Consolidated Statements of Operations Statement - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
REVENUE:
Services	$ 122,770	$ 162,974
Product sales	30,877	50,669
Total revenue	153,647	213,643
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation expense shown below	85,294	102,795
Cost of product sales, exclusive of depreciation expense shown below	27,520	41,479
General and administrative expense, exclusive of depreciation expense shown below	11,050	12,674
Depreciation	6,627	6,345
Amortization	220	221
Other (income) expense, net	(4)	322
Severance and other charges	0	7,090
OPERATING INCOME	22,940	42,717
Interest expense	3,434	2,403
Income before income tax expense	19,506	40,314
Income tax expense	4,389	9,272
Net income	15,117	31,042
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest	35	(357)
Net income attributable to Core Laboratories N.V.	$ 15,082	$ 31,399
EARNINGS PER SHARE INFORMATION:
Basic earnings per share attributable to Core Laboratories N.V. (in dollars per share)	$ 0.36	$ 0.72
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Core Laboratories N.V. (in dollars per share)	0.35	0.72
Cash dividends per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55	$ 0.55
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic	42,380	43,340
Diluted	42,520	43,466