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Significant Acquisition Costs Significant Acquisition Costs Included in Statements of Operations (Details) - Recall Transaction and IODC Transaction [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Total Significant Acquisition Costs	$ 19,008	$ 20,571
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Total Significant Acquisition Costs	296	7,887
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Total Significant Acquisition Costs	$ 18,712	$ 12,684

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The expenses and losses recorded for each transaction with the acquiree that was recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (e)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463

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