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Receivables - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2012 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) Agreement | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Schedule Of Financial Receivables [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of arrangement with different financial institution to sell customer receivables | Agreement |  | 3 |
Deferred purchase price receivable | $ 254,000,000 | $ 197,000,000 | $ 249,000,000
Net cash funding received |  | 100,000,000 |
Amount of cash draws under arrangement |  | 200,000,000 |
Amount of cash repayments under arrangement |  | 100,000,000 |
Accounts receivables |  | 27,521,000,000 |
Cash collections of other receivables |  | 26,974,000,000 |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Schedule Of Financial Receivables [Line Items] |  |  |
Funding of customer receivables sold |  | 200,000,000 |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Schedule Of Financial Receivables [Line Items] |  |  |
Funding of customer receivables sold |  | 500,000,000 |
Predecessor [Member] |  |  |
Schedule Of Financial Receivables [Line Items] |  |  |
Net cash funding received |  | 350,000,000 |
Amount of cash draws under arrangement |  | 1,508,000,000 |
Amount of cash repayments under arrangement |  | $ 1,158,000,000 |

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