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Other Income (Expense), Net - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Impairment of equity method investment | $ 26.0 see_ImpairmentOfEquityMethodInvestment | $ 5.7 see_ImpairmentOfEquityMethodInvestment | $ 2.1 see_ImpairmentOfEquityMethodInvestment | $ 25.8 see_ImpairmentOfEquityMethodInvestment
Impairment of equity method investment, net | 18 see_ImpairmentOfEquityMethodInvestmentNet |  |  |
Other - than - temporary impairment, net per share | $ 0.09 see_EquityMethodInvestmentOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentPerShare |  |  |
Amount of guarantee obligations given by joint ventures | 20 see_AmountOfGuaranteeObligationsGivenByJointVentures |  |  |
Write-down of investment (expense) | 4 see_WriteDownOfInvestmentExpense |  |  |
Provisions for bad debt on receivables due from joint venture | 2 see_ProvisionsForBadDebtOnReceivablesDueFromJointVenture |  |  |
Carrying value of the investment | $ 0 us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments |  |  |

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