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Construction Contracts - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2012
Construction Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Billings and contract loss in excess of costs incurred | $ 0 |  | $ 0 |  | $ 15,546,000
Costs in excess of billings and contract loss | 6,276,000 |  | 6,276,000 |  | 11,229,000
Construction contract revenue | 0 | 0 | 23,253,000 | 0 |
Construction contract costs | 0 | 0 | 23,253,000 | 0 |
Century Plant |  |  |  |  |
Construction Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Construction agreement description |  |  | The Company constructed the Century Plant for a contract price of $796.3 million, which included agreed upon change orders and scope revisions, that Occidental paid to the Company through periodic cost reimbursements based upon the percentage of the project completed. Upon substantial completion of construction in late 2012, Occidental took ownership and began operating the plant for the purpose of separating and removing CO2 from the delivered natural gas stream. |  |
Construction contract price |  |  |  |  | 796,300,000
Cumulative loss on construction contracts |  |  |  |  | 180,000,000
Billings and contract loss in excess of costs incurred |  |  |  |  | 15,546,000
Treating agreement contract term |  |  | 30 years |  |
Costs in excess of billings and contract loss | 4,000,000 |  | 4,000,000 |  |
Transmission Expansion Projects |  |  |  |  |
Construction Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Construction agreement description |  |  | In the second quarter of 2013, the Company substantially completed the construction of a series of electrical transmission expansion and upgrade projects in northern Oklahoma for a third party. The Company constructed these projects for a contract price of $23.3 million, which included agreed upon change orders. Upon substantial completion of the contract, the Company recognized construction contract revenue and costs equal to the revised contract price of $23.3 million, which are included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. |  |
Construction contract price | 23,253,000 |  | 23,253,000 |  |
Costs in excess of billings and contract loss | 2,300,000 |  | 2,300,000 |  | 11,229,000
Construction contract revenue |  |  | 23,253,000 |  |
Construction contract costs |  |  | $ 23,253,000 |  |

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