Exhibit 4.4

Registration No. 30506

BERMUDA

TAX ASSURANCE

WHEREAS the Minister of Finance ("the Minister"), pursuant to section 2 of the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act 1966 , is authorised to enter into an arrangement with any exempted undertaking upon application.

WHEREASsuch undertakingsmay be given an assurance that in the event of there being enacted in Bermuda any legislation imposing tax computed on profits or income or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation , or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, then the imposition of any tax described herein shall not be applicable to such undertakings or to any of its operations or the shares, debentures or other obligations of the said undertakings.

THEREFOREthe Minister, upon application , hereby grants the aforementioned assurance to:

Golar LNG Limited

("the Undertaking")

PROVIDED THAT this assurance shall not be construed so as to:

(i) prevent the application of any such tax or duty to such persons as are ordinarily resident

in these Islands; and

(ii) prevent the application of any tax payable in accordance with the provisions of the

Land Tax Act 1967 or otherwise payable in relation to the l and leased to the

Undertaking.

THIS TAX ASSURANCEshall be in effect until the 31st dayof March 2035.

Given under my hand this

23^rdday of May 2011

/s/ Maria Boodram

Acting Registrar of Companies

for MINISTER OF FINANCE