Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Carrying Amount
Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 14,450,247	$ 13,055,901
Fair Value
Financial Liabilities, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 15,513,209	$ 14,094,744

Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13433-108611

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13476-108611

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant