Drilling and Other Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Loss on impairment of assets		$ 71,268	$ 678,145
2017 Impaired Rigs [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Loss on impairment of assets	$ 71,300	$ 71,300

Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68055307&loc=d3e2420-110228

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3602-108585

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