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Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Benchmark

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Minimum outstanding amount, following redemption with proceeds from one or more equity offerings, expressed as a percentage of original aggregate principal amount.

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Percentage of Fronting Fee

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Amount of revolving credit facility borrowing base that is unavailable due to the issuance of letters of credit.

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Weighted Average Debt Redemption Price

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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Financing Agreements - Additional Information (Details)				1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Financing Agreements - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 16, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 08, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital lease obligations reversed													$ 6,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt									$ (19,000,000)	$ (2,000,000)	$ (19,000,000)
Write-off of deferred financing costs										1,000,000	4,000,000	$ 4,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Financing costs						$ 3,000,000
Write-off of deferred financing costs						$ 2,000,000
Current aggregate facility	$ 500,000,000						$ 500,000,000			500,000,000
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, benchmark							50.00%
Line of credit facility, maximum letters of credit	300,000,000						$ 300,000,000			$ 300,000,000
Fronting fee rate										0.125%
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding	0						0			$ 0
Utilized letters of credit	37,000,000						37,000,000			37,000,000
Borrowing base collateral	297,000,000						297,000,000			297,000,000
Available borrowing capacity	$ 260,000,000						$ 260,000,000			$ 260,000,000
Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee rate							0.25%
Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee rate							0.375%
Senior Notes Due December 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes issued				$ 425,000,000					$ 425,000,000		$ 425,000,000
Net proceeds of the offerings				418,000,000
Financing costs				7,000,000
Senior Notes Due December 2024 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price	105.50%
Percent of notes outstanding minimum	50.00%						50.00%			50.00%
Senior Notes Due December 2024 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent of notes redeemable	35.00%
Senior Notes Due February 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes redeemed		$ 15,000,000	$ 40,000,000	$ 345,000,000
Weighted average debt redemption price		103.25%	103.00%	104.116%
Loss on extinguishment of debt				$ 19,000,000				$ 2,000,000
Write-off of deferred financing costs				$ 4,000,000
Senior Notes Sold In 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes issued					$ 750,000,000
Net proceeds of the offerings					734,000,000
Financing costs					$ 16,000,000
Senior Notes Due February 2021 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price	103.00%
Senior Notes Due February 2021 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent of notes redeemable	10.00%
Senior Notes Due September 2021 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price	105.375%
Percent of notes outstanding minimum	50.00%						50.00%			50.00%
Senior Notes Due September 2021 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent of notes redeemable	35.00%
Senior Notes Due September 2023 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price	106.00%
Percent of notes outstanding minimum	50.00%						50.00%			50.00%
Senior Notes Due September 2023 [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent of notes redeemable	35.00%
European Receivables Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write-off of deferred financing costs												2,000,000
Current aggregate facility												103,000,000		€ 75,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding												$ 0