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Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrants.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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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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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Aug. 11, 2014 FloatingAccommodationUnits	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	May 02, 2013
Logitel Offshore Holdings [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of floating accommodation units	3
Newbuildings [Member] \| Logitel Offshore Holdings [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of floating accommodation units	1
Tanker Investments Limited [Member] \| Warrant [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Expected volatility used in computing fair value of stock purchase warrants		61.50%
Tanker Investments Limited [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| 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
Teekay Offshore [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Portion of purchase price paid in cash				$ 253,000,000
Teekay Offshore [Member] \| Logitel Offshore Holdings [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Percentage of noncontrolling interest acquired	100.00%
Portion of purchase price paid in cash	4,000,000
Potential additional cash amount for purchase price	27,600,000
Weighted average cost of capital, discount rate		10.00%
Teekay Offshore [Member] \| Newbuildings [Member] \| Logitel Offshore Holdings [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of floating accommodation units	2