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Amount of noncash expense (reversal of expense) for other postretirement benefits. Excludes pension benefits.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 03, 2020	May 06, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Acceleration of Predecessor stock compensation expense	$ 1,400	$ 0	$ 1,431			$ 1,431
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized									903,226	7,230,000
Incentive Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized										2,000,000
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Other Postretirement Benefits Expense (Reversal of Expense), Noncash						$ (2,200)
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted				0	0		0	0
Stock Performance Measures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance percentage criteria							0.00%
Stock Performance Measures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance percentage criteria							200.00%
Cash flow to total assets performance [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance percentage criteria							0.00%
Cash flow to total assets performance [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance percentage criteria							200.00%
Time Vested [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period							3 years
Shares granted								999,957
Performance Shares [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted								424,070
Performance Shares [Member] \| Cash flow to total assets performance [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period							3 years
Cliff vest [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Stock Performance Measures [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period							3 years