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Operating and Direct Financing Leases - Operating Lease Obligations - Additional Information (Detail) - Teekay Tangguh Joint Venture [Member] $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Vessel	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]
Number of vessels | Vessel	2
Tax indemnification | $	$ 8.0	$ 8.4
Tax indemnification of lease contracts	The tax indemnification is for the duration of the lease contract with the third party plus the years it would take for the lease payments to be statute barred, and ends in 2033.
Operating lease arrangement period	20 year
Operating lease arrangement period	20 year

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A general description of the nature of the existing leasing arrangements of a lessee for all operating leases including, but not limited to: (1) rental escalation clauses; (2) renewal or purchase options; (3) guarantees or indemnities, if any, (4) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements; (5) unusual provisions or conditions; (6) contingent rentals, if any; and (7) lease expiration dates.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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This element represents the description of a lease related indemnification agreement including the nature of the indemnification, the maximum potential amount of future payments the indemnification agreement could be required to make under the agreement, the current carrying amount of the liability and the nature of any recourse provision that would enable the lessee guarantor) to recover from third parties any of the amounts paid under the agreement and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties that upon occurrence of any triggering event or condition under the indemnification agreement the guarantor can obtain and liquidate to recover all or a portion of the amounts paid under the indemnification agreement.

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