Assets Held for Sale - Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 13,110,554	$ 12,152,597
Goodwill	5,125,230	4,781,858
Total assets	26,436,714	23,965,615
Total liabilities	15,880,748	$ 15,125,233
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Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Other current assets	11,281
Property, plant and equipment	276,330
Goodwill	7,313
Total assets	294,924
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	7,200
Total liabilities	$ 7,200