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Amount of gain (loss) on rejection of leases and other executory contracts, reported as a reorganization item.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 852
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 852
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 9
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of reorganization items related to legal and advisory professional fees related to entities not in bankruptcy.

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Amount of gain (loss) on settlement of other claims for entities not in bankruptcy, reported as a reorganization item.

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Reorganization items, net (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Predecessor
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Reorganization items, net		$ (20,904)		$ (46,050)
Payments for reorganization items		$ 16,000		31,100
Professional fee expense				62,700
Non-cash gains on rejected contracts				$ 16,600
Successor
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Reorganization items, net	$ (43)		$ (2,892)
Payments for reorganization items	$ 200		$ 4,800