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Class of Warrant or Right, Term

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Common Stock, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days

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Derivative, Stock Purchase Warrants [Abstract]

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Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrants.

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Number Of Vessels

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
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-Section S99
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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the assets arising from derivative contracts and hedging activities, which are expected to be converted into cash or otherwise disposed of after a year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Weighted average expected volatility of stock price.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair value portion of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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Financial Instruments - Narrative (Detail)		1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Financial Instruments - Narrative (Detail)	Sep. 25, 2017 USD ($) day $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) vessel $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2014 shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) vessel $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares
Stock Purchase Warrants
Common stock, par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.001		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Stock purchase warrants		$ 44,479,000		$ 44,479,000	$ 11,754,000
Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrant \| shares			1,500,000.0	1,500,000
Foinaven FPSO And Banff FPSO \| FSPO Unit
Vessels and equipment
Number of vessels \| vessel		2		2
Discount rate		10.00%
Foinaven FPSO \| FSPO Unit
Vessels and equipment
Vessels and equipment		$ 113,000,000		$ 113,000,000
Teekay Offshore
Stock Purchase Warrants
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per unit) \| $ / shares	$ 0.01
Common stock, par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 4.00
Trading period \| day	10
Term of warrants	7 years
Stock purchase warrants \| Brookfield
Stock Purchase Warrants
Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrant (in shares) \| shares		14,500,000		14,500,000
Stock purchase warrants \| Brookfield Transaction
Stock Purchase Warrants
Stock purchase warrants	$ 34,700,000
Stock purchase warrants \| Brookfield Transaction \| Teekay Offshore
Stock Purchase Warrants
Stock purchase warrants	34,700,000	$ 30,500,000		$ 30,500,000
Stock purchase warrants \| Tanker Investments Limited
Stock Purchase Warrants
Stock purchase warrants		$ 0		$ 0
Series D Warrant
Stock Purchase Warrants
Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrant (in shares) \| shares		1,755,000		1,755,000
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per unit) \| $ / shares		$ 4.55		$ 4.55
Term of warrants				7 years
Exercise term				6 months
Series D Warrant \| Teekay Offshore
Stock Purchase Warrants
Stock purchase warrants	$ 1,900,000	$ 1,600,000		$ 1,600,000
Series D Warrant \| Teekay Offshore
Stock Purchase Warrants
Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrant (in shares) \| shares		1,755,000		1,755,000
Volatility rate				84.20%