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Share Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)	Feb. 25, 2019 Company shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement, number of shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		18,700,000
Employee stock option
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense (less than .1M)		$ 0	$ 100,000
Restricted stock and deferred stock awards
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense (less than .1M)		1,400,000	1,200,000
Fair value of restricted share awards and deferred compensation that vested during the period		3,500,000	2,400,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share awards		$ 9,300,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share awards, expected weighted average vesting period.		2 years 30 days
Restricted stock and deferred stock awards \| Civeo Plan
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Restricted share awards, grants during period (in shares) \| shares	1,334,189
Vesting period of share awards	3 years
Phantom share units (PSUs)
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense (less than .1M)		$ 3,100,000	3,400,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share awards		$ 3,300,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share awards, expected weighted average vesting period.		2 years 250 days
Phantom share units (PSUs) \| Civeo Plan
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
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Phantom share units vested during the period (in shares) \| shares	1,144,407
Phantom share units (PSUs) \| Canadian Long-Term Incentive Plan
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting period of share awards	3 years
Phantom share units vested during the period (in shares) \| shares	301,683
Performance shares
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
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Fair value of restricted share awards and deferred compensation that vested during the period		10,100,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share awards		$ 8,300,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share awards, expected weighted average vesting period.		2 years 100 days
Performance shares \| Civeo Plan
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Restricted share awards, grants during period (in shares) \| shares	1,194,210
Vesting period of share awards	3 years
Peer group, number of companies \| Company	17
Performance shares \| Civeo Plan \| Minimum
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Target performance share award, percentage	0.00%
Performance shares \| Civeo Plan \| Maximum
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Target performance share award, percentage	200.00%