Number of Company's shares of common stock held by a related party joint venture partner.

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- Definition

Represents the number of separate lease agreements entered into with related party.

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- Definition

Represents the monthly lease payment under non-cancelable operating leases.

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- Definition

Percentage represents the Company's ownership percentage in the joint venture.

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- Definition

Percentage increase per annum in the monthly payments under non-cancelable operating lease agreement.

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- Definition

Related party's cumulative holdings, in percentage, of the entity's stock on the date of balance sheet.

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- Definition

Represents the amount of the estimated contract value of a related party.

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- Definition

Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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- Definition

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	Mar. 31, 2013 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	Apr. 18, 2014 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Subsequent event item	Mar. 31, 2014 O&G	Mar. 31, 2013 O&G
Related party transactions
Number of separate lease agreements			2
Monthly payments under non-cancelable operating lease agreements	$ 0.2		$ 0.2
Percentage increase per annum in monthly lease payments under non-cancelable operating lease agreements	3.00%		3.00%
Lease expense under non-cancelable operating lease agreements	0.6	0.6
Ownership percentage in joint venture				30.00%
Estimated total contract value				369
Expenses incurred with related party				$ 1.5	$ 1.4
Number of Company's shares of common stock held by related party joint venture partner (in shares)				500,000	600,000
Percentage of common stock held by related party				1.03%	1.26%