Business Segment Information (Summary Of Intercompany Segment Revenues) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Intercompany segment revenues	$ 36,675	$ 15,886	$ 87,071	$ 87,583
Contracting Services [Member]
Intercompany segment revenues	25,410	15,886	52,574	84,053
Production Facilities [Member]
Intercompany segment revenues	$ 11,265		$ 34,497	$ 3,530

Amount of revenue from transactions with other operating segments of the same entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 27

-Subparagraph b

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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