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Income Taxes Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 4 Months Ended | 8 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Interest on Income Taxes Accrued | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesPaid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Successor [Member] |  |  |  |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increase Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decrease Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 0 | 0 | $ 0 | $ 0
Predecessor [Member] |  |  |  |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 96,900 | $ 0 |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increase Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions | 0 |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decrease Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions | (96,900) |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | $ 0 |  |  |

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- Definition Amount of unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15A -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=SL6600010-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Unrecognized Tax Benefit -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6527854 + Details
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