Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Segment Information

The following table is a summary of segment information (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net revenues:
Solutions:
New Venture	$	26,650		$	18,446		$	35,315		$	76,499
Data Library	15,302			3,262			24,948			30,104
Total multi-client revenues	41,952			21,708			60,263			106,603
Data Processing	10,693			24,151			33,731			91,131
Total	$	52,645		$	45,859		$	93,994		$	197,734
Systems:
Towed Streamer	$	4,426		$	13,666		$	12,273		$	35,782
Other	2,864			11,029			15,460			36,166
Total	$	7,290		$	24,695		$	27,733		$	71,948
Software:
Software Systems	$	5,869		$	9,922		$	19,396		$	28,384
Services	870			1,088			2,924			3,198
Total	$	6,739		$	11,010		$	22,320		$	31,582
Ocean Bottom Services	$	—		$	24,976		$	—		$	71,454
Total	$	66,674		$	106,540		$	144,047		$	372,718
Gross profit (loss):
Solutions	$	11,294		$	5,927		$	(6,954	)	$	51,207
Systems	1,366			10,123			7,425			31,288
Software	4,399			8,326			14,197			23,388
Ocean Bottom Services	(5,951		)	4,847			(29,483		)	18,422
Total	$	11,108		$	29,223		$	(14,815	)	$	124,305
Gross margin:
Solutions	21		%	13		%	(7		)%	26		%
Systems	19		%	41		%	27		%	43		%
Software	65		%	76		%	64		%	74		%
Ocean Bottom Services	—		%	19		%	—		%	26		%
Total	17		%	27		%	(10		)%	33		%
Income (loss) from operations:
Solutions	$	768		$	(5,960	)	$	(40,766	)	$	11,733
Systems	(1,295		)	2,917			(2,660		)	9,835
Software	2,444			6,227			7,874			16,985
Ocean Bottom Services	(7,289		)	1,677			(34,856		)	12,333
Corporate and other	(7,502		)	(10,210		)	(29,844		)	(32,779		)
Income (loss) from operations	(12,874		)	(5,349		)	(100,252		)	18,107
Interest expense, net	(4,854		)	(5,048		)	(14,086		)	(14,779		)
Equity in losses of investments	—			(5,558		)	—			(9,027		)
Other income (expense), net	(346		)	(622		)	98,035			73,970
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(18,074	)	$	(16,577	)	$	(16,303	)	$	68,271