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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (Tanker Investments Limited [Member], Warrant [Member], USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrant			1.5
Purchase price of common stock		$ 10
Expected volatility used in computing fair value of stock purchase warrants	54.10%

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Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrants.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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