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Condensed Consolidated Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Financial Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Consolidated Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Financial Information [Abstract]  
Condensed Consolidated Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Financial Information
Note 23 — Condensed Consolidated Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information
 
The payment of obligations under the Senior Unsecured Notes is guaranteed by all of our restricted domestic subsidiaries ("Subsidiary Guarantors") except for Cal Dive I-Title XI, Inc.  Cal Dive and its subsidiaries were never guarantors of our Senior Unsecured Notes.  Each of these Subsidiary Guarantors is included in our consolidated financial statements and has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the Senior Unsecured Notes on a joint and several basis.  As a result of these guaranty arrangements, we are required to present the following condensed consolidating financial information.  The accompanying guarantor financial information is presented on the equity method of accounting for all periods presented.  Under this method, investments in subsidiaries are recorded at cost and adjusted for our share in the subsidiaries' cumulative results of operations, capital contributions and distributions and other changes in equity.  Elimination entries relate primarily to the elimination of investments in subsidiaries and associated intercompany balances and transactions.