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The carrying amount of a liability for an asset retirement obligation. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees.

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The current period expense charged against earnings on long-lived, physical assets not used in production, and which are not intended for resale, to allocate or recognize the cost of such assets over their useful lives; or to record the reduction in book value of an intangible asset over the benefit period of such asset; or to reflect consumption during the period of an asset that is not used in production.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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The amount of net income or loss for the period per each limited partnership and general partnership unit in instances when basic and diluted earnings per unit are the same amount and aggregated on the face of the financial statements. Basic earnings per unit is the amount of net income or loss for the period per unit outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per unit includes the amount of net income or loss for the period available to each limited and general partnership unit outstanding during the reporting period and to each unit that would have been outstanding assuming the issuance of units for all dilutive potential units outstanding during the reporting period.

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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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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) vessel component $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation of vessels and equipment	$ (300,011)	$ (274,599)	$ (198,553)
Asset retirement obligation	21,700
Vessel [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation of vessels and equipment	(281,200)	(247,800)	(171,800)
Interest costs capitalized to vessels and equipment	$ 27,100	10,300	2,300
UMS Segment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	35 years
Towage Vessels [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	25 years
Direct Financing Lease [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of vessels \| vessel	1
Minimum [Member] \| FPSO Segment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	20 years
Minimum [Member] \| Conventional Tanker [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	20 years
Minimum [Member] \| Shuttle and Conventional Tankers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Dry docks period	2 years 6 months
Maximum [Member] \| FPSO Segment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	25 years
Maximum [Member] \| Conventional Tanker [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	25 years
Maximum [Member] \| Shuttle and Conventional Tankers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Dry docks period	5 years
Service Life [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Basic and diluted common unit increase (decrease) (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.23
Service Life [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member] \| Vessel [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation of vessels and equipment	$ (29,300)
Shuttle Tankers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation of vessels and equipment	$ (122,822)	$ (106,190)	$ (110,686)
Teekay Offshore [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	20 years	25 years
Teekay Offshore [Member] \| Shuttle Tankers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of components in segment \| component	2
Estimated useful life	17 years
Number of vessels \| vessel	8