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Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Carrying Values And Estimated Fair Values Of Debt Instruments) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
4.70% Senior notes due 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSevenZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2021 |
6.875% Senior notes due 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 6.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2020 |
3.25% Senior notes due 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 3.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_ThreePointTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2016 |
Four Point Five Percent Senior Notes Member [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointFivePercentSeniorNotesMemberMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2024 |
Five Point Seven Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 5.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FivePointSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2044 |
8.50% Senior notes due 2019 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_EightPointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2019 |
7.875% Senior notes due 2040 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 7.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFortyMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2040 |
7.20% Debentures due 2027 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 7.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointTwoZeroPercentDebenturesDueTwoThousandTwentySevenMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2027 |
4.33% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.33%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointThreeThreePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2016 |
6.36% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2015 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 6.36%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointThreeSixPercentBondsDueTwoThousandFifteenMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2015 |
4.65% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.65%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSixFivePercentBondsDueTwoThousandTwentyMember |
Debt instrument maturity period | 2020 |
Carrying Value [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 5,920.4 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | $ 4,766.4 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 4.70% Senior notes due 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 1,479.9 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSevenZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 1,477.2 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSevenZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 6.875% Senior notes due 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 1,008.2 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 1,024.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 3.25% Senior notes due 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 998.0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_ThreePointTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 996.5 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_ThreePointTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | Four Point Five Percent Senior Notes Member [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 624.2 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointFivePercentSeniorNotesMemberMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointFivePercentSeniorNotesMemberMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | Five Point Seven Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 622.3 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FivePointSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FivePointSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 8.50% Senior notes due 2019 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 583.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_EightPointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 600.5 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_EightPointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 7.875% Senior notes due 2040 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 381.2 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFortyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 382.6 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFortyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 7.20% Debentures due 2027 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 149.2 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointTwoZeroPercentDebenturesDueTwoThousandTwentySevenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 149.1 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointTwoZeroPercentDebenturesDueTwoThousandTwentySevenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 4.33% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 46.6 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointThreeThreePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 78.9 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointThreeThreePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 6.36% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2015 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointThreeSixPercentBondsDueTwoThousandFifteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 25.3 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointThreeSixPercentBondsDueTwoThousandFifteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 4.65% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 27.0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSixFivePercentBondsDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember | 31.5 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSixFivePercentBondsDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 5,973.4 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 5,096.3 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 4.70% Senior notes due 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 1,505.3 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSevenZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 1,596.9 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSevenZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 6.875% Senior notes due 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 1,008.5 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 1,086.7 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 3.25% Senior notes due 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 1,018.3 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_ThreePointTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 1,045.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_ThreePointTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Four Point Five Percent Senior Notes Member [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 602.0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointFivePercentSeniorNotesMemberMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointFivePercentSeniorNotesMemberMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Five Point Seven Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 615.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FivePointSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FivePointSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 8.50% Senior notes due 2019 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 611.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_EightPointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 635.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_EightPointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 7.875% Senior notes due 2040 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 363.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFortyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 410.5 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFortyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 7.20% Debentures due 2027 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 171.4 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointTwoZeroPercentDebenturesDueTwoThousandTwentySevenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 178.6 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SevenPointTwoZeroPercentDebenturesDueTwoThousandTwentySevenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 4.33% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 46.8 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointThreeThreePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 79.7 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointThreeThreePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 6.36% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2015 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 0 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointThreeSixPercentBondsDueTwoThousandFifteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | 27.1 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_SixPointThreeSixPercentBondsDueTwoThousandFifteenMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Estimated Fair Value [Member] | 4.65% MARAD bonds, including current maturities, due 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument | 29.7 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSixFivePercentBondsDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember | $ 35.2 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = esv_FourPointSixFivePercentBondsDueTwoThousandTwentyMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember

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