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Allowance Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Allowance Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Allowance Accounts |
|  | Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts |  |  | Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance |
Balance, December 31, 2008 |  | $ | 5,905 |  |  | $ | 3,317 |
Additions |  |  | 9,220 |  |  |  | — |
Deductions (1) |  |  | (9,953 | ) |  |  | (3,317 | )
Balance, December 31, 2009 |  |  | 5,172 |  |  |  | — |
Additions (2) |  |  | 4,108 |  |  |  | 8,497 |
Deductions(3) |  |  | (4,753 | ) |  |  | — |
Balance, December 31, 2010 |  |  | 4,527 |  |  |  | 8,497 |
Additions(4) |  |  | 61 |  |  |  | 5,813 |
Deductions |  |  | (521 | ) |  |  | — |
Balance, December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 4,067 |  |  | $ | 14,310 |
(1) | Amounts include reductions of $5.9 million to the allowance for uncollectible accounts and $3.3 million to the deferred tax valuation allowance to reflect the deconsolidation of Cal Dive in June 2009 (Note 3).
(2) | Amounts include a $4.0 million bad debt allowance related to a large international construction contract and the valuation allowance includes a $7.3 million valuation allowance related to our WOSEA operations with the remaining allowance being related to our acquisition of the remaining 50% of the Camelot field in the United Kingdom.
(3) | Includes the $3.7 million of bad debt expense related to settlement of third party claims related to a terminated international construction contract in Australia (Note 16).
(4) | The valuation allowance includes $4.9 million related to our WOSEA operations and $0.9 million to our oil and gas operations in the United Kingdom. WOSEA has a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax asset balance.

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