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Carrying Value of Equity Investment in Far South East (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Far South East Project [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership %	40.00%	40.00%

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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