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Property, Plant and Equipment - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment
Full cost ceiling limitation impairment	$ 251,000		$ 359,400
Loss on sale of assets	(1,330)	$ (2,770)	(3,210)	$ (4,674)
Drilling and oil field services assets
Property, Plant and Equipment
Assets held for sale	1,400		1,400
Drilling And Oil Field Services
Property, Plant and Equipment
Loss on sale of assets	$ 2,700		$ 1,600

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Amount of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 15
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(2)
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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, including oil and gas property and timber property.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
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The excess of unamortized costs capitalized within a cost center, less related deferred income taxes, over the cost center ceiling limitation, which is charged to expense for oil and gas producing companies that use full cost method of accounting for investments in oil and gas producing properties.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 360
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27015634&loc=d3e516453-122869

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 10
-Paragraph c
-Subparagraph 4(ii)
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