Line Of Credit Facility, Aggregate Elected Borrowing Capacity

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Line Of Credit Facility, Term

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - New Revolving Credit Agreement (Details) - Revolving Credit Agreement - USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Aug. 18, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowing base		$ 475,000,000.00
Initial borrowing base		$ 475,000,000	$ 525,000,000
Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Term	5 years
Borrowing base	$ 2,500,000,000.0
Initial borrowing base	900,000,000.0
Aggregate elected borrowing capacity	$ 600,000,000.0