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Income Taxes - Components of Company's Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 1,460,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
Disallowed finance costs	$ 47,000,000tk_DeferredTaxAssetsDisallowedInterestExpense
Finance costs carryforward period	18 years

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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