UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of January
2008
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Golar
LNG Limited
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(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
Par-la-Ville
Place, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Form
20-F [X] Form
40-F[ ]
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by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Yes
[ ] No [X]
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"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in
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Item
1. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Golar
LNG Limited dated
January 18, 2008.
Exhibit 99.1
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NOTIFICATION
OF SHARE REPURCHASE
Golar
LNG Limited (“Golar”) announces that it has entered into a total return swap
(“TRS” or “equity swap”) with an international bank in connection with which it
has acquired 169,200 of its own shares with respect to the share buyback
announced on November 29, 2007. The shares were acquired at an average price
of
Nok 104.2 (approximately USD19).
The
TRS is designed to effectively provide financing for the acquisition of Golar’s
sharesin
connection with the share buyback noted aboveand
the TRS bank will be compensated for their carrying cost at Libor plus a margin.
The swap has a term of 6 months.
After
this transaction Golar holds a total of 400,000 shares in its own right together
with the 169,200 shares noted above.
Golar
LNG Limited
Hamilton,
Bermuda.
January
18,
2007.
Contacts:
Golar
Management (UK) Ltd +44 (0) 207 517 8600
Gary
Smith, CEO
Graham
Robjohns, CFO
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GOLAR
LNG LIMITED
(Registrant)
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By: /s/
Graham Robjohns
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Graham
Robjohns
Chief
Financial Officer
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Dated: January 18,
2008
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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.
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Golar
LNG Limited
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(Registrant)
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Date: January
22, 2008
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By: /s/Graham
Robjohns
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Graham
Robjohns
Chief
Financial Officer
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SK
03849 0004 847908