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Accounts and Transactions with Related Parties - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Desarrollo inmobiliario del este, S. A. [member] | Desarrollo inmobiliario [member]
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Approximate area of building | ft²	121,686
Number of lease floor	Five
Corporacion de inversiones areas, S. A [member] | Desarrollo inmobiliario [member] | Class B shares [member]
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Percentage of ownership	100.00%
Executive officers [member]
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Future payments pursuant to a non-compete agreement	$ 3.1
Petroleos delta, S. A. [member]
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Contract agreement term	Two years
Guarantee deposits	$ 11.8	$ 7.0
The last contract subscribed	June, 2016

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Guarantee deposits.

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Number of lease floor.

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The last contract subscribed.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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