Parker Wellbore Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Notes Tables
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- General - Additional Information (Detail)
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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 26, 2015	Jan. 22, 2014	Jul. 30, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility	$ 94,700,000		$ 94,700,000
Consolidated Leverage Covenant - Eurodollar Rate			4.00%
Consolidated Leverage Covenant - Base Rate			3.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	50,000,000		$ 50,000,000
Junior Subordinated Debenture Owed to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trust	75,000,000		75,000,000
Interest Expense	11,067,000	$ 11,015,000	33,032,000	$ 34,764,000
Long-term Debt	585,000,000		585,000,000		$ 585,000,000
2015 Secured Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred acquisition costs	900,000		900,000
Senior secured credit facility	100,000,000		100,000,000			$ 200,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	5,300,000		5,300,000
6.75% Senior Notes, due July 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount							$ 360,000,000
Percentage of notes guaranteed by restricted subsidiaries							6.75%
Redemption price after year three							103.375%
Redemption price afer year five							101.00%
Debt issuance costs			7,600,000
Debt issuance cost, Net of amortization			4,800,000
Long-term Debt	360,000,000		360,000,000		360,000,000
7.50% Senior Notes, due August 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount								$ 225,000,000.0
Percentage of notes guaranteed by restricted subsidiaries								7.50%
Deferred acquisition costs	2,600,000		2,600,000					$ 5,600,000
Redemption price afer year five								101.00%
Long-term Debt	$ 225,000,000		$ 225,000,000		$ 225,000,000

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