme Court of Indonesia ruled against PTGI with regards the validity of waiver cancellation. However, we do not believe it probable that a liability exists as a result of this ruling, as no Tax Underpayment Assessment Notice has been received within the statute of limitations period. Should we receive such notice from the tax authorities, we intend to challenge the legality of the assessment. In any event, we believe PTGI will be indemnified by PTNR for any VAT liability as well as related interest and penalties under our time charter party agreement entered into with them.

15. EQUITY

The following table summarizes our repurchase of Common Units during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019:

Date	Number of Common Units Repurchased	Unit Price	Net Cost (in thousands of $)	Golar's Ownership after the repurchase(1)
August 2019	153,728	$10.19	1,565	32.04%

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⁽¹⁾ Includes Golar's 2% general partner interest in the Partnership.

The following table shows the movement in our number of preferred units, Common Units and general partner ("GP") units during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

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(in units)	Preferred units	Common Units		GP Units
As of December 31, 2018	5,520,000	69,455,364		1,436,391
Common units acquired and cancelled	—	(153,728	)	—
As of September 30, 2019	5,520,000	69,301,636		1,436,391

16.          LOSSES/EARNINGS PER UNIT AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

The calculations of basic and diluted loss/earnings per common unit are presented below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $, except per unit data)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Common unitholders' interest in net income/(loss)	4,808			45,025			(21,213		)	81,472
Less: distributions paid (1)	(39,844		)	(28,213		)	(120,065		)	(109,121		)
(Over)/under distributed earnings	(35,036		)	16,812			(141,278		)	(27,649		)
Basic:
Weighted average Common Units outstanding (in thousands)	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
Diluted:
Weighted average Common Units outstanding (in thousands)	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
Common unit and common unit equivalents	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
(Loss)/earnings per unit (basic and diluted):
Basic - Common unitholders	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Diluted - Common unitholders	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Cash distributions declared and paid in the period per common unit(2):	$	0.40		$	0.58		$	1.21		$	1.73
Subsequent event: Cash distributions declared and paid per common unit relating to the period(3):	$	0.40		$	0.40		$	0.40		$	0.40

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⁽¹⁾ Refers to distributions made or to be made in relation to the period, irrespective of the declaration and payment dates, and is based on the weighted average number of Common Units outstanding in the period.

⁽²⁾ Refers to cash distributions declared and paid during the period.

⁽³⁾ Refers to cash distributions declared relating to the period and paid subsequent to the period end.

As of September 30, 2019, of our total number of Common Units outstanding, 69.4% were held by the public and the remaining Common Units were held by Golar.

17.          SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In November 2019, we paid a distribution of $0.4042 per common unit in respect of the quarter ended September 30, 2019, to unitholders of record as of November 8, 2019 amounting to $28.6 million in the aggregate. We also paid a cash distribution of $0.546875 per Series A Preferred Unit in respect of the period from August 15, 2019 through November 14, 2019 to unitholders of record as of November 8, 2019, amounting to $3.0 million in the aggregate.

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In November 2019, we borrowed $15.0 million from Golar. The loan is unsecured, repayable in full on December 31, 2019, and bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.0%.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income/(loss)		$ (10,428)	$ 93,383
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss)/income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		63,188	75,171
Equity in net earnings of affiliate		(2,773)	71
Movement in deferred tax liability		3,086	1,326
Amortization of deferred charges and Partnership guarantee		2,015	5,974
Drydocking expenditure		(9,859)	(12,027)
Foreign exchange losses/(gain)		351	(671)
Unit options expense		177	174
Dividends received from affiliate		2,018	0
Interest element included in obligation under capital lease, net		7	(34)
Gain on recognition of net investment in leased vessel		(4,195)	0
Sales-type lease payments received in excess of interest income		1,477	0
Change in market value of derivatives		53,836	(33,420)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable		12,078	(26,731)
Inventories		(1,089)	465
Other current assets and other non-current assets		833	2,989
Amount due to/(from) related parties		2,365	(2,783)
Trade accounts payable		(2,067)	(3,127)
Accrued expenses		4,779	(4,104)
Other current and non-current liabilities		(3,595)	(3,174)
Net cash provided by operating activities		112,204	93,482
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to vessels and equipment		(10,074)	(6,317)
Acquisition of Hilli Common Units		(10,296)	0
Dividends received from affiliate		10,529	0
Net cash used in investing activities		(9,841)	(6,317)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of equity, net of issue costs		0	13,854
Repayment of debt		(63,853)	(134,583)
Proceeds from debt		25,000	1,419
Repayments of obligation under capital lease		(1,169)	(967)
Advances from related party for Methane Princess lease security deposit		448	481
Cash distributions paid		(95,021)	(133,416)
Financing costs paid		0	(1,699)
Common units buy-back and cancelled		(1,565)	(9,477)
Net cash used in financing activities		(136,160)	(264,388)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(4,637)	(3,845)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	[1]	(38,434)	(181,068)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	[1],[2]	269,092	429,887
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	[1],[2]	$ 230,658	$ 248,819

[1] Included within restricted cash are security deposits for our capital lease, debt facility and performance guarantees issued to the charterers.

[2] The following table identifies the balance sheet line-items included in ‘cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash’ presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows:   September 30, December 31, September 30, December 31, (in thousands of $)  2019 2018 2018 2017 Cash and cash equivalents 51,961
96,648
75,781
246,954
Restricted cash and short-term deposits 48,743
31,330
27,106
27,306
Restricted cash - non-current 129,954
141,114
145,932
155,627
  230,658
269,092
248,819
429,887

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of accounting

Basis of accounting

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The footnotes are condensed as permitted by the requirements for interim financial statements and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and disclosures required under U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Lease accounting

Our revenue contracts and related expense recognition

Contracts relating to our LNG carriers and FSRUs can take the form of operating leases, finance leases (sales-type lease or direct financing lease) and management agreements. Although the substance of these contracts are similar, the accounting treatment varies. We outline our policies for determining the appropriate U.S. GAAP treatment below.

Lease accounting versus revenue accounting

To determine whether a contract conveys a lease agreement for a period of time, we assessed whether, throughout the period of use, the customer has both of the following:

•the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the identified asset; and

•the right to direct the use of that identified asset.

If a contract relating to an asset, fails to give the customer both of the above rights, we account for the agreement as a revenue contract. A contract relating to an asset will generally be accounted for as a revenue contract if the customer does not contract for substantially all of the capacity of the asset (i.e. another third party could contract for a meaningful amount of the asset capacity).

Where we provide services unrelated to an asset contract, we account for the contract as a revenue contract.

Lease accounting

When a contract is designated as a lease, we make an assessment on whether the contract is an operating or sales-type lease. An agreement will be a sales-type lease if any of the following conditions are met;

•ownership of the asset is transferred at the end of the lease term;

•the contract contains an option to purchase the asset which is reasonably certain to be exercised;

•the lease term is for a major part of the remaining useful life of the contract, although contracts entered into the last 25% of the asset’s useful life are not subject to this criterion;

•the discounted value of the fixed payments under the lease represent substantially all of the fair value of the asset; or

•the asset is heavily customized such that it could not be used for another charter at the end of the term.

Lessor accounting

Our revenue contracts and related expense recognition

Contracts relating to our LNG carriers and FSRUs can take the form of operating leases, finance leases (sales-type lease or direct financing lease) and management agreements. Although the substance of these contracts are similar, the accounting treatment varies. We outline our policies for determining the appropriate U.S. GAAP treatment below.

Lease accounting versus revenue accounting

To determine whether a contract conveys a lease agreement for a period of time, we assessed whether, throughout the period of use, the customer has both of the following:

•the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the identified asset; and

•the right to direct the use of that identified asset.

If a contract relating to an asset, fails to give the customer both of the above rights, we account for the agreement as a revenue contract. A contract relating to an asset will generally be accounted for as a revenue contract if the customer does not contract for substantially all of the capacity of the asset (i.e. another third party could contract for a meaningful amount of the asset capacity).

Where we provide services unrelated to an asset contract, we account for the contract as a revenue contract.

Lease accounting

When a contract is designated as a lease, we make an assessment on whether the contract is an operating or sales-type lease. An agreement will be a sales-type lease if any of the following conditions are met;

•ownership of the asset is transferred at the end of the lease term;

•the contract contains an option to purchase the asset which is reasonably certain to be exercised;

•the lease term is for a major part of the remaining useful life of the contract, although contracts entered into the last 25% of the asset’s useful life are not subject to this criterion;

•the discounted value of the fixed payments under the lease represent substantially all of the fair value of the asset; or

•the asset is heavily customized such that it could not be used for another charter at the end of the term.

Lessor accounting

In making the classification assessment, we estimate the residual value of the underlying asset at the end of the lease term with reference to broker valuations. None of our lease contracts contain residual value guarantees, any purchase options are disclosed in note 8. Agreements with renewal and termination options in the control of the lessee are included together with the non-cancellable contract period in the lease term when “reasonably certain” to be exercised or if controlled by the lessor. The determination of reasonably certain depends on whether the lessee has an economic incentive to exercise the option. Generally, lease accounting commences when the asset is made available to the customer, however, where the contract contains specific customer acceptance testing conditions, lease accounting will not commence until the asset has successfully passed the acceptance test. We assess a lease under the modification guidance when there is change to the terms and conditions of the contract that results in a change in the scope or the consideration of the lease.

Costs directly associated with the execution of the lease or costs incurred after lease inception or the execution of the contract but prior to the commencement of the lease that directly relate to preparing the asset for the lease (i.e. bunker costs), are capitalized and amortized to the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term. We also defer upfront revenue payments (i.e. repositioning fees) to the consolidated balance sheet and amortize to the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term.

Fixed revenue from operating leases is accounted for on a straight line basis over the life of the lease; while variable revenue is accounted for as incurred in the relevant period. Fixed revenue includes fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments that are unavoidable) and variable payments based on a rate or index. For our operating leases, we have elected the practical expedient to combine our service revenue and operating lease income as the timing and pattern of transfer of the components are the same.

On inception of a sales-type lease for which we are lessor, we de-recognize the related asset and record "Net investment in leased vessel” on our consolidated balance sheet. The net investment in leased vessel represents the fixed payments due from the lessee, discounted at the rate implicit in the lease. We allocate sales-type lease income to the consolidated statements of operations in the "Interest income” line item to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on our sales-type lease investment.

Use of estimates

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements requires that management make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

As of September 30, 2019, we leased one (December 31, 2018: one) vessel under a finance lease from a wholly-owned special purpose vehicle (the “lessor SPV”) subsidiary of a financial institution in connection with our sale and leaseback transaction. While we do not hold any equity investment in the lessor SPV, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of the entity and accordingly, we are required to consolidate the lessor SPV into our financial results. The key line items impacted by our consolidation of the lessor SPV are short-term and long-term debt, restricted cash and short-term deposits, and interest expense. In consolidating the lessor SPV, on a quarterly basis, we must make assumptions regarding (i) the debt amortization profile; (ii) the interest rate to be applied against the lessor SPV’s debt principal; and (iii) the lessor SPV’s application of cash receipts. Our estimates are therefore dependent upon the timeliness of receipt and accuracy of financial information provided by the lessor SPV. Upon receipt of the audited annual financial statements of the lessor SPV, we will make a true-up adjustment for any material differences.

Adoption of new accounting standards and Accounting pronouncements to be adopted

Adoption of new accounting standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) along with subsequent amendments ASU 2019-20 Leases (Topic 842): Narrow scope improvements for lessors in December 2018 and ASU 2019-01 Leases (Topic 842): Codification improvements in March 2019. Topic 842 modifies the definition of a lease, requires reassessment of the lease term upon the occurrence of certain triggers and introduces new disclosures. Lessors are required to classify leases as sales-type, direct financing or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of income recognition and provides guidance for sale and leaseback transactions. Topic 842 requires a lessee to recognize leases on its balance sheet by

recording a lease liability (representing the obligation to make future lease payments) and a right of use asset (representing the right to use the asset for the lease term). Leases for lessees will be classified as either financing or operating with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

We adopted this Topic 842 on January 1, 2019 under a modified retrospective transition approach. The Partnership does not have any lessee contracts, therefore the adoption solely impacts the contracts where we are the lessor. We have elected to use the ‘package’ of practical expedients available, which means no reassessment on transition of whether an agreement contains a lease, lease classification, and initial direct costs under ASC 842. As part of this package the lease term has been determined using hindsight up to the date of transition when considering lessee options to extend or terminate the agreement or to purchase the underlying asset. Furthermore, where available we have elected not to separate the components in our lease arrangements, instead accounting for them as a combined component under ASC 842. Our election of the practical expedient providing transition relief will result in our prior periods not being restated and will continue to be represented in accordance with Topic 840.

Our legacy leases will continue to be classified in accordance with Topic 840, while modifications and subsequent accounting will follow the accounting under Topic 842. Leases entered into on or after January 1, 2019 have been assessed under the requirements of Topic 842. New lessor presentation and disclosure requirements have been applied to our new and existing lease agreements. Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements discloses the maturity analysis of operating lease payments under arrangements where we are the lessor.

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-09 Codification improvements. The amendments in this ASU cover a wide range of topics covering primarily minor corrections, clarifications and codification improvements. We adopted the codification improvements that were not effective on issuance on January 1, 2019 under the specified transition approach connected with each of the codification improvements. The impact of this amendment has not had a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or related disclosures, including retained earnings as 1 January 2019.

Accounting pronouncements that have been issued but not adopted

The following table provides a brief description of recent accounting standards that have been issued but not yet adopted:

Standard	Description	Date of Adoption	Effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequent amendments, including ASU 2018-19 & ASU 2019-04 Codification Improvements to Topic 326 "Financial Instruments-Credit Losses"	Replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected loss methodology that requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.	January 1, 2020	Under evaluation
ASU 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	Removes some disclosure requirements relating to transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the FV hierarchy. Introduces new disclosure requirements for Level 3 measurements	January 1, 2020	No material impact on our disclosure requirements as we have no Level 3 measurements.
ASU 2018-17 Consolidation (Topic 810) - Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities	For the purposes of determining whether a decision making fee is a variable interest, a company is now required to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportionate basis as opposed to as a direct investment in the entity.	January 1, 2020	No impact on consolidation assessments.

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OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 Assets pledged

  

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans and capital lease (1)	1,479,924	1,517,297

 ⁽¹⁾ Includes Net investment in leased vessel relating to the Golar Freeze of $114.7 million.

Other contractual commitments and contingencies

Insurance

We insure the legal liability risks for our shipping activities with Gard and Skuld, which are mutual protection and indemnity associations. As a member of a mutual association, we have inquired to the associations based on our claims record in addition to the claims records of all other members of the association. A contingent liability exists to the extent that the claims records of the members of the association in the aggregate show significant deterioration, which results in additional premiums on the members.

Tax lease benefits

As of September 30, 2019, we have one UK tax lease (relating to the Methane Princess). A termination of this lease would realize the accrued currency gain or loss recorded against the lease liability, net of the restricted cash. As of September 30, 2019, there was a net accrued gain of approximately $1.8 million. 

Under the terms of the leasing arrangement, the benefits are derived primarily from the tax depreciation assumed to be available to the lessor as a result of their investment in the vessel. As is typical in these leasing arrangements, as the lessee, we are obligated to maintain the lessor’s after-tax margin. Accordingly, in the event of any adverse tax changes or a successful challenge by the UK Tax Authorities (“HMRC”) with regard to the initial tax basis of the transactions, or in the event of an early termination of

the Methane Princess lease or in relation to the other vessels previously financed by UK tax leases, we may be required to make additional payments principally to the UK vessel lessor. We would be required to return all, or a portion of, or in certain circumstances significantly more than the upfront cash benefits that Golar received in respect of the lease financing transaction.

HMRC has been challenging the use of similar lease structures and has been engaged in litigation of a test case for some years. In August 2015, following an appeal to the Court of Appeal by the HMRC which set aside previous judgments in favor of the tax payer, the First Tier Tribunal (“UK court”) ruled in favor of HMRC. The judgments of the First Tier Tribunal do not create binding precedent for other UK court decisions and therefore the ruling in favor of HMRC is not binding in the context of our leases. Further, we consider there are differences in the fact pattern and structure between this test case and our leasing arrangements and therefore, the judgement is not necessarily indicative of any outcome should HMRC challenge us. HMRC have written to our lessor to indicate that they believe the Methane Princess lease may be similar to the lease in the case noted above, however we remain confident that our fact pattern is sufficiently different. We have reviewed the details of the case and the basis of the judgment with our legal and tax advisers to ascertain what impact, if any, the judgment may have on us and the possible range of exposure has been estimated at approximately nil to $30 million (£23.0 million). Golar's discussions with HMRC on this matter have concluded without agreement and Golar expects to receive a closure notice to the inquiry, which will state the basis of HMRC’s position. Accordingly, Golar is determining how best to proceed in conjunction with the lessor, whilst contemporaneously obtaining supplementary legal advice in addition to the advice previously received. We remain confident of our position, however given the complexity of these discussions it is impossible to quantify the reasonably possible loss, and we continue to estimate the possible range of exposures as set out above. However, under the indemnity provisions of the Omnibus Agreement, Golar has agreed to indemnify us against any liabilities incurred as a consequence of a successful challenge by the UK Revenue Authorities with regard to the initial tax basis of the Methane Princess lease and in relation to other vessels previously financed by UK tax leases.

Legal proceedings and claims

We may, from time to time, be involved in legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. A provision will be recognized in the financial statements only where we believe that a liability will be probable and for which the amounts are reasonably estimable, based upon the facts known prior to the issuance of the financial statements.

In November and December 2015, the Indonesian tax authorities issued letters to our subsidiary, PTGI, to, among other things, revoke a previously granted VAT importation waiver in the approximate amount of $24.0 million for the NR Satu. In April 2016, PTGI initiated an action in the Indonesian tax court to dispute the waiver cancellation. The final hearing took place in June 2016 and we received the verdict of the Tax Court in November 2017, which rejected PTGI’s claim. In February 2018, PTGI filed a Judicial Review with the Supreme Court of Indonesia, but in December 2018, the Supreme Court of Indonesia ruled against PTGI with regards the validity of waiver cancellation. However, we do not believe it probable that a liability exists as a result of this ruling, as no Tax Underpayment Assessment Notice has been received within the statute of limitations period. Should we receive such notice from the tax authorities, we intend to challenge the legality of the assessment. In any event, we believe PTGI will be indemnified by PTNR for any VAT liability as well as related interest and penalties under our time charter party agreement entered into with them.

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LOSSES/GAINS ON DERIVATIVES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS, NET (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Financial Items

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains for interest rate swaps	(10,860	)	7,523		(53,836	)	26,044
Net interest income on un-designated interest rate swaps	923		915		5,430		830
Unrealized mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out units	—		2,900		—		7,400
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(9,937	)	11,338		(48,406	)	34,274
Amortization of debt guarantee (see note 13)	510		—		1,579		—
Foreign exchange gains/(losses) on capital lease obligation and related restricted cash	249		263		(351	)	781
Foreign exchange (losses) on operations	(15	)	(367	)	(23	)	(890	)
Financing arrangement fees and other costs	(203	)	(441	)	(448	)	(1,006	)
Other financial items, net	541		(545	)	757		(1,115	)
(Losses)/gains on derivatives and Other financial items, net	(9,396	)	10,793		(47,649	)	33,159

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of accounting

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The footnotes are condensed as permitted by the requirements for interim financial statements and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and disclosures required under U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, except for our accounting policy for “Leases” that changed as a result of adopting the requirements of Accounting Standards Updates ("ASU") 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842)” (hereafter, ASC 842).

Our revenue contracts and related expense recognition

Contracts relating to our LNG carriers and FSRUs can take the form of operating leases, finance leases (sales-type lease or direct financing lease) and management agreements. Although the substance of these contracts are similar, the accounting treatment varies. We outline our policies for determining the appropriate U.S. GAAP treatment below.

Lease accounting versus revenue accounting

To determine whether a contract conveys a lease agreement for a period of time, we assessed whether, throughout the period of use, the customer has both of the following:

•the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the identified asset; and

•the right to direct the use of that identified asset.

If a contract relating to an asset, fails to give the customer both of the above rights, we account for the agreement as a revenue contract. A contract relating to an asset will generally be accounted for as a revenue contract if the customer does not contract for substantially all of the capacity of the asset (i.e. another third party could contract for a meaningful amount of the asset capacity).

Where we provide services unrelated to an asset contract, we account for the contract as a revenue contract.

Lease accounting

When a contract is designated as a lease, we make an assessment on whether the contract is an operating or sales-type lease. An agreement will be a sales-type lease if any of the following conditions are met;

•ownership of the asset is transferred at the end of the lease term;

•the contract contains an option to purchase the asset which is reasonably certain to be exercised;

•the lease term is for a major part of the remaining useful life of the contract, although contracts entered into the last 25% of the asset’s useful life are not subject to this criterion;

•the discounted value of the fixed payments under the lease represent substantially all of the fair value of the asset; or

•the asset is heavily customized such that it could not be used for another charter at the end of the term.

Lessor accounting

In making the classification assessment, we estimate the residual value of the underlying asset at the end of the lease term with reference to broker valuations. None of our lease contracts contain residual value guarantees, any purchase options are disclosed in note 8. Agreements with renewal and termination options in the control of the lessee are included together with the non-cancellable contract period in the lease term when “reasonably certain” to be exercised or if controlled by the lessor. The determination of reasonably certain depends on whether the lessee has an economic incentive to exercise the option. Generally, lease accounting commences when the asset is made available to the customer, however, where the contract contains specific customer acceptance testing conditions, lease accounting will not commence until the asset has successfully passed the acceptance test. We assess a lease under the modification guidance when there is change to the terms and conditions of the contract that results in a change in the scope or the consideration of the lease.

Costs directly associated with the execution of the lease or costs incurred after lease inception or the execution of the contract but prior to the commencement of the lease that directly relate to preparing the asset for the lease (i.e. bunker costs), are capitalized and amortized to the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term. We also defer upfront revenue payments (i.e. repositioning fees) to the consolidated balance sheet and amortize to the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term.

Fixed revenue from operating leases is accounted for on a straight line basis over the life of the lease; while variable revenue is accounted for as incurred in the relevant period. Fixed revenue includes fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments that are unavoidable) and variable payments based on a rate or index. For our operating leases, we have elected the practical expedient to combine our service revenue and operating lease income as the timing and pattern of transfer of the components are the same.

On inception of a sales-type lease for which we are lessor, we de-recognize the related asset and record "Net investment in leased vessel” on our consolidated balance sheet. The net investment in leased vessel represents the fixed payments due from the lessee, discounted at the rate implicit in the lease. We allocate sales-type lease income to the consolidated statements of operations in the "Interest income” line item to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on our sales-type lease investment.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements requires that management make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

As of September 30, 2019, we leased one (December 31, 2018: one) vessel under a finance lease from a wholly-owned special purpose vehicle (the “lessor SPV”) subsidiary of a financial institution in connection with our sale and leaseback transaction. While we do not hold any equity investment in the lessor SPV, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of the entity and accordingly, we are required to consolidate the lessor SPV into our financial results. The key line items impacted by our consolidation of the lessor SPV are short-term and long-term debt, restricted cash and short-term deposits, and interest expense. In consolidating the lessor SPV, on a quarterly basis, we must make assumptions regarding (i) the debt amortization profile; (ii) the interest rate to be applied against the lessor SPV’s debt principal; and (iii) the lessor SPV’s application of cash receipts. Our estimates are therefore dependent upon the timeliness of receipt and accuracy of financial information provided by the lessor SPV. Upon receipt of the audited annual financial statements of the lessor SPV, we will make a true-up adjustment for any material differences.

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TAXATION (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Provision for certain immaterial risks	$ 5,500,000		$ 5,500,000		$ 4,700,000
Foreign Tax Authority
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax charge	0	$ 100,000	0	$ 200,000
Jordan | Foreign Tax Authority
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Net deferred tax liability	10,100,000		10,100,000		$ 7,000,000.0
Deferred tax charge related to depreciation	500,000	$ 400,000	1,500,000	$ 1,100,000
Deferred tax expense related to new solidarity tax	$ 0		$ 1,400,000

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") - NARRATIVE (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) vessel	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) vessel	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest expense		$ 19,764	$ 20,062	$ 61,236	$ 59,679
Net cash used in financing activities				(136,160)	(264,388)
Eskimo SPV Agreement | Golar Eskimo
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Lease term	10 years
Interest expense		1,800	1,800	6,000	5,800
Net cash used in financing activities		$ 4,600	$ 4,900	$ 13,800	$ 8,200
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Eskimo SPV Agreement | Golar Eskimo
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of vessels | vessel		1		1

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") - HILLI LLC (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018	Jul. 12, 2018
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investment in affiliate	$ 196,045	$ 206,180
Hilli LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investment in affiliate	$ 196,045	$ 206,180
Hilli LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of interests acquired			50.00%	50.00%
Hilli LLC | Hilli LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of interests acquired				50.00%

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EQUITY - SCHEDULE OF MOVEMENT IN THE NUMBER OF COMMON UNITS AND GENERAL PARTNER UNITS (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Preferred Units
Increase (Decrease) in Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Preferred units beginning balance (in shares)		5,520,000
Preferred units ending balance (in shares)		5,520,000
GP Units
Increase (Decrease) in Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding [Roll Forward]
GP Units, beginning balance (in shares)		1,436,391
GP Units, ending balance (in shares)		1,436,391
Common Units
Increase (Decrease) in Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Common Units, beginning balance (in shares)		69,455,364
Units repurchased (in shares)	(153,728)	(153,728)
Common Units, ending balance (in shares)		69,301,636

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - CARRYING VALUE AND ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE OF THE PARTNERSHIP'S FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Non-Derivatives:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 51,961	$ 96,648	$ 75,781	$ 246,954
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	48,743	31,330	$ 27,106	$ 27,306
2015 and 2017 Norwegian Bonds	(1,237,100)	(1,272,400)
Derivatives:
Derivative asset	1,646	17,617
Derivative liability	46,618	8,753
Deferred financing costs	7,200	10,800
Carrying Value | Level 1
Non-Derivatives:
Cash and cash equivalents	51,961	96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	178,697	172,444
Carrying Value | Level 1 | Norwegian Bonds
Non-Derivatives:
2015 and 2017 Norwegian Bonds	(400,000)	(400,000)
Carrying Value | Level 2
Non-Derivatives:
Short and long-term debt - floating	(844,247)	(883,100)
Obligations under capital lease	(114,230)	(119,683)
Carrying Value | Level 2 | Interest Rate Swap
Derivatives:
Derivative asset	1,646	17,617
Derivative liability	(46,618)	(8,753)
Fair Value | Level 1
Non-Derivatives:
Cash and cash equivalents, fair value	51,961	96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits, fair value	178,697	172,444
Fair Value | Level 1 | Norwegian Bonds
Non-Derivatives:
2015 and 2017 Norwegian Bonds, fair value	$ (399,863)	$ (396,843)
Derivatives:
Fair value of high yield bonds of face value	99.97%	99.21%
Fair Value | Level 2
Non-Derivatives:
Short and long-term debt - floating, fair value	$ (844,247)	$ (883,100)
Obligations under capital lease, fair value	(114,230)	(119,683)
Fair Value | Level 2 | Interest Rate Swap
Derivatives:
Derivative asset	1,646	17,617
Derivative liability	$ (46,618)	$ (8,753)

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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Underlying Equity in Net Assets [Roll Forward]
Equity in net assets of affiliate at January 1, 2019			$ 206,180
Equity in net earnings/(loss) of affiliate	$ 1,181	$ (71)	2,773	$ (71)
Equity in net assets of affiliate at September 30, 2019	196,045		196,045
Hilli LLC
Underlying Equity in Net Assets [Roll Forward]
Equity in net assets of affiliate at January 1, 2019			206,180
Dividend (Note 13)			(12,908)
Equity in net earnings/(loss) of affiliate			2,773
Equity in net assets of affiliate at September 30, 2019	$ 196,045		$ 196,045

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - SCHEDULE OF RELATED PARTY BALANCES (Details) - Golar LNG Limited - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transaction
Total due (to)/from related parties	$ 5,964	$ (1,237)
Balances due (to)/from Golar and affiliates
Related Party Transaction
Total due (to)/from related parties	3,558	(4,091)
Methane Princess lease security deposit movements
Related Party Transaction
Total due (to)/from related parties	$ 2,406	$ 2,854

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DEBT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

DEBT

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had total long-term debt outstanding of $1,237.1 million and $1,272.4 million, respectively, net of deferred debt financing costs of $7.2 million and $10.8 million, respectively.

In May 2015, we completed the issuance and sale of $150 million aggregate principal amount of five years non-amortizing bonds in Norway (the “2015 Norwegian Bonds”). The 2015 Norwegian Bonds mature on May 22, 2020 and bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 4.4%. We have also entered into economic hedges that convert the floating rate of the interest obligation under the 2015 Norwegian Bonds to an all-in fixed rate of 6.275%. Management is currently exploring various options to obtain the necessary funds to refinance the maturing bonds. We have a track record of successfully refinancing our debt requirements and we believe that it is probable that we will obtain the necessary funding to meet our payment obligations under the maturing 2015 Norwegian bonds.

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LOSSES/GAINS ON DERIVATIVES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS, NET

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

LOSSES/GAINS ON DERIVATIVES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS, NET

LOSSES/GAINS ON DERIVATIVES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS, NET

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Mark-to-market (losses)/gains for interest rate swaps	(10,860	)	7,523		(53,836	)	26,044
Net interest income on un-designated interest rate swaps	923		915		5,430		830
Unrealized mark-to-market gains on Earn-Out units	—		2,900		—		7,400
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(9,937	)	11,338		(48,406	)	34,274
Amortization of debt guarantee (see note 13)	510		—		1,579		—
Foreign exchange gains/(losses) on capital lease obligation and related restricted cash	249		263		(351	)	781
Foreign exchange (losses) on operations	(15	)	(367	)	(23	)	(890	)
Financing arrangement fees and other costs	(203	)	(441	)	(448	)	(1,006	)
Other financial items, net	541		(545	)	757		(1,115	)
(Losses)/gains on derivatives and Other financial items, net	(9,396	)	10,793		(47,649	)	33,159

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GENERAL (Details)	Sep. 30, 2019 storage_unit carrier	Jul. 31, 2018	Jul. 12, 2018
LNG Carrier
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of vessels | carrier	4
FSRU
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of vessels | storage_unit	6
Hilli LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of interests acquired		50.00%	50.00%

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OPERATING LEASES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity

The minimum contractual future rentals under non-cancellable leases represent revenues to be recognized on a straight line basis for each of the following periods, as of September 30, 2019:

Year ending December 31, (in thousands of $)
2019(1)	67,841
2020	221,311
2021	213,199
2022	213,199
2023 and thereafter	267,885
Total	983,435

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

Operating Lease, Lease Income

The components of operating lease income were as follows:

(in thousands of $)	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease income	73,794	218,683
Variable lease income (1)	—	1,393
Total operating lease income	73,794	220,076

⁽¹⁾‘Variable lease income’ is excluded from lease payments that comprise the minimum contractual future revenues from non-cancellable leases.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedule of Related Party Transactions

Net (expense)/income from related parties:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended   September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Transactions with Golar and affiliates:
Management and administrative services fees (a)	(2,448	)	(1,901	)	(7,195	)	(5,778	)
Ship management fees (b)	(1,115	)	(1,300	)	(3,345	)	(3,900	)
Income on deposits paid to Golar (c)	—		295		—		4,779
Distributions with Golar, net (d)	(3,163	)	(11,142	)	(14,572	)	(37,318	)

Receivables/(payables) with related parties:

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, balances with related parties consisted of the following:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Balances due from/(to) Golar and affiliates (e)	3,558	(4,091	)
Methane Princess lease security deposit movements (f)	2,406	2,854
Total	5,964	(1,237	)

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - SCHEDULE OF RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - Golar and Affiliates - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transaction
Management and administrative services fees	$ (2,448)	$ (1,901)	$ (7,195)	$ (5,778)
Distributions with Golar, net	(3,163)	(11,142)	(14,572)	(37,318)
Ship management fees
Related Party Transaction
Ship management fees	(1,115)	(1,300)	(3,345)	(3,900)
Income on deposits paid to Golar
Related Party Transaction
Income on deposits paid to Golar	$ 0	$ 295	$ 0	$ 4,779

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NET INVESTMENT IN LEASES (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 4,990,000	$ 1,177,000	$ 8,474,000	$ 7,959,000
Termination period			3 years
Renewal term	5 years		5 years
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2019	$ 4,600,000		$ 4,600,000
2020	18,300,000		18,300,000
2021	18,250,000		18,250,000
2022	18,250,000		18,250,000
2023 and thereafter	207,600,000		207,600,000
Total minimum lease receivable	267,000,000		267,000,000
Unguaranteed residual value	16,000,000		16,000,000
Gross investment in sales-type lease	283,000,000		283,000,000
Less: unearned interest income	(168,309,000)		(168,309,000)
Net investment in leased vessel	114,691,000		114,691,000
Less: current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	(2,229,000)		(2,229,000)
Non-current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	112,462,000		112,462,000
Leased Vessel
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Amount invoiced under sales-type finance lease	4,100,000		5,400,000
Interest income		$ 0
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Net investment in leased vessel	$ 114,700,000		$ 114,700,000

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OPERATING LEASES - OPERATING LEASE INCOME (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease income	$ 73,794	$ 218,683
Variable lease income	0	1,393
Total operating lease income	$ 73,794	$ 220,076

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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES

INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATE    

The components of our equity method investment in Hilli LLC are as follows:

(in thousands of $)
Equity in net assets of affiliate at January 1, 2019	206,180
Dividend (Note 13)	(12,908	)
Equity in net earnings of affiliate	2,773
Equity in net assets of affiliate at September 30, 2019	196,045

Summarized financial information of Hilli LLC*

The following table summarizes the financial information of Hilli LLC shown on a 100% basis as of September 30, 2019 and

December 31, 2018:

(in thousands of $)	Balance at September 30, 2019		Balance at December 31, 2018
Balance sheet
Current assets	57,895		124,642
Non-current assets	1,308,377		1,392,711
Current liabilities	(49,317	)	(109,773	)
Non-current liabilities	(944,482	)	(1,004,184	)

*The summarized financial information of Hilli LLC excludes the Hilli LLC lessor VIE's financial information.

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SEGMENT INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

A segment is a distinguishable component of the business that is engaged in business activities from which we earn revenues and incur expenses whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker, and which are subject to risks and rewards that are different from those of other segments.

On May 15, 2019, we executed a modification to the charter for the Golar Freeze (the "Golar Freeze Charter") which triggered a change in accounting for the Golar Freeze Charter from an operating lease to a sales-type lease ("Golar Freeze Finance Lease"). Following this change, management changed the metric by which it measures the profitability of our segments from EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA to reflect the change in accounting treatment of this contract and enable the comparability with the rest of the business. This led to a change in the information that management required to manage both the standalone segments and our overall businesses.

As of September 30, 2019, we operate in the following three reportable segments: LNG carriers, FSRUs and FLNG.

• LNG carriers are vessels that transport LNG and are compatible with many LNG loading and receiving terminals globally. Four of our vessels are LNG carriers;

• FSRUs are vessels that are permanently located offshore to regasify LNG. Six of our vessels are FSRUs; and

• FLNG is a vessel that is moored above an offshore natural gas field on a long-term basis. The vessel produces, liquefies and stores LNG at sea and transfers it to LNG carriers that berth while offshore.

There are no transactions between reportable segments.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	63,490		12,328		26,018		—	101,836		(26,018	)	75,818
Vessel operating expenses	(9,542	)	(5,198	)	(5,686	)	—	(20,426	)	5,686		(14,740	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002	)	(683	)	—		—	(1,685	)	—		(1,685	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(1,870	)	(1,240	)	(223	)	—	(3,333	)	223		(3,110	)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600		—		—		—	4,600		(4,600	)	—
Adjusted EBITDA	55,676		5,207		20,109		—	80,992		(24,709	)	56,283
Balance sheet (at end of period):
Total assets (5)	1,090,228		516,802		196,045		318,558	2,121,633		—		2,121,633

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	181,719		41,370		78,054		—	301,143		(78,054	)	223,089
Vessel operating expenses	(31,405	)	(15,058	)	(17,802	)	—	(64,265	)	17,802		(46,463	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,236	)	(1,928	)	(230	)	—	(5,394	)	230		(5,164	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(6,194	)	(4,033	)	(730	)	—	(10,957	)	730		(10,227	)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	6,900		—		—		—	6,900		(6,900	)	—
Adjusted EBITDA	147,784		20,351		59,292		—	227,427		(66,192	)	161,235

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	96,836		11,396		23,736		—	131,968		(23,736	)	108,232
Vessel operating expenses	(10,317	)	(6,055	)	(5,049	)	—	(21,421	)	5,049		(16,372	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,146	)	(1,166	)	(655	)	—	(2,967	)	655		(2,312	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(1,810	)	(1,134	)	(1,063	)	—	(4,007	)	1,063		(2,944	)
Adjusted EBITDA	83,563		3,041		16,969		—	103,573		(16,969	)	86,604
Balance sheet (at end of period):
Total assets (5)	1,112,411		537,239		208,554		404,667	2,262,871		—		2,262,871

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	232,370		34,277		23,736		—	290,383		(23,736	)	266,647
Vessel operating expenses	(32,755	)	(16,623	)	(5,049	)	—	(54,427	)	5,049		(49,378	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,898	)	(3,343	)	(655	)	—	(7,896	)	655		(7,241	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(6,479	)	(3,661	)	(1,063	)	—	(11,203	)	1,063		(10,140	)
Adjusted EBITDA	189,238		10,650		16,969		—	216,857		(16,969	)	199,888

⁽¹⁾ Relates to the effective revenues, expenses and EBITDA attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units that was acquired in July 2018 (see note 9). The earnings attributable to our investment in Hilli LLC is reported in the equity in net earnings of affiliate on our consolidated income statement.

⁽²⁾ Relates to assets not allocated to a segment, but included to reconcile to the total assets in our consolidated balance sheet.

⁽³⁾ Eliminations reverse the effective earnings attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units and the amounts invoiced under the sales-type lease.

⁽⁴⁾ Indirect administrative expenses are allocated to the FSRU and LNG carrier segments based on the number of vessels while administrative expenses for FLNG relates to our effective share of expenses attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units.

⁽⁵⁾ Total assets by segment refers to our principal assets being that of our vessels, including the net investment in leased vessel.

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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates

The components of our equity method investment in Hilli LLC are as follows:

(in thousands of $)
Equity in net assets of affiliate at January 1, 2019	206,180
Dividend (Note 13)	(12,908	)
Equity in net earnings of affiliate	2,773
Equity in net assets of affiliate at September 30, 2019	196,045

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities

The most significant impact of Eskimo SPV’s liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is as follows:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Liabilities
Short-term debt	11,545	11,836
Long-term debt	173,902	187,401

The following table summarizes the financial information of Hilli LLC shown on a 100% basis as of September 30, 2019 and

December 31, 2018:

(in thousands of $)	Balance at September 30, 2019		Balance at December 31, 2018
Balance sheet
Current assets	57,895		124,642
Non-current assets	1,308,377		1,392,711
Current liabilities	(49,317	)	(109,773	)
Non-current liabilities	(944,482	)	(1,004,184	)

*The summarized financial information of Hilli LLC excludes the Hilli LLC lessor VIE's financial information.

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OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Book Value of the Partnership's Vessels Secured Against Long Term Loans and Capital Leases

 Assets pledged

  

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans and capital lease (1)	1,479,924	1,517,297

 ⁽¹⁾ Includes Net investment in leased vessel relating to the Golar Freeze of $114.7 million.

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative (Details) - vessel	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Number of vessels leased	1	1

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	63,490		12,328		26,018		—	101,836		(26,018	)	75,818
Vessel operating expenses	(9,542	)	(5,198	)	(5,686	)	—	(20,426	)	5,686		(14,740	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002	)	(683	)	—		—	(1,685	)	—		(1,685	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(1,870	)	(1,240	)	(223	)	—	(3,333	)	223		(3,110	)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600		—		—		—	4,600		(4,600	)	—
Adjusted EBITDA	55,676		5,207		20,109		—	80,992		(24,709	)	56,283
Balance sheet (at end of period):
Total assets (5)	1,090,228		516,802		196,045		318,558	2,121,633		—		2,121,633

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	181,719		41,370		78,054		—	301,143		(78,054	)	223,089
Vessel operating expenses	(31,405	)	(15,058	)	(17,802	)	—	(64,265	)	17,802		(46,463	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,236	)	(1,928	)	(230	)	—	(5,394	)	230		(5,164	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(6,194	)	(4,033	)	(730	)	—	(10,957	)	730		(10,227	)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	6,900		—		—		—	6,900		(6,900	)	—
Adjusted EBITDA	147,784		20,351		59,292		—	227,427		(66,192	)	161,235

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	96,836		11,396		23,736		—	131,968		(23,736	)	108,232
Vessel operating expenses	(10,317	)	(6,055	)	(5,049	)	—	(21,421	)	5,049		(16,372	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,146	)	(1,166	)	(655	)	—	(2,967	)	655		(2,312	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(1,810	)	(1,134	)	(1,063	)	—	(4,007	)	1,063		(2,944	)
Adjusted EBITDA	83,563		3,041		16,969		—	103,573		(16,969	)	86,604
Balance sheet (at end of period):
Total assets (5)	1,112,411		537,239		208,554		404,667	2,262,871		—		2,262,871

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands of $)	FSRU		LNG Carrier		FLNG(1)		Unallocated(2)	Total Segment Reporting		Elimination(3)		Consolidated Reporting
Statement of operations:
Total operating revenues	232,370		34,277		23,736		—	290,383		(23,736	)	266,647
Vessel operating expenses	(32,755	)	(16,623	)	(5,049	)	—	(54,427	)	5,049		(49,378	)
Voyage and commission expenses	(3,898	)	(3,343	)	(655	)	—	(7,896	)	655		(7,241	)
Administrative expenses(4)	(6,479	)	(3,661	)	(1,063	)	—	(11,203	)	1,063		(10,140	)
Adjusted EBITDA	189,238		10,650		16,969		—	216,857		(16,969	)	199,888

⁽¹⁾ Relates to the effective revenues, expenses and EBITDA attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units that was acquired in July 2018 (see note 9). The earnings attributable to our investment in Hilli LLC is reported in the equity in net earnings of affiliate on our consolidated income statement.

⁽²⁾ Relates to assets not allocated to a segment, but included to reconcile to the total assets in our consolidated balance sheet.

⁽³⁾ Eliminations reverse the effective earnings attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units and the amounts invoiced under the sales-type lease.

⁽⁴⁾ Indirect administrative expenses are allocated to the FSRU and LNG carrier segments based on the number of vessels while administrative expenses for FLNG relates to our effective share of expenses attributable to our 50% ownership of the Hilli Common Units.

⁽⁵⁾ Total assets by segment refers to our principal assets being that of our vessels, including the net investment in leased vessel.

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GENERAL

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

GENERAL

GENERAL

Golar LNG Partners LP (the “Partnership,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is a publicly traded Marshall Islands limited partnership initially formed as a subsidiary of Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) in September 2007, to own and operate LNG carriers and FSRUs under long-term charters. On July 12, 2018, we acquired an interest in the Hilli Episeyo (the “Hilli”), a floating liquefied natural gas (“FLNG”) vessel through the acquisition of 50% of the common units (the “Hilli Common Units”) in Golar Hilli LLC (“Hilli LLC”) (the “Hilli Acquisition”). As of September 30, 2019, we have a fleet of four LNG carriers, six FSRUs and an interest in the Hilli.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 51,961	$ 96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	48,743	31,330
Other current assets	20,493	34,520
Current portion of net investment in leased vessel	2,229
Amount due from related parties	5,964	0
Inventories	3,120	2,031
Total Current Assets	132,510	164,529
Non-current Assets
Restricted cash	129,954	141,114
Investment in affiliate	196,045	206,180
Vessels and equipment, net	1,384,564	1,535,757
Vessel under capital lease, net	110,003
Vessel under capital lease, net		114,711
Net investment in leased vessel	112,462
Intangible assets, net	52,899	60,369
Other non-current assets	3,196	18,157
Total Assets	2,121,633	2,240,817
Current Liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt and short-term debt	225,156	75,451
Current portion of obligation under capital lease	1,768
Current portion of obligation under capital lease		1,564
Amount due to related parties	0	1,237
Other current liabilities	86,294	57,855
Total Current Liabilities	313,218	136,107
Non-current Liabilities
Long-term debt	1,011,926	1,196,899
Obligation under capital lease	112,462
Obligation under capital lease		118,119
Other non-current liabilities	31,347	30,175
Total Liabilities	1,468,953	1,481,300
Partners' capital:
Common unitholders	388,752	495,576
Preferred unitholders	132,991	132,991
General partner interest	48,873	51,048
Total Partners' capital	570,616	679,615
Non-controlling interests	82,064	79,902
Total Equity	652,680	759,517
Total Liabilities and Equity	$ 2,121,633	$ 2,240,817

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In November 2019, we paid a distribution of $0.4042 per common unit in respect of the quarter ended September 30, 2019, to unitholders of record as of November 8, 2019 amounting to $28.6 million in the aggregate. We also paid a cash distribution of $0.546875 per Series A Preferred Unit in respect of the period from August 15, 2019 through November 14, 2019 to unitholders of record as of November 8, 2019, amounting to $3.0 million in the aggregate.

In November 2019, we borrowed $15.0 million from Golar. The loan is unsecured, repayable in full on December 31, 2019, and bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.0%.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Net (expense)/income from related parties:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended   September 30,
(in thousands of $)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Transactions with Golar and affiliates:
Management and administrative services fees (a)	(2,448	)	(1,901	)	(7,195	)	(5,778	)
Ship management fees (b)	(1,115	)	(1,300	)	(3,345	)	(3,900	)
Income on deposits paid to Golar (c)	—		295		—		4,779
Distributions with Golar, net (d)	(3,163	)	(11,142	)	(14,572	)	(37,318	)

Receivables/(payables) with related parties:

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, balances with related parties consisted of the following:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Balances due from/(to) Golar and affiliates (e)	3,558	(4,091	)
Methane Princess lease security deposit movements (f)	2,406	2,854
Total	5,964	(1,237	)

(a) Management and administrative services fees- We are party to a management and administrative services agreement with Golar Management Limited (“Golar Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Golar, pursuant to which Golar Management provides to us certain management and administrative services. The services provided by Golar Management are charged at cost plus a management fee equal to 5% of Golar Management’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with providing these services. We may terminate the agreement by providing 120 days’ written notice.

(b) Ship management fees - Golar and certain of its affiliates charged ship management fees to us for the provision of technical and commercial management of the vessels. Each of our vessels is subject to management agreements pursuant to which certain commercial and technical management services are provided by certain subsidiaries of Golar, including Golar Management. We may terminate these agreements by providing 30 days’ written notice.

(c) Income on deposits paid to Golar - In May 2016, we completed the acquisition from Golar of Tundra Corp. (“Tundra Corp”), the owner of the Golar Tundra (the “Tundra Acquisition”), and paid total cash purchase consideration of $107.2 million. In May 2017, we elected to exercise our right (the “Tundra Put Right”) to require Golar to repurchase Tundra Corp at a price equal to the original purchase price. In connection with the exercise of the Tundra Put Right, we and Golar entered into an agreement pursuant to which we agreed to sell Tundra Corp to Golar on the date of the closing of the sale to Golar of Tundra Corp pursuant to the Tundra Put Option (the “Put Sale Closing Date”) on October 17, 2017 in return for Golar's promise to pay an amount equal to $107.2 million (the “Deferred Purchase Price”) plus an additional amount equal to 5% per annum of the Deferred Purchase Price (the “Additional Amount”). The Deferred Purchase Price and the Additional Amount was applied to the net purchase price of the Hilli Acquisition on July 12, 2018.

On August 15, 2017, Golar Partners Operating LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary, entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Hilli Purchase Agreement”) for the Hilli Acquisition from Golar and affiliates of Keppel and B&V of Common Units in Hilli LLC, which indirectly owns the Hilli. The Hilli Common Units we acquired represent the equivalent of 50% of the two liquefaction trains, out of a total of four, that are currently contracted to the Customer under the LTA. Concurrently with the execution of the Hilli Purchase Agreement, we paid a $70 million deposit to Golar, upon which we received interest at a rate of 5% per annum. We applied the deposit and interest accrued to the purchase price on July 12, 2018, upon completion of the Hilli Acquisition.

We recognized $nil for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, and $0.3 million and $4.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, from the above arrangements as interest income on the Deferred Purchase Price and $70 million deposit.

(d) Distributions with Golar, net - During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we paid total distributions to Golar of $9.2 million and $27.5 million, and $13.1 million and $39.3 million, respectively, in respect of the Common Units and General Partner units owned by it.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, Hilli LLC declared quarterly distributions totaling $6.0 million and $12.9 million, and $1.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in respect of the Hilli Common Units owned by us. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we have a dividend receivable of $4.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively.

(e) Balances due from/(to) Golar and its affiliates - Receivables and payables with Golar and its affiliates primarily comprise of unpaid fees and expenses for management and administrative services and vessel management services performed by Golar and its affiliates, dividends due in respect of the Hilli Common Units, and other related party arrangements. In addition, certain receivables and payables arise when we pay an invoice on behalf of a related party and vice versa. Receivables and payables are generally settled quarterly in arrears. Trading balances due from Golar and its affiliates are unsecured, interest-free and intended to be settled in the ordinary course of business.

(f) Methane Princess lease security deposit movements - This represents net advances to Golar since our initial public offering in April 2011, which correspond with the net release of funds from the security deposits held relating to the Methane Princess lease. This is in connection with the Methane Princess tax lease indemnity provided by Golar under the Omnibus Agreement that we entered into with Golar at the time of our initial public offering. Accordingly, these amounts held with Golar will be settled as part of the eventual termination of the Methane Princess lease.

Other transactions

Agency agreement with PT Pesona Sentra Utama (or PT Pesona) - PT Pesona, an Indonesian company, owns 51% of the issued share capital in our subsidiary, PTGI, the owner and operator of NR Satu, and provides agency and local representation services for us with respect to NR Satu. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, PT Pesona received an agency fee of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, and $0.1 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

Hilli guarantees (in connection with the Hilli Acquisition)

(i) Debt

Hilli Corp is a party to a Memorandum of Agreement, dated September 9, 2015, with Fortune Lianjiang Shipping S.A., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (“Fortune”), pursuant to which Hilli Corp has sold to and leased back from Fortune the Hilli under a 10-year bareboat charter agreement (the “Hilli Facility”). The Hilli Facility provided for post-construction financing for the Hilli in the amount of $960 million. Under the Hilli Facility, Hilli Corp will pay to Fortune forty consecutive equal quarterly repayments of 1.375% of the construction cost, plus interest based on LIBOR plus a margin of 3.95%. In connection with the closing of the Hilli Acquisition, we agreed to provide a several guarantee (the “Partnership Guarantee”) of 50% of the outstanding principal, interest, expenses and other amounts payable by Hilli Corp under the Hilli Facility pursuant to a Deed of Amendment, Restatement and Accession relating to a guarantee between Golar, Fortune and us dated July 12, 2018. We entered into a $480.0 million interest rate swap in relation to our proportionate share of the obligation under the Hilli Facility.

(ii) Letter of credit

On November 28, 2018, we entered into an agreement to guarantee (the “LOC Guarantee”) the letter of credit issued by a financial institution in the event of Hilli Corp’s underperformance or non-performance under the liquefaction tolling agreement for the Hilli. Under the LOC Guarantee, we are severally liable for any outstanding amounts that are payable, based on the percentage ownership that Golar holds in us, multiplied by our percentage ownership in Hilli Common Units.

Pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee and the LOC Guarantee, we are required to comply with the following covenants:

• free liquid assets of at least $30 million throughout the Hilli facility period;

• a maximum net debt to EBITDA ratio for the previous 12 months of 6.5:1; and

• a consolidated tangible net worth of $123.95 million.

As of September 30, 2019, the amount we have guaranteed under the Partnership Guarantee and the LOC Guarantee is $430.5 million, and the fair value of debt guarantee, presented under "Other current liabilities" and "Other non-current liabilities" of our consolidated balance sheet, amounting to $1.8 million and $6.9 million, respectively. We are in compliance with the covenants for both Hilli guarantees.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") - SCHEDULE OF SALE LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS (Details) - Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary - Eskimo SPV Agreement - Golar Eskimo - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2025	Nov. 30, 2019
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Sales value	$ 285.0
Scenario, Forecast
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Subsequent repurchase option			$ 214.4
Repurchase obligation at end of lease term		$ 128.3

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SEGMENT INFORMATION NARRATIVE (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 segment vessel	Jul. 31, 2018	Jul. 12, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment	3
LNG Carrier
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of vessels	4
FSRU
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of vessels	6
Hilli LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of interests acquired		50.00%	50.00%

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OPERATING LEASES (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2019	$ 67,841
2020	221,311
2021	213,199
2022	213,199
2023 and thereafter	267,885
Total	$ 983,435

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EQUITY - SCHEDULE OF ISSUANCES OF COMMON UNITS AND GENERAL PARTNER UNITS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased, per share (in dollars per share)	$ 10.19
Common units purchased, net cost	$ 1,565
Golar's Ownership after the Offering	32.04%
General partner, ownership interest		2.00%
Common Units
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of common units repurchased (in shares)	153,728	153,728

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - SCHEDULE OF OFFSETTING DERIVATIVE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Total asset derivatives
Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet	$ 1,646	$ 17,617
Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements	(1,322)	(3,281)
Net amount	324	14,336
Total liability derivatives
Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet	(46,618)	(8,753)
Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements	1,322	3,281
Net amount	$ (45,296)	$ (5,472)

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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES - SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF HILLI LLC (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current assets	$ 132,510	$ 164,529
Current liabilities	(313,218)	(136,107)
Hilli LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current assets	57,895	124,642
Non-current assets	1,308,377	1,392,711
Current liabilities	(49,317)	(109,773)
Non-current liabilities	$ (944,482)	$ (1,004,184)

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Carrying Value and Estimated Fair Value of the Partnership's Financial Instruments

The carrying value and estimated fair value of our financial instruments as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

		September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Fair value  Hierarchy	Carrying  Value		Fair  Value		Carrying  Value		Fair  Value
Non-Derivatives:
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1	51,961		51,961		96,648		96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	Level 1	178,697		178,697		172,444		172,444
2015 and 2017 Norwegian Bonds (1)	Level 1	(400,000	)	(399,863	)	(400,000	)	(396,843	)
Short and long-term debt — floating (2)	Level 2	(844,247	)	(844,247	)	(883,100	)	(883,100	)
Obligation under capital lease (2)	Level 2	(114,230	)	(114,230	)	(119,683	)	(119,683	)
Derivatives:
Interest rate swaps asset (3)	Level 2	1,646		1,646		17,617		17,617
Interest rate swaps liability (3)	Level 2	(46,618	)	(46,618	)	(8,753	)	(8,753	)

(1) This pertains to the 2015 and 2017 Norwegian bonds with a carrying value of $400.0 million as of September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $400.0 million), which are included under long-term debt on the balance sheet. The fair value of the bonds as of September 30, 2019 was $399.9 million (December 31, 2018: $396.8 million), which is 99.97% of their face value (December 31, 2018: 99.21%).

(2) Our short-term and long-term debt and capital lease obligations are recorded at amortized cost in the consolidated balance sheets. The long-term debt is presented gross of deferred financing cost of $7.2 million as of September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $10.8 million).

(3)  Derivative liabilities are captured within other current liabilities and derivative assets are captured within long-term assets on the balance sheet.

Offsetting Assets

However, if we were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of derivatives on a net basis, the amounts presented in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 would be adjusted as detailed in the following table:

	September 30, 2019						December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount		Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount
Total asset derivatives	1,646		(1,322	)	324		17,617		(3,281	)	14,336
Total liability derivatives	(46,618	)	1,322		(45,296	)	(8,753	)	3,281		(5,472	)

Offsetting Liabilities

However, if we were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of derivatives on a net basis, the amounts presented in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 would be adjusted as detailed in the following table:

	September 30, 2019						December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount		Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount
Total asset derivatives	1,646		(1,322	)	324		17,617		(3,281	)	14,336
Total liability derivatives	(46,618	)	1,322		(45,296	)	(8,753	)	3,281		(5,472	)

Interest Rate Swap Transactions

As of September 30, 2019, we have entered into the following interest rate swap transactions involving the payment of fixed rates in exchange for LIBOR as summarized below: 

Instrument  (in thousands of $)	Notional  amount	Maturity Dates			Fixed Interest Rates
Interest rate swaps:
Receiving floating, pay fixed	1,722,957	2019	to	2026	1.07	%	to	2.90%

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EARNINGS PER UNIT AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Calculations of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Unit

The calculations of basic and diluted loss/earnings per common unit are presented below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $, except per unit data)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Common unitholders' interest in net income/(loss)	4,808			45,025			(21,213		)	81,472
Less: distributions paid (1)	(39,844		)	(28,213		)	(120,065		)	(109,121		)
(Over)/under distributed earnings	(35,036		)	16,812			(141,278		)	(27,649		)
Basic:
Weighted average Common Units outstanding (in thousands)	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
Diluted:
Weighted average Common Units outstanding (in thousands)	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
Common unit and common unit equivalents	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
(Loss)/earnings per unit (basic and diluted):
Basic - Common unitholders	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Diluted - Common unitholders	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Cash distributions declared and paid in the period per common unit(2):	$	0.40		$	0.58		$	1.21		$	1.73
Subsequent event: Cash distributions declared and paid per common unit relating to the period(3):	$	0.40		$	0.40		$	0.40		$	0.40

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⁽¹⁾ Refers to distributions made or to be made in relation to the period, irrespective of the declaration and payment dates, and is based on the weighted average number of Common Units outstanding in the period.

⁽²⁾ Refers to cash distributions declared and paid during the period.

⁽³⁾ Refers to cash distributions declared relating to the period and paid subsequent to the period end.

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TAXATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

TAXATION

TAXATION

As of September 30, 2019, a net deferred tax liability of $10.1 million ($7.0 million at December 31, 2018) was recognized due to the deferred tax liability arising from tax depreciation being in excess of the accounting depreciation for the Golar Eskimo.

Tax charge

The tax charge for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 included current tax charges in respect of our operations in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Kuwait, Indonesia, Jordan and Barbados.

The total tax charge includes a net deferred tax charge in relation to the tax depreciation in excess of accounting depreciation for Jordan of $0.5 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and $0.4 million and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. In addition, Jordan introduced a new solidarity tax applicable from 2019 of 1% which we believe applies to our Jordan branch. Therefore, a further $nil and $1.4 million deferred tax charge was recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. All tax losses were utilized in 2018, hence, there is no related deferred tax charge for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively ($0.1 million and $0.2 million of deferred tax charge was recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively).

Uncertain tax positions

As of September 30, 2019, we recognized a provision of $5.5 million (December 31, 2018: $4.7 million) for certain tax risks in various jurisdictions.

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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Adoption of new accounting standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) along with subsequent amendments ASU 2019-20 Leases (Topic 842): Narrow scope improvements for lessors in December 2018 and ASU 2019-01 Leases (Topic 842): Codification improvements in March 2019. Topic 842 modifies the definition of a lease, requires reassessment of the lease term upon the occurrence of certain triggers and introduces new disclosures. Lessors are required to classify leases as sales-type, direct financing or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of income recognition and provides guidance for sale and leaseback transactions. Topic 842 requires a lessee to recognize leases on its balance sheet by

recording a lease liability (representing the obligation to make future lease payments) and a right of use asset (representing the right to use the asset for the lease term). Leases for lessees will be classified as either financing or operating with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

We adopted this Topic 842 on January 1, 2019 under a modified retrospective transition approach. The Partnership does not have any lessee contracts, therefore the adoption solely impacts the contracts where we are the lessor. We have elected to use the ‘package’ of practical expedients available, which means no reassessment on transition of whether an agreement contains a lease, lease classification, and initial direct costs under ASC 842. As part of this package the lease term has been determined using hindsight up to the date of transition when considering lessee options to extend or terminate the agreement or to purchase the underlying asset. Furthermore, where available we have elected not to separate the components in our lease arrangements, instead accounting for them as a combined component under ASC 842. Our election of the practical expedient providing transition relief will result in our prior periods not being restated and will continue to be represented in accordance with Topic 840.

Our legacy leases will continue to be classified in accordance with Topic 840, while modifications and subsequent accounting will follow the accounting under Topic 842. Leases entered into on or after January 1, 2019 have been assessed under the requirements of Topic 842. New lessor presentation and disclosure requirements have been applied to our new and existing lease agreements. Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements discloses the maturity analysis of operating lease payments under arrangements where we are the lessor.

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-09 Codification improvements. The amendments in this ASU cover a wide range of topics covering primarily minor corrections, clarifications and codification improvements. We adopted the codification improvements that were not effective on issuance on January 1, 2019 under the specified transition approach connected with each of the codification improvements. The impact of this amendment has not had a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or related disclosures, including retained earnings as 1 January 2019.

Accounting pronouncements that have been issued but not adopted

The following table provides a brief description of recent accounting standards that have been issued but not yet adopted:

Standard	Description	Date of Adoption	Effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequent amendments, including ASU 2018-19 & ASU 2019-04 Codification Improvements to Topic 326 "Financial Instruments-Credit Losses"	Replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected loss methodology that requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.	January 1, 2020	Under evaluation
ASU 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	Removes some disclosure requirements relating to transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the FV hierarchy. Introduces new disclosure requirements for Level 3 measurements	January 1, 2020	No material impact on our disclosure requirements as we have no Level 3 measurements.
ASU 2018-17 Consolidation (Topic 810) - Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities	For the purposes of determining whether a decision making fee is a variable interest, a company is now required to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportionate basis as opposed to as a direct investment in the entity.	January 1, 2020	No impact on consolidation assessments.

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NET INVESTMENT IN LEASES (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

NET INVESTMENT IN LEASES

NET INVESTMENT IN LEASED VESSEL

On May 15, 2019, we executed a modification to the Golar Freeze Charter which triggered a change in lease classification to a sales-type lease. This classification change resulted in the de-recognition of the vessel asset carrying value, the recognition of net investment in leased vessel (consisting of present value of the future lease receivables and unguaranteed residual value), and a gain on disposal, which is presented in "Other non-operating income" of our consolidated statement of operations. Post modification to sales-type lease, all charter hire revenue from the Golar Freeze Finance Lease is to be recognized as interest income. We recognized interest income of $4.1 million and $5.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 (September 30, 2018: nil).

The following table lists the components of our net investment in leased vessel and the maturity profile of the undiscounted lease receivables:

Year ending December 31, (in thousands of $)
2019(1)	4,600
2020	18,300
2021	18,250
2022	18,250
2023 and thereafter	207,600
Total minimum lease receivable	267,000
Unguaranteed residual value	16,000
Gross investment in sales-type lease	283,000
Less: unearned interest income	(168,309	)
Net investment in leased vessel	114,691
Less: current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	(2,229	)
Non-current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	112,462

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

The charter includes an option after 3 years for the charterer to terminate the contract and seek an alternative regasification solution, but only in the event that certain throughput targets have not been met. Additionally, we will have a matching right to provide such alternative solution. The charter also includes a 5-year extension option.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 51,961	$ 96,648	$ 75,781	$ 246,954
Restricted cash and short-term deposits		48,743	31,330	27,106	27,306
Restricted cash - non-current		129,954	141,114	145,932	155,627
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents	[1],[2]	$ 230,658	$ 269,092	$ 248,819	$ 429,887

[1] Included within restricted cash are security deposits for our capital lease, debt facility and performance guarantees issued to the charterers.

[2] The following table identifies the balance sheet line-items included in ‘cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash’ presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows:   September 30, December 31, September 30, December 31, (in thousands of $)  2019 2018 2018 2017 Cash and cash equivalents 51,961
96,648
75,781
246,954
Restricted cash and short-term deposits 48,743
31,330
27,106
27,306
Restricted cash - non-current 129,954
141,114
145,932
155,627
  230,658
269,092
248,819
429,887

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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The following table provides a brief description of recent accounting standards that have been issued but not yet adopted:

Standard	Description	Date of Adoption	Effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequent amendments, including ASU 2018-19 & ASU 2019-04 Codification Improvements to Topic 326 "Financial Instruments-Credit Losses"	Replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected loss methodology that requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.	January 1, 2020	Under evaluation
ASU 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	Removes some disclosure requirements relating to transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the FV hierarchy. Introduces new disclosure requirements for Level 3 measurements	January 1, 2020	No material impact on our disclosure requirements as we have no Level 3 measurements.
ASU 2018-17 Consolidation (Topic 810) - Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities	For the purposes of determining whether a decision making fee is a variable interest, a company is now required to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportionate basis as opposed to as a direct investment in the entity.	January 1, 2020	No impact on consolidation assessments.

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EQUITY

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Equity [Abstract]

EQUITY

EQUITY

The following table summarizes our repurchase of Common Units during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019:

Date	Number of Common Units Repurchased	Unit Price	Net Cost (in thousands of $)	Golar's Ownership after the repurchase(1)
August 2019	153,728	$10.19	1,565	32.04%

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⁽¹⁾ Includes Golar's 2% general partner interest in the Partnership.

The following table shows the movement in our number of preferred units, Common Units and general partner ("GP") units during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

(in units)	Preferred units	Common Units		GP Units
As of December 31, 2018	5,520,000	69,455,364		1,436,391
Common units acquired and cancelled	—	(153,728	)	—
As of September 30, 2019	5,520,000	69,301,636		1,436,391

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Total operating revenues	$ 75,818	$ 108,232	$ 223,089	$ 266,647
Vessel operating expenses	(14,740)	(16,372)	(46,463)	(49,378)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,685)	(2,312)	(5,164)	(7,241)
Administrative expenses	(3,110)	(2,944)	(10,227)	(10,140)
Depreciation and amortization	(20,380)	(24,593)	(63,188)	(75,171)
Total operating expenses	(39,915)	(46,221)	(125,042)	(141,930)
Operating income	35,903	62,011	98,047	124,717
Other non-operating income	0	0	4,195	236
Financial income/(expense)
Interest income	4,990	1,177	8,474	7,959
Interest expense	(19,764)	(20,062)	(61,236)	(59,679)
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(9,937)	11,338	(48,406)	34,274
Other financial items, net	541	(545)	757	(1,115)
Net financial expenses	(24,170)	(8,092)	(100,411)	(18,561)
Income before tax, equity in net earnings of affiliate and non-controlling interests	11,733	53,919	1,831	106,392
Tax	(4,817)	(4,512)	(15,032)	(12,938)
Equity in net earnings/(loss) of affiliate	1,181	(71)	2,773	(71)
Net income/(loss)	8,097	49,336	(10,428)	93,383
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(173)	(372)	(2,162)	(1,224)
Net income/(loss) attributable to Golar LNG Partners LP Owners	7,924	48,964	(12,590)	92,159
General partner interest in net income/(loss)	97	920	(434)	1,664
Preferred unitholders’ interest in net income	3,019	3,019	9,057	9,023
Common unitholders’ interest in net income/(loss)	$ 4,808	$ 45,025	$ (21,213)	$ 81,472
Earnings/(loss) per unit
Cash distributions declared and paid per unit in the period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.58	$ 1.21	$ 1.73
Common Units
Financial income/(expense)
Net income/(loss) attributable to Golar LNG Partners LP Owners	$ 4,808	$ 45,025	$ (21,213)	$ 81,472
Earnings/(loss) per unit
Common unit (basic) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.64	$ (0.31)	$ 1.16
Common unit (diluted) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.64	$ (0.31)	$ 1.16

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EARNINGS PER UNIT AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Distribution Made to Limited Partner
Common unitholders' interest in net income/(loss)	$ 7,924	$ 48,964	$ (12,590)	$ 92,159
(Loss)/earnings per unit (basic and diluted):
Cash distributions declared and paid in the period per unit (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.58	$ 1.21	$ 1.73
Subsequent event: Cash distributions declared and paid per unit relating to the period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 0.40
Ownership interest by third party (percentage)	69.40%		69.40%
Common unitholders
Distribution Made to Limited Partner
Common unitholders' interest in net income/(loss)	$ 4,808	$ 45,025	$ (21,213)	$ 81,472
Less: distributions paid	(39,844)	(28,213)	(120,065)	(109,121)
(Over)/under distributed earnings	$ (35,036)	$ 16,812	$ (141,278)	$ (27,649)
Basic:
Weighted average units outstanding (in shares)	69,379	69,850	69,429	69,983
Diluted:
Weighted average units outstanding (in shares)	69,379	69,850	69,429	69,983
(Loss)/earnings per unit (basic and diluted):
Basic - Common unitholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.64	$ (0.31)	$ 1.16
Diluted - Common unitholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.64	$ (0.31)	$ 1.16
Common unit and common unit equivalents
Diluted:
Weighted average units outstanding (in shares)	69,379	69,850	69,429	69,983

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)					1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 12, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 17, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 15, 2017 train	Sep. 05, 2015 USD ($) quarterly_payment	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($)	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction
Distributions paid									$ 95,021,000	$ 133,416,000
Debt guarantee							$ 430,500,000		$ 430,500,000
Golar Management
Related Party Transaction
Management fee (percentage)									5.00%
Required notice for termination of management service agreement (in days)									120 days
Golar Management | Ship management fees
Related Party Transaction
Required notice for termination of management service agreement (in days)									30 days
Golar
Related Party Transaction
Distributions paid							9,200,000	$ 13,100,000	$ 27,500,000	39,300,000
Golar | Golar Tundra
Related Party Transaction
Additional amount, percent per annum of deferred purchase price		5.00%
Golar | Deposits paid to Golar
Related Party Transaction
Amount of transaction with related party		$ 107,200,000			$ 70,000,000	$ 107,200,000
Interest rate					5.00%
Interest income from related parties							0	300,000	0	4,800,000
Golar, Keppel, and B&V | Golar Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Acquired interest, equivalent percentage			50.00%
Number of liquefaction trains contracted | train			2
Total number of liquefaction trains | train			4
Fortune Lianjiang Shipping | Golar Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Covenant, free liquid assets	$ 30,000,000
Covenant, net debt to EBITDA leverage ratio, maximum	6.5
Covenant, consolidated tangible net worth	$ 123,950,000
Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Business acquisition, percentage of interests acquired	50.00%											50.00%
Affiliated Entity | PT Pesona
Related Party Transaction
Agency expense							100,000	100,000	400,000	800,000
Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Dividend receivable							4,000,000.0		4,000,000.0		$ 3,600,000
Other Current Liabilities
Related Party Transaction
Guarantees, fair value							1,800,000		1,800,000
Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Related Party Transaction
Guarantees, fair value							6,900,000		6,900,000
Hilli Facility | Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Long-term debt, term				10 years
Debt instrument, face amount				$ 960,000,000
Number of quarterly repayments | quarterly_payment				40
Percentage of quarterly repayments of construction costs				1.375%
Basis spread on variable rate				3.95%
Interest Rate Swap
Related Party Transaction
Notional amount							1,722,957,000		1,722,957,000
Interest Rate Swap | Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Notional amount													$ 480,000,000.0
Hilli LLC
Related Party Transaction
Cash distributions declared							$ 6,000,000.0	$ 1,900,000	$ 12,900,000	$ 1,900,000
PT Pesona | Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners							51.00%		51.00%

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IMPACTING BALANCE SHEET (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Liabilities
Long-term debt	$ 1,011,926	$ 1,196,899
Eskimo SPV Agreement | Golar Eskimo
Liabilities
Short-term debt	11,545	11,836
Long-term debt	$ 173,902	$ 187,401

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LOSSES/GAINS ON DERIVATIVES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS, NET - SCHEDULE OF OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Component of Other Income (Expense), Nonoperating [Line Items]
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	$ (9,937)	$ 11,338	$ (48,406)	$ 34,274
Amortization of debt guarantee	510	0	1,579	0
Foreign exchange gain (loss)			(351)	671
Financing arrangement fees and other costs	(203)	(441)	(448)	(1,006)
Other financial items, net	541	(545)	757	(1,115)
(Losses)/gains on derivatives and Other financial items, net	(9,396)	10,793	(47,649)	33,159
Capital lease obligation and related Restricted Cash
Component of Other Income (Expense), Nonoperating [Line Items]
Foreign exchange gain (loss)	249	263	(351)	781
Interest Rate Swap
Component of Other Income (Expense), Nonoperating [Line Items]
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	(10,860)	7,523	(53,836)	26,044
Earn Out Units
Component of Other Income (Expense), Nonoperating [Line Items]
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	0	2,900	0	7,400
Net Interest Income (Expense) within Derivative Financial Instruments | Interest Rate Swap
Component of Other Income (Expense), Nonoperating [Line Items]
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments	923	915	5,430	830
Other Non-Operating Expense
Component of Other Income (Expense), Nonoperating [Line Items]
Foreign exchange gain (loss)	$ (15)	$ (367)	$ (23)	$ (890)

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss)/Income	Total Before Non-Controlling Interest	Non-Controlling Interest	Preferred Units	Common Units	General Partner Units and IDRs	[1]	Incentive Distribution Rights General Partner Units and IDRs
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2017	$ 847,601	$ 26	$ 771,057	$ 76,544	$ 132,991	$ 585,440	$ 52,600
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss)	93,383		92,159	1,224	9,023	81,472	1,664
Other comprehensive income	(26)	(26)	(26)
Cash distributions	(132,880)		(132,880)		(9,023)	(121,372)	(2,485)
Net proceeds from equity issuances	13,854		13,854			13,563	291
Units options expense	174		174			174
Common units acquired and cancelled	(9,477)		(9,477)			(9,477)
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2018	812,629	0	734,861	77,768	132,991	549,800	52,070
Beginning Balance at Jun. 30, 2018	807,415	0	730,019	77,396	132,991	545,047	51,981
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss)	49,336		48,964	372	3,019	45,025	920
Other comprehensive income	0
Cash distributions	(44,180)		(44,180)		(3,019)	(40,330)	(831)
Units options expense	58		58			58
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2018	812,629	0	734,861	77,768	132,991	549,800	52,070
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	759,517	0	679,615	79,902	132,991	495,576	51,048		$ 32,500
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss)	(10,428)		(12,590)	2,162	9,057	(21,213)	(434)
Other comprehensive income	0
Cash distributions	(95,021)		(95,021)		(9,057)	(84,223)	(1,741)
Units options expense	177		177			177
Common units acquired and cancelled	(1,565)		(1,565)			(1,565)
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2019	652,680	0	570,616	82,064	132,991	388,752	48,873		32,500
Beginning Balance at Jun. 30, 2019	677,763	0	595,872	81,891	132,991	413,525	49,356
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss)	8,097		7,924	173	3,019	4,808	97
Other comprehensive income	0
Cash distributions	(31,674)		(31,674)		(3,019)	(28,075)	(580)
Units options expense	59		59			59
Common units acquired and cancelled	(1,565)		(1,565)			(1,565)
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2019	$ 652,680	$ 0	$ 570,616	$ 82,064	$ 132,991	$ 388,752	$ 48,873		$ 32,500

[1] As of September 30, 2019, the carrying value of the equity attributable to the holders of our incentive distribution rights ("IDRs") was $32.5 million (December 31, 2018: $32.5 million).

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Sale Leaseback Transactions

The following table gives a summary of the sale and leaseback arrangement, including repurchase options and obligation as of September 30, 2019:

Vessel	Effective from	Sales value (in $ millions)	Subsequent repurchase option (in $ millions)	Subsequent repurchase option	Repurchase obligation at end of lease term    (in $ millions)	End of lease term
Golar Eskimo	November 2015	285.0	214.4	November 2019	128.3	November 2025

Summary of Payment Obligations Under the Bareboat Charter

A summary of our payment obligations under the bareboat charter with Eskimo SPV as of September 30, 2019 is shown below:

(in thousands of $)	2019(1)	2020	2021	2022	2023	After 2023
Golar Eskimo*	6,101	23,001	21,801	20,951	20,224	35,268

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

*This payment obligation table above includes variable rental payments due under the lease based on an assumed LIBOR plus margin, but excludes the repurchase obligation at the end of the lease term.

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities

The most significant impact of Eskimo SPV’s liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is as follows:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Liabilities
Short-term debt	11,545	11,836
Long-term debt	173,902	187,401

The following table summarizes the financial information of Hilli LLC shown on a 100% basis as of September 30, 2019 and

December 31, 2018:

(in thousands of $)	Balance at September 30, 2019		Balance at December 31, 2018
Balance sheet
Current assets	57,895		124,642
Non-current assets	1,308,377		1,392,711
Current liabilities	(49,317	)	(109,773	)
Non-current liabilities	(944,482	)	(1,004,184	)

*The summarized financial information of Hilli LLC excludes the Hilli LLC lessor VIE's financial information.

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EARNINGS PER UNIT AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER UNIT AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

LOSSES/EARNINGS PER UNIT AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

The calculations of basic and diluted loss/earnings per common unit are presented below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands of $, except per unit data)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Common unitholders' interest in net income/(loss)	4,808			45,025			(21,213		)	81,472
Less: distributions paid (1)	(39,844		)	(28,213		)	(120,065		)	(109,121		)
(Over)/under distributed earnings	(35,036		)	16,812			(141,278		)	(27,649		)
Basic:
Weighted average Common Units outstanding (in thousands)	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
Diluted:
Weighted average Common Units outstanding (in thousands)	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
Common unit and common unit equivalents	69,379			69,850			69,429			69,983
(Loss)/earnings per unit (basic and diluted):
Basic - Common unitholders	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Diluted - Common unitholders	$	0.07		$	0.64		$	(0.31	)	$	1.16
Cash distributions declared and paid in the period per common unit(2):	$	0.40		$	0.58		$	1.21		$	1.73
Subsequent event: Cash distributions declared and paid per common unit relating to the period(3):	$	0.40		$	0.40		$	0.40		$	0.40

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⁽¹⁾ Refers to distributions made or to be made in relation to the period, irrespective of the declaration and payment dates, and is based on the weighted average number of Common Units outstanding in the period.

⁽²⁾ Refers to cash distributions declared and paid during the period.

⁽³⁾ Refers to cash distributions declared relating to the period and paid subsequent to the period end.

As of September 30, 2019, of our total number of Common Units outstanding, 69.4% were held by the public and the remaining Common Units were held by Golar.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income/(loss)	$ 8,097	$ 49,336	$ (10,428)	$ 93,383
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to statements of operations	0	0	0	(26)
Other comprehensive loss	0	0	0	(26)
Comprehensive income/(loss)	8,097	49,336	(10,428)	93,357
Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to:
Golar LNG Partners LP Owners	7,924	48,964	(12,590)	92,133
Non-controlling interests	$ 173	$ 372	$ 2,162	$ 1,224

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 26, 2019	Nov. 14, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Subsequent Event
Distributions paid				$ 95,021	$ 133,416
Common Stock
Subsequent Event
Distributions paid			$ 28,600
Subsequent Event | Common Stock
Subsequent Event
Cash distribution (in dollars per share)	$ 0.4042
Subsequent Event | Series A Preferred Stock
Subsequent Event
Cash distribution (in dollars per share)	$ 0.546875
Distributions paid		$ 3,000
Golar LNG Limited | Unsecured Debt | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event
Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 15,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Golar LNG Limited | Unsecured Debt | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event
Basis spread on variable rate	5.00%

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OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) £ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) lease	Sep. 30, 2019 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans and capital lease	$ 1,479,924,000		$ 1,517,297,000
Net investment in leased vessel	$ 114,691,000
Leases subject to tax lease | lease	1
Accrued gain (loss) on terminated contracts	$ 1,800,000
Foreign Tax Authority | Indonesia | NR Satu Related Claim
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	24,000,000.0
Leased Vessel
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Net investment in leased vessel	114,700,000
Methane Princess | Minimum | Foreign Tax Authority | UNITED KINGDOM
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	0
Methane Princess | Maximum | Foreign Tax Authority | UNITED KINGDOM
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	$ 30,000,000	£ 23.0

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") - PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS (Details) - Golar Eskimo - Eskimo SPV Agreement - Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
2019	$ 6,101
2020	23,001
2021	21,801
2022	20,951
2023	20,224
After 2023	$ 35,268

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	$ 75,818	$ 108,232	$ 223,089	$ 266,647
Vessel operating expenses	(14,740)	(16,372)	(46,463)	(49,378)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,685)	(2,312)	(5,164)	(7,241)
Administrative expenses	(3,110)	(2,944)	(10,227)	(10,140)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	0		0
Adjusted EBITDA	56,283	86,604	161,235	199,888
Total assets	2,121,633	2,262,871	2,121,633	2,262,871	$ 2,240,817
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	101,836	131,968	301,143	290,383
Vessel operating expenses	(20,426)	(21,421)	(64,265)	(54,427)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,685)	(2,967)	(5,394)	(7,896)
Administrative expenses	(3,333)	(4,007)	(10,957)	(11,203)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600		6,900
Adjusted EBITDA	80,992	103,573	227,427	216,857
Total assets	2,121,633	2,262,871	2,121,633	2,262,871
Operating Segments | FSRU
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	63,490	96,836	181,719	232,370
Vessel operating expenses	(9,542)	(10,317)	(31,405)	(32,755)
Voyage and commission expenses	(1,002)	(1,146)	(3,236)	(3,898)
Administrative expenses	(1,870)	(1,810)	(6,194)	(6,479)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	4,600		6,900
Adjusted EBITDA	55,676	83,563	147,784	189,238
Total assets	1,090,228	1,112,411	1,090,228	1,112,411
Operating Segments | LNG Carrier
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	12,328	11,396	41,370	34,277
Vessel operating expenses	(5,198)	(6,055)	(15,058)	(16,623)
Voyage and commission expenses	(683)	(1,166)	(1,928)	(3,343)
Administrative expenses	(1,240)	(1,134)	(4,033)	(3,661)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	0		0
Adjusted EBITDA	5,207	3,041	20,351	10,650
Total assets	516,802	537,239	516,802	537,239
Operating Segments | FLNG
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	26,018	23,736	78,054	23,736
Vessel operating expenses	(5,686)	(5,049)	(17,802)	(5,049)
Voyage and commission expenses	0	(655)	(230)	(655)
Administrative expenses	(223)	(1,063)	(730)	(1,063)
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	0		0
Adjusted EBITDA	20,109	16,969	59,292	16,969
Total assets	196,045	208,554	196,045	208,554
Unallocated
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	0	0	0	0
Vessel operating expenses	0	0	0	0
Voyage and commission expenses	0	0	0	0
Administrative expenses	0	0	0	0
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	0		0
Adjusted EBITDA	0	0	0	0
Total assets	318,558	404,667	318,558	404,667
Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	(26,018)	(23,736)	(78,054)	(23,736)
Vessel operating expenses	5,686	5,049	17,802	5,049
Voyage and commission expenses	0	655	230	655
Administrative expenses	223	1,063	730	1,063
Amount invoiced under sales-type lease	(4,600)		(6,900)
Adjusted EBITDA	(24,709)	(16,969)	(66,192)	(16,969)
Total assets	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - INTEREST RATE SWAP TRANSACTIONS (Details) - Interest Rate Swap $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 1,722,957
Minimum
Derivative [Line Items]
Fixed Interest Rates	1.07%
Maximum
Derivative [Line Items]
Fixed Interest Rates	2.90%

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DEBT (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
	May 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Total long-term debt outstanding		$ 1,237,100,000	$ 1,272,400,000
Deferred financing costs		$ 7,200,000	$ 10,800,000
2015 Norwegian Bonds | Extended Bonds
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 150,000,000
Debt instrument, term	5 years
Basis spread on variable rate	4.40%
2015 Norwegian Bonds | Extended Bonds | Interest Rate Swap
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Interest rate, stated percentage	6.275%

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NET INVESTMENT IN LEASES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Maturity

The following table lists the components of our net investment in leased vessel and the maturity profile of the undiscounted lease receivables:

Year ending December 31, (in thousands of $)
2019(1)	4,600
2020	18,300
2021	18,250
2022	18,250
2023 and thereafter	207,600
Total minimum lease receivable	267,000
Unguaranteed residual value	16,000
Gross investment in sales-type lease	283,000
Less: unearned interest income	(168,309	)
Net investment in leased vessel	114,691
Less: current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	(2,229	)
Non-current portion of Net investment in leased vessel	112,462

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

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EQUITY (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Capital Units

The following table summarizes our repurchase of Common Units during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019:

Date	Number of Common Units Repurchased	Unit Price	Net Cost (in thousands of $)	Golar's Ownership after the repurchase(1)
August 2019	153,728	$10.19	1,565	32.04%

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⁽¹⁾ Includes Golar's 2% general partner interest in the Partnership.

Schedule of Movement in Capital Units

The following table shows the movement in our number of preferred units, Common Units and general partner ("GP") units during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

(in units)	Preferred units	Common Units		GP Units
As of December 31, 2018	5,520,000	69,455,364		1,436,391
Common units acquired and cancelled	—	(153,728	)	—
As of September 30, 2019	5,520,000	69,301,636		1,436,391

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Interest rate risk management

In certain situations, we may enter into financial instruments to reduce the risk associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We have entered into swaps that convert floating rate interest obligations to fixed rates, which, from an economic perspective, hedge our interest rate exposure. We do not hold or issue instruments for speculative or trading purposes. The counterparties to such contracts are major banking and financial institutions. Credit risk exists to the extent that the counterparties are unable to perform under the contracts; however, we do not anticipate non-performance by any of our counterparties.

We manage our debt and capital lease portfolio with interest rate swap agreements in U.S. dollars to achieve an overall desired position of fixed and floating interest rates. 

Fair values

We recognize our fair value estimates using a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on reliability of inputs used to determine fair value as follows:

Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

The carrying value and estimated fair value of our financial instruments as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

		September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Fair value  Hierarchy	Carrying  Value		Fair  Value		Carrying  Value		Fair  Value
Non-Derivatives:
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1	51,961		51,961		96,648		96,648
Restricted cash and short-term deposits	Level 1	178,697		178,697		172,444		172,444
2015 and 2017 Norwegian Bonds (1)	Level 1	(400,000	)	(399,863	)	(400,000	)	(396,843	)
Short and long-term debt — floating (2)	Level 2	(844,247	)	(844,247	)	(883,100	)	(883,100	)
Obligation under capital lease (2)	Level 2	(114,230	)	(114,230	)	(119,683	)	(119,683	)
Derivatives:
Interest rate swaps asset (3)	Level 2	1,646		1,646		17,617		17,617
Interest rate swaps liability (3)	Level 2	(46,618	)	(46,618	)	(8,753	)	(8,753	)

(1) This pertains to the 2015 and 2017 Norwegian bonds with a carrying value of $400.0 million as of September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $400.0 million), which are included under long-term debt on the balance sheet. The fair value of the bonds as of September 30, 2019 was $399.9 million (December 31, 2018: $396.8 million), which is 99.97% of their face value (December 31, 2018: 99.21%).

(2) Our short-term and long-term debt and capital lease obligations are recorded at amortized cost in the consolidated balance sheets. The long-term debt is presented gross of deferred financing cost of $7.2 million as of September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $10.8 million).

(3)  Derivative liabilities are captured within other current liabilities and derivative assets are captured within long-term assets on the balance sheet.

The credit exposure of interest rate swap agreements is represented by the fair value of contracts with a positive fair value at the end of each period, reduced by the effects of master netting agreements. It is our policy to enter into master netting agreements with the counterparties to derivative financial instrument contracts, which give us the legal right to discharge all or a portion of amounts owed to that counterparty by offsetting them against amounts that the counterparty owes to us. We have elected not to offset the fair values of derivative assets and liabilities executed with the same counterparty that are generally subject to enforceable master netting arrangements. However, if we were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of derivatives on a net basis, the amounts presented in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 would be adjusted as detailed in the following table:

	September 30, 2019						December 31, 2018
(in thousands of $)	Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount		Gross amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet		Gross amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheet subject to netting agreements		Net amount
Total asset derivatives	1,646		(1,322	)	324		17,617		(3,281	)	14,336
Total liability derivatives	(46,618	)	1,322		(45,296	)	(8,753	)	3,281		(5,472	)

As of September 30, 2019, we have entered into the following interest rate swap transactions involving the payment of fixed rates in exchange for LIBOR as summarized below: 

Instrument  (in thousands of $)	Notional  amount	Maturity Dates			Fixed Interest Rates
Interest rate swaps:
Receiving floating, pay fixed	1,722,957	2019	to	2026	1.07	%	to	2.90%

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OPERATING LEASES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

OPERATING LEASES

OPERATING LEASES

The minimum contractual future rentals under non-cancellable leases represent revenues to be recognized on a straight line basis for each of the following periods, as of September 30, 2019:

Year ending December 31, (in thousands of $)
2019(1)	67,841
2020	221,311
2021	213,199
2022	213,199
2023 and thereafter	267,885
Total	983,435

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

Minimum lease rentals under non-cancellable leases are calculated based on contractual future revenue expected to be recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term with certain assumptions such as those relating to expected off-hire days.

PT Nusantara Regas (“PTNR”) has the right to purchase the NR Satu at any time after the first anniversary of the commencement date of its charter at a price that must be agreed upon between us and PTNR. We have assumed that this option will not be exercised. Accordingly, the minimum lease rentals set out above include revenues arising within the option period.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (“Jordan”) has the option, for a termination fee, to terminate the charter after the fifth anniversary of the delivery date of the Golar Eskimo. The minimum contractual future revenues above assume that this option will not be exercised.

All our vessels are held for contractual future leasing, as such the cost and accumulated depreciation of vessels, all relates to arrangements under third party operating leases. For arrangements where operating costs are borne by the charterer on a pass through basis, the pass through of operating costs is reflected in both revenue and expenses.

The components of operating lease income were as follows:

(in thousands of $)	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease income	73,794	218,683
Variable lease income (1)	—	1,393
Total operating lease income	73,794	220,076

⁽¹⁾‘Variable lease income’ is excluded from lease payments that comprise the minimum contractual future revenues from non-cancellable leases.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs")

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (VIEs)

VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (“VIEs”)

Eskimo SPV

As of September 30, 2019, we leased one vessel from a VIE under a finance lease with a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sea 23 Leasing Co. Limited (“Eskimo SPV”) of China Merchants Bank Leasing (“CMBL”). Eskimo SPV is a special purpose vehicle (SPV).

In November 2015, we sold the Golar Eskimo to Eskimo SPV and subsequently leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter for a term of 10 years. From the third year anniversary of the commencement of the bareboat charter, we have an annual option to repurchase the vessel at fixed pre-determined amounts, with an obligation to repurchase the vessel at the end of the ten year lease period.

While we do not hold any equity investment in Eskimo SPV, we have determined that we have a variable interest in Eskimo SPV and that Eskimo SPV is a VIE. Based on our evaluation of the bareboat agreement we have concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of Eskimo SPV and, accordingly, have consolidated Eskimo SPV into our financial results. We did not record any gain or loss from the sale of the Golar Eskimo to Eskimo SPV. We continued to report the vessel in our consolidated financial statements at the same carrying value, as if the sale had not occurred, and our contractual debt with the Eskimo SPV eliminates on consolidation.

The equity attributable to CMBL in Eskimo SPV is included in non-controlling interests in our consolidated results. As of September 30, 2019, the Golar Eskimo is reported under “Vessels and equipment, net” in our consolidated balance sheet.

The following table gives a summary of the sale and leaseback arrangement, including repurchase options and obligation as of September 30, 2019:

Vessel	Effective from	Sales value (in $ millions)	Subsequent repurchase option (in $ millions)	Subsequent repurchase option	Repurchase obligation at end of lease term    (in $ millions)	End of lease term
Golar Eskimo	November 2015	285.0	214.4	November 2019	128.3	November 2025

A summary of our payment obligations under the bareboat charter with Eskimo SPV as of September 30, 2019 is shown below:

(in thousands of $)	2019(1)	2020	2021	2022	2023	After 2023
Golar Eskimo*	6,101	23,001	21,801	20,951	20,224	35,268

⁽¹⁾ For the three months ending December 31, 2019.

*This payment obligation table above includes variable rental payments due under the lease based on an assumed LIBOR plus margin, but excludes the repurchase obligation at the end of the lease term.

The most significant impact of Eskimo SPV’s liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is as follows:

(in thousands of $)	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018
Liabilities
Short-term debt	11,545	11,836
Long-term debt	173,902	187,401

The most significant impact of consolidation of Eskimo SPV’s operations on our condensed consolidated statement of operations is interest expense of $1.8 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively and $1.8 million and $5.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The most significant impact of consolidation of Eskimo SPV’s cash flows on our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows is net cash of $4.6 million and $13.8 million used in financing activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and $4.9 million and $8.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

Hilli LLC

On July 12, 2018, we acquired an interest in the Hilli through the acquisition of 50% of the Hilli Common Units. Concurrently with the closing of the Hilli Acquisition, we have determined that (i) Hilli LLC is a VIE, (ii) Golar is the primary beneficiary and retains sole control over the most significant activities and the greatest exposure to variability in residual returns and expected

losses from the Hilli and (iii) we are not the primary beneficiary. Thus, Hilli LLC was not consolidated into our financial statements. Refer to note 9 for summarized financial information of Hilli LLC.

As of September 30, 2019, our maximum exposure as a result of our ownership in the Hilli LLC is the carrying value of our investment in affiliate of $196.0 million (see note 9) and the outstanding portion of the Hilli Facility which we have guaranteed (see note 13).

PT Golar Indonesia

We consolidated PT Golar Indonesia (“PTGI”), which owns the NR Satu, in our consolidated financial statements effective September 28, 2011. PTGI became a VIE and we became its primary beneficiary upon our agreement to acquire all of Golar’s interests in certain subsidiaries that own and operate the NR Satu on July 19, 2012. We consolidate PTGI as we hold all of the voting stock and control all of the economic interests in PTGI.