The 4.17 million optional shares, which were worth $244m at the $58.50 offering price, add to more than 27.8 million shares the Norwegian tycoon’s World Shipholding sold in a secondary offering this week.

US-listed Golar LNG said today that the offering has now closed.

The $1.87bn sale leaves Fredriksen, who has been Golar’s chairman, president and largest shareholder since 2001, with a 1.9%