Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Statements of Net Proceeds from All Sources (Equity) (Parentheticals)

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Statements of Net Proceeds from All Sources (Equity) (Parentheticals) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Periodic pension costs, income taxes $ 405,739us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetTransitionAssetObligationTax $ 184,304us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetTransitionAssetObligationTax $ 66,432us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetTransitionAssetObligationTax
Sub-Share Certificates of Proprietary Interest, Per Share [Member]      
Dividends paid - per Sub-share (in dollars per share) $ 0.27tpl_DividendsPaidPerSubshare
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= tpl_SubshareCertificatesOfProprietaryInterestPerShareMember
$ 0tpl_DividendsPaidPerSubshare
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= tpl_SubshareCertificatesOfProprietaryInterestPerShareMember
$ 0.48tpl_DividendsPaidPerSubshare
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= tpl_SubshareCertificatesOfProprietaryInterestPerShareMember