Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Consolidated Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Minimum Mortgage And Title Coverage Requirement

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Debt Instrument, Restrictive Covenants, Ceiling on Lease Payments, Percent

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Line Of Credit Facility, Aggregate Elected Borrowing Capacity

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section S99
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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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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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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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Debt - Revolving Credit Agreement (Details)	Apr. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 27, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	May 22, 2017 USD ($)	May 21, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowing			$ 0			$ 0
Revolving Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current borrowing base			1,400,000,000
Borrowing base			1,000,000,000
Outstanding borrowing			0
Letters of credit outstanding, amount			2,700,000
Revolving credit agreement, remaining borrowing capacity			$ 997,300,000
Revolving Credit Agreement \| Weighted Average
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit agreement, weighted average interest rate			2.00%
Third Amendment [Member] \| Revolving Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Minimum Mortgage And Title Coverage Requirement	85.00%	90.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Consolidated Leverage Ratio Threshold	3.50
Line Of Credit Facility, Aggregate Elected Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,000,000,000	$ 600,000,000
Current borrowing base	$ 1,400,000,000	$ 875,000,000
Fourth Amendment to Terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing base				$ 30,000,000.0	$ 10,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, Restrictive Covenants, Ceiling on Lease Payments, Percent				2.50%	1.50%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Alternate Base Rate Loans [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	0.50%