Purchase And Supply Commitment, Forward Sale Amount

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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

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- Definition

Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.8)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Debt - J. Aron Forward Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 21, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	May 08, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cost associated with termination of debt		$ 8,633	$ 0	$ 19,669
Supply and Offtake Agreements
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Purchase And supply commitment, forward sale amount					$ 30,000
Debt instrument, interest rate					7.00%
Cost associated with termination of debt	$ 300