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Decommissioning and Other Asset Retirement Obligations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Decommissioning and Other Asset Retirement Obligations Detail [Table]
Beginning balance for the period, as reported	$ 62,741,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation
Activity in the period:
Accretion of liability	419,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense
Retirement obligations incurred	0us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationLiabilitiesIncurred
Revisions in estimated cash flows	47,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationRevisionOfEstimate
Settlement of retirement obligations	(567,000)us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationLiabilitiesSettled
Ending balance as of June 30	62,640,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation
Value of asset retirement obligations associated with non-operated properties	8,500,000tti_Fairvalueofassetretirementobligationsassociatedwithnonoperatedproperties	8,400,000tti_Fairvalueofassetretirementobligationsassociatedwithnonoperatedproperties
Estimate of remaining hurricane related decommissioning costs	$ 10,300,000tti_Estimatedfuturehurricanerelatedrepairexpenses

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Estimated remaining hurricane related damage assessment costs and repair expenses accrued in decommissioning liabilities, net of anticipated insurance recoveries.

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Fair value of asset retirement obligations associated with non-operated properties

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The carrying amount of a liability for an asset retirement obligation. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees.

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