Suspended Exploratory Well Costs - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Extractive Industries [Abstract]
Capitalized exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year	$ 0	$ 0

The amount of exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period of greater than one year after the completion of drilling.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 932

-SubTopic 235

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1B

-Subparagraph b

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51678428&loc=SL6806780-109447

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Period Type:	instant