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Golar LNG Partners LP – ‘6-K’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/26/19, at 12:48pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1415916-19-18   ·   File #:  1-35123

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/26/19  Golar LNG Partners LP             6-K         9/30/19   76:7.8M

Report by a Foreign Issuer   —   Form 6-K   —   Rule 13a-16 / 15d-16
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 6-K         Report by a Foreign Issuer                          HTML   1.14M 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     35K 
53: R2          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    102K 
                Operations                                                       
63: R3          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     50K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
36: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    125K 
 7: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    136K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
50: R6          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     49K 
                Cash Flows Supplementary Cash Flow (Parenthetical)               
59: R7          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     61K 
                Changes in Partners' Capital                                     
35: R8          General                                             HTML     26K 
12: R9          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     40K 
48: R10         Recently Issued Accounting Standards                HTML     38K 
76: R11         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs")                 HTML     50K 
30: R12         Segment Information                                 HTML    136K 
21: R13         Losses/Gains on Derivatives and Other Financial     HTML     48K 
                Items, Net                                                       
47: R14         Taxation                                            HTML     30K 
75: R15         Operating Leases                                    HTML     40K 
29: R16         Investments in Affiliates                           HTML     41K 
20: R17         Debt                                                HTML     26K 
49: R18         Net Investment in Leases (Notes)                    HTML     39K 
74: R19         Financial Instruments                               HTML     77K 
38: R20         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     69K 
 9: R21         Other Commitments and Contingencies                 HTML     37K 
52: R22         Equity                                              HTML     38K 
61: R23         Earnings Per Unit and Cash Distributions            HTML     59K 
37: R24         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
 8: R25         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML     72K 
51: R26         Recently Issued Accounting Standards (Tables)       HTML     34K 
60: R27         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") (Tables)        HTML     58K 
34: R28         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    133K 
11: R29         Losses/Gains on Derivatives and Other Financial     HTML     48K 
                Items, Net (Tables)                                              
23: R30         Operating Leases (Tables)                           HTML     40K 
31: R31         Investments in Affiliates (Tables)                  HTML     50K 
72: R32         Net Investment in Leases (Tables)                   HTML     36K 
45: R33         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML     95K 
24: R34         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     44K 
32: R35         Other Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)        HTML     27K 
73: R36         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     39K 
46: R37         Earnings Per Unit and Cash Distributions (Tables)   HTML     59K 
22: R38         General (Details)                                   HTML     31K 
33: R39         ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative (Details)           HTML     23K 
14: R40         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - NARRATIVE     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R41         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - SCHEDULE OF   HTML     34K 
                SALE LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS (Details)                            
67: R42         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - PAYMENT       HTML     39K 
                OBLIGATIONS (Details)                                            
57: R43         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - SCHEDULE OF   HTML     30K 
                ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IMPACTING BALANCE SHEET                   
                (Details)                                                        
15: R44         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") VARIABLE        HTML     35K 
                INTEREST ENTITIES ("VIEs") - HILLI LLC (Details)                 
40: R45         Segment Information Narrative (Details)             HTML     34K 
68: R46         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     70K 
58: R47         Losses/Gains on Derivatives and Other Financial     HTML     49K 
                Items, Net - Schedule of Other Financial Items                   
                (Details)                                                        
13: R48         Taxation (Details)                                  HTML     43K 
41: R49         Operating Leases (Details)                          HTML     34K 
28: R50         Operating Leases - Operating Lease Income           HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
18: R51         Investments in Affiliates (Details)                 HTML     38K 
44: R52         Investments in Affiliates - Summarized Financial    HTML     40K 
                Information of Hilli Llc (Details)                               
70: R53         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     42K 
27: R54         Net Investment in Leases (Details)                  HTML     65K 
17: R55         Financial Instruments - Carrying Value and          HTML     80K 
                Estimated Fair Value of the Partnership's                        
                Financial Instruments (Details)                                  
43: R56         Financial Instruments - Schedule of Offsetting      HTML     44K 
                Derivative Assets and Liabilities (Details)                      
69: R57         Financial Instruments - Interest Rate Swap          HTML     30K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
26: R58         Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Related    HTML     35K 
                Party Transactions (Details)                                     
19: R59         Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Related    HTML     30K 
                Party Balances (Details)                                         
56: R60         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML    138K 
65: R61         Other Commitments and Contingencies (Details)       HTML     45K 
42: R62         Equity - Schedule of Issuances of Common Units and  HTML     34K 
                General Partner Units (Details)                                  
16: R63         Equity - Schedule of Movement in the Number of      HTML     39K 
                Common Units and General Partner Units (Details)                 
54: R64         Earnings Per Unit and Cash Distributions (Details)  HTML     68K 
64: R65         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     44K 
55: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    143K 
71: XML         XBRL Instance -- golarlngpartners6-kq32_htm          XML   1.94M 
62: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     82K 
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 5: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- glng-20190930_lab                     XML   1.45M 
 6: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- glng-20190930_pre              XML    922K 
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25: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              329±   476K 
66: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001415916-19-000018-xbrl      Zip    268K

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