Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities - Summary of Current and Noncurrent Accrued and Other Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Payables and Accruals [Line Items]
Provisions (benefit) for income taxes	$ (1,282)	$ (4,850)
Jack E. Golsen [Member]
Payables and Accruals [Line Items]
Provisions (benefit) for income taxes	$ 500
Decrease in basic and diluted loss per share	$ 0.03
Jack E. Golsen [Member] \| Other Income [Member]
Payables and Accruals [Line Items]
Extinguishment of estimated death benefit	$ 1,400

Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (a),(b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32639-109319

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Income Tax Expense (or Benefit)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6515339

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