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Details Of Certain Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Details Of Certain Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Current Assets |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Other receivables | $ | 1,086 | $ | 618 |
Prepaid insurance |  | 11,999 |  | 12,608 |
Other prepaids |  | 11,751 |  | 11,328 |
Spare parts inventory |  | 2,480 |  | 1,677 |
Income tax receivable (1) |  | 14,201 |  | - |
Current deferred tax assets |  | 43,942 |  | 41,449 |
Derivative assets |  | 5,946 |  | 21,579 |
Other |  | 5,529 |  | 4,325 |
Total other current assets | $ | 96,934 | $ | 93,584 |
(1) R eflects the total amount of estimated tax receivable in excess of the estimated current income tax liability.
Other Assets, Net |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Deferred dry dock expenses, net (1) | $ | 22,704 | $ | 5,381 |
Deferred financing costs, net |  | 24,338 |  | 26,483 |
Intangible assets with finite lives, net |  | 491 |  | 531 |
Other |  | 2,304 |  | 2,771 |
Total other assets, net | $ | 49,837 | $ | 35,166 |
(1) The increase subsequent to December 31, 2011 reflects the costs associated with the regulatory dry docks for our Q4000, Seawell and Well Enhancer vessels during 2012.
Accrued Liabilities |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Accrued payroll and related benefits | $ | 51,561 | $ | 45,217 |
Current asset retirement obligations (1) |  | 2,898 |  | 27,300 |
Unearned revenue |  | 6,137 |  | 7,654 |
Billing in excess of cost (2) |  | 6,445 |  | 28,839 |
Accrued interest |  | 17,451 |  | 24,028 |
Derivative liability (3) |  | 16,266 |  | 1,247 |
Taxes payable excluding income tax payable |  | 5,164 |  | 3,748 |
Pipelay assets sale deposit (4) |  | 50,000 |  | - |
Other |  | 5,592 |  | 8,079 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 161,514 | $ | 146,112 |
(1) R eflects the substantial completion of the abandonment of the Camelot field (Note 3). (2) Decrease reflects fewer ongoing subsea construction projects using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting as a result of the expected sales of our remaining pipelay vessels. (3) Primarily reflects the fair value of oil commodity derivative contracts of $15.8 million at December 31, 2012 (Note 17). These contracts were settled in February 2013. (4) Reflects the cash deposit we received in association with the expected sales of our two remaining pipelay vessels, the Express and the Caesar, and other related pipelay equipment (Note 2), which is refundable in very limited circumstances. The sale s of these vessels are scheduled to close and fund in two stages in 2013 following the completion of each vessel’s existing backlog of work.

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