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Segment Reporting - Information about Operations in Different Segments (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Capital expenditures $ 23,972,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment $ 37,893,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Accrued Capital Expenditures of 2014 [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Capital expenditures 3,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= mdr_AccruedCapitalExpendituresOfTwentyFourteenMember
 
Accrued Capital Expenditures of 2013 [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Capital expenditures   8,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= mdr_AccruedCapitalExpendituresOfTwentyThirteenMember
ASA [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Impairment charge 4,200,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaMember
 
Capital expenditures $ 10,824,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaMember
$ 4,068,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaMember