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Equity Method Investment, Indirect Ownership Percentage

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Joint and Several Obligations, Partners Share

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Blocked payment per U.S. sanctions against Libya net to ownership interest.

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Partners Capital Account Advanced Amount

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Percentage of cost sharing interest in work commitments extension period.

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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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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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 450

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Number of plaintiffs that have filed claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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-Topic 225

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended							3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands	Jan. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 24, 2013 USD ($) plaintiff	May. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2007 claim	Jun. 30, 2007 claim	Mar. 31, 2007 claim	Aug. 31, 2006 claim	Jul. 31, 2006 claim	Apr. 30, 2005 claim	Jul. 31, 2004 claim	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) claim	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2015
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Blocked payment net to interest											$ 1,100	$ 550	$ 1,100
Allowance recorded												550
Dussafu PSC and Budong PSC [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contractual obligations											2,400	$ 800	2,400
Petrodelta, S.A. [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Allowance recorded											12,200		1,600
Indirect ownership percentage												40.00%		51.00%
Harvest Holding [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by noncontrolling interest owners												49.00%
Kensho Sone, Et Al. V. Harvest Natural Resources, Inc [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of Plaintiffs \| plaintiff		70
Estimate loss		$ 2,900
OFAC [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate loss			$ 1,100
Blocked payment net to interest			$ 700
Percentage of cost sharing interest in work commitments			66.667%
Uracoa Municipality Tax Assessments [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of claims filed \| claim						2	2	2		3		9
Libertador Municipality Tax Assessments [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of claims filed \| claim				2	2				1
Joint Partners [Member] \| Dussafu PSC and Budong PSC [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contractual obligations											800	$ 300	800
Joint and several obligations, partners share												300	300
Amount advanced by partners to satisfy the obligations											$ 500	$ 0	$ 500
HNR Energia [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contingency, escrow deposit requirement	$ 5,000
Petroandina [Member] \| Harvest Holding [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by noncontrolling interest owners												29.00%