Investment in Global - Market Value of Investment in Global (Details) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 GBP (£)
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Shares of Global Stock Held by HKN	12,805,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares	12,805,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares	12,462,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares	12,462,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares
Closing Price of Global Stock		£ 0.50us-gaap_SharePrice		£ 0.94us-gaap_SharePrice
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate	1.5586	1.5586	1.6574	1.6574
Market Value of Investment in Global	$ 9,979		$ 19,312

Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

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Balance held at close of period in number of shares.

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