Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Project	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of projects suspended \| Project	2
Percentage of suspended projects relating to two assets	85.00%
Estimate of projects completed percentage	90.00%
Deferred tax assets, valuation allowance	$ 59,782,000
Change in provisional amount of net deferred tax assets, previously recorded	0
Restricted cash	9,385,000		$ 10,216,000
Lower of cost or market inventory adjustment	0
Production cost	9,723,000	$ 11,212,000
Share Purchase Agreement \| Russian Proppant
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected additional proceeds on the sale related to net debt and net working capital purchase price adjustments	$ 4,000,000

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