Supplemental Information on Oil and Natural Gas Operations - Unaudited - Net Costs Incurred on Unevaluated Properties (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Extractive Industries [Abstract]
Acquisition costs evaluated during the year	$ (115,767)	$ (42,384)	$ 30,271
Exploration costs evaluated during the year	(16,315)	(186,308)	188,830
Capitalized interest costs evaluated during the year	41,339	45,722	46,860
Total costs incurred during the year, net of divestitures	$ (90,743)	$ (182,970)	$ 265,961

The portion of capitalized costs of identifying areas that may warrant examination and in examining specific areas that are considered to have prospects of containing oil and gas reserves (including costs of drilling exploratory wells and exploratory-type stratigraphic test wells), that was previously unevaluated, but is evaluated during the current reporting period.

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