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Insurance Recovery - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Insurance Recovery [Line Items] |  |  |
Insurance recovery proceeds | $ 18,000,000 |  | $ 8,965,000
Surfactants Segment [Member] |  |  |
Insurance Recovery [Line Items] |  |  |
Insurance recovery proceeds |  | $ 5,200,000 |
Polymer Segment [Member] |  |  |
Insurance Recovery [Line Items] |  |  |
Insurance recovery proceeds |  | $ 12,800,000 |

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- Definition The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395209&loc=SL114868664-224227 + Details
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