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Cash Equivalents, Maturity Period

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Number of Acres of Land and Leasehold Interests

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Number of Projects Terminated

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Percentage Of Projects Completion

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Percentage Of Suspended Assets

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Production Idling Period

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Receivable, Collection Period

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Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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Start Up Costs

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A valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Charge to cost of goods sold that represents the reduction of the carrying amount of inventory, generally attributable to obsolescence or market conditions.

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Amounts of other receivables due within one year of the balance sheet date (or one operating cycle, if longer) from third parties or arising from transactions not separately disclosed.

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The capitalized costs incurred during the period (excluded from amortization) to operate and maintain wells and related equipment and facilities, including depreciation and applicable operating costs of support equipment and facilities and other costs of operating and maintaining those wells and related equipment and facilities. They become part of the cost of oil and gas produced. Examples of production costs (sometimes called lifting costs) are: costs of labor to operate the wells and related equipment and facilities; repairs and maintenance; materials, supplies, and fuel consumed and supplies utilized in operating the wells and related equipment and facilities; property taxes and insurance applicable to proved properties and wells and related equipment and facilities; severance taxes; some support equipment or facilities may serve two or more oil and gas producing activities and may also serve transportation, refining, and marketing activities. To the extent that the support equipment and facilities are used in oil and gas producing activities, their depreciation and applicable operating costs become exploration, development or production costs, as appropriate. Depreciation, depletion, and amortization of capitalized acquisition, exploration, and development costs are not production costs but also become part of the cost of oil and gas produced along with production (lifting) costs identified above.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Amount of expenses for special or contractual termination benefits provided to current employees involuntarily terminated under a benefit arrangement associated exit or disposal activities pursuant to an authorized plan. Excludes expenses related to one-time termination benefits, a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) a Project	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of projects suspended \| Project	2
Percentage of suspended assets relating to two projects	85.00%
Projects completed percentage	90.00%
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 2,688	$ 1,842
Other receivables	300	1,084
Lower of Cost or Market Inventory Adjustments	4,546	5,363
Production cost	33,724
Start-up costs	797	811	$ 0
Research and development expenses	7,047	$ 10,855	$ 8,416
Georgia
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Severance costs	$ 9,497
Georgia \| Millen
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Production idling period	90 days
Georgia \| Toomsboro
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Production idling period	90 days
Georgia and Alabama
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Area of land and leasehold interests \| a	4,618
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Area of land and leasehold interests \| a	313
Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Receivables collection period	30 days
Maturity period for all highly liquid investments when purchased to be cash equivalents	3 months
Capitalized software estimated useful life	5 years