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Covenant Default Additional Interest Rate Spread From Current Effective Interest Rate

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Debt Instrument Convertible Number Of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion

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Financial covenants minimum unrestricted cash and investments.

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Percentage Price Of Principal Amount For Repurchase Of Senior Note

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The portion of the carrying value of convertible subordinated debt as of the balance sheet date that is scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer. This form of debt can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder, and places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets.

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The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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The amount of the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Consideration given by issuer of convertible debt to provide an incentive for debt holders to convert the debt to equity securities. The expense is equal to the fair value of all securities and other consideration transferred in the transaction in excess of the fair value of securities issuable pursuant to the original conversion terms.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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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 cash inflow from the issuance of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail)				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	Jun. 19, 2014 USD ($) shares	Apr. 02, 2014 shares	Jan. 24, 2013 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 24, 2013 USD ($) shares $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Apr. 01, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 26, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest costs incurred related to the Company's total debt					$ 11,200,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 6,300,000
Convertible debt						22,594,000	44,218,000
Debt conversion expense					0	1,766,000	0
Proceeds from the issuance of senior subordinated convertible notes, net of discount					0	143,894,000	119,750,000
Solazyme Bunge JV
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest costs capitalized					$ 0	600,000
2018 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of debt						22,600,000	44,200,000
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Upon a fundamental change, Company to pay a percentage of the principal amount					100.00%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes \| 2018 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt			$ 125,000,000.0	$ 125,000,000.0	$ 61,632,000	61,632,000
Convertible senior subordinated notes, interest rate (percent)			6.00%	6.00%
Maturity date of debt			Feb. 01, 2018		Feb. 01, 2018
Conversion rate of convertible note into shares of common stock \| shares				121.1240	121.1240
Principal amount of convertible notes, denominator			$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares			$ 8.26	$ 8.26	$ 8.26
Convertible debt						20,200,000	$ 43,200,000
Senior Notes noncurrent					$ 61,600,000
Aggregate amount of debt	$ 17,500,000
Debt conversion number of shares issued \| shares	2,409,964
Debt conversion expense						1,800,000
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes \| 2019 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt					$ 149,500,000	$ 149,500,000		$ 149,500,000.0
Convertible senior subordinated notes, interest rate (percent)								5.00%
Maturity date of debt					Oct. 01, 2019
Conversion rate of convertible note into shares of common stock \| shares		75.7576			75.7576
Principal amount of convertible notes, denominator								$ 1,000
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares					$ 13.20			$ 13.20
Conversion price of per principal amount (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 83.33
Senior Notes noncurrent					$ 149,500,000
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes \| Early Conversion Payment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of convertible notes, denominator			$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Conversion price of per principal amount (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 83.33	$ 83.33
Number of common shares issued upon early conversion of notes \| shares						2,743,475	5,541,597
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes \| Early Conversion Payment \| 2018 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of convertible notes, denominator			$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Conversion price of per principal amount (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 83.33	$ 83.33
Number of common shares issued upon early conversion of notes \| shares						2,743,475	5,541,597
HSBC Revolving Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing									$ 35,000,000.0
Remaining Outstanding under HSBC facility					$ 26,100,000
Cash and unrestricted cash equivalents									$ 35,000,000
Covenant compliance aggregate dollar equivalent amount (percent)									110.00%
Commitment fee (percent)					2.50%
Outstanding balance under the credit facility					2.00%
HSBC Revolving Facility \| Letter of Credit Denominated in US Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding balance under the credit facility					105.00%
HSBC Revolving Facility \| Letter of Credit Denominated in Foreign Currency
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding balance under the credit facility					110.00%