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Pool Management Fees And Commissions Related Party

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Generally recurring costs associated with normal operations except for the portion of these expenses which can be clearly related to production and included in cost of sales or services. Excludes Selling, General and Administrative Expense.

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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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Amount of selling, general and administrative expenses resulting from transactions, excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements, with related party.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Related Party Transactions - Summary of Related Party Transactions (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	May 31, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Pool Receivables From Affiliates Net	$ 0	$ 56,549,000
RSA pool management fees and commissions	0	0	$ (2,799,000)
Commercial management fees	0	0	(1,187,000)
Operating Costs and Expenses	208,601,000	209,131,000	175,389,000
Strategic and administrative service fees	(31,422,000)	(32,918,000)	(21,185,000)
Revenue earned	943,917,000	776,493,000	$ 431,178,000
Percentage of voting interests acquired			50.00%
RSA Participants [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Pool Receivables From Affiliates Net	0	56,500,000
Entities Under Common Control
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
RSA pool management fees and commissions	0	0	$ (2,799,000)
Commercial management fees	0	0	(1,187,000)
Strategic and administrative service fees	0	0	(7,026,000)
Technical management fee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Costs and Expenses	1,202,000	10,400,000	8,775,000
Technical management fee \| Entities Under Common Control
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	0	0	4,890,000
Secondment fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Strategic and administrative service fees	(185,000)	(679,000)	(382,000)
Secondment fees \| Entities Under Common Control
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Strategic and administrative service fees	0	0	(248,000)
Lay-up Services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	0	0	33,000
LNG terminal services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	1,979,000	1,689,000	388,000
Technical management fee revenue
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	765,000	13,811,000	7,666,000
Service revenue
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	320,000	1,019,000	1,939,000
Service revenue \| Entities Under Common Control
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	$ 0	$ 0	1,772,000
Entities Under Common Control \| Teekay Tanker Operations Ltd
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue earned			$ 8,600,000
Percentage of voting interests acquired				50.00%
Teekay LNG Operating LLC \| Bahrain LNG W.I.L.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners					30.00%