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Noncontrolling Interests (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Income from Continuing Operations | for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Income from continuing operations | $ | 88.0 |  |  | $ | 317.1 |  |  | $ | 858.4 |  |  | $ | 918 |
Income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | (2.0 | ) |  | (1.7 | ) |  | (5.4 | ) |  | (7.3 | )
Income from continuing operations attributable to Ensco | $ | 86.0 |  |  | $ | 315.4 |  |  | $ | 853.0 |  |  | $ | 910.7 |
Reconciliation of Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block] | for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Loss from discontinued operations | $ | (.7 | ) |  | $ | (23.3 | ) |  | $ | (1.8 | ) |  | $ | (33.6 | )
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | — |  |  | (.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (.1 | )
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to Ensco | $ | (.7 | ) |  | $ | (23.4 | ) |  | $ | (1.8 | ) |  | $ | (33.7 | )

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