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Property and Equipment (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Property and Equipment (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) drilling_rigs	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) drilling_rigs	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) drilling_rigs	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) drilling_rigs	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital Expenditures	$ 8,469	$ 46,344	$ 13,962	$ 95,160
Construction in Progress, Gross	9,900		9,900		$ 18,600
Interest Costs Capitalized			200	1,500
Gain (loss) on dispositions of property and equipment, net	(508)	4,377	92	3,244
Net property and equipment	654,794		654,794		702,585
Assets held for sale	4,513		4,513		$ 4,619
Impairment charges	0	71,329	0	77,319
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment			812	34,538
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment charges		1,500		7,500
Production Services Segment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital Expenditures	2,953	3,696	6,242	19,153
Drilling Services Segment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital Expenditures	5,437	42,634	7,545	$ 75,690
Impaired Assets to be Disposed of by Method Other than Sale, Carrying Value of Asset	4,000		$ 4,000
Expected Insurance Proceeds for Damaged Drilling Rig	3,400
Estimated Loss on Disposed Damaged Components Net of Estimated Insurance Recovery	$ 600
Drilling Rig, 2015 New-Build \| drilling_rigs	5		5
Impairment charges		69,800
Drilling Rigs \| drilling_rigs	31		31
Disposed Drilling Rigs \| drilling_rigs				27
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment				$ 33,400
Drilling Services Segment [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Drilling Rigs \| drilling_rigs	4		4
Drilling Services Segment [Member] \| Colombia [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment charges		$ 60,200
Drilling Rigs \| drilling_rigs	8	8	8	8
Drilling Services Segment [Member] \| Colombia [Member] \| Drilling Rigs [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Drilling Rigs \| drilling_rigs	5	5	5	5