Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Finance Lease Obligations
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Purchases	$ 2,500
Lessee, Finance Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Term of Contract	50 months
Operating Lease Obligations
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Purchases	$ 2,500
Lessee, Finance Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Term of Contract	62 months

Term of lessee's finance lease not yet commenced, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

The amount purchased during the period under an unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation (for example, under the take-or-pay or throughput contract).

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 440
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77896938&loc=d3e25336-109308

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