Exhibit 13.1


                    PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection  with this Annual  Report of Golar LNG Limited (the  "Company") on
Form 20-F for the annual  period  ended  December  31,  2005,  as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC") on or about the date hereof (the
"Report"),  I, Gary  Smith,  the  Principal  Executive  Officer of the  Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.

     A signed  original  of this  written  statement  has been  provided  to the
Company and will be retained  by the  Company  and  furnished  to the SEC or its
staff upon request.

Date:  June 29, 2006

/s/ Gary Smith
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Gary Smith
Chief Executive Officer



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