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Long-Term Debt (Nordea Credit Agreement) (Details) (Nordea Term Loan [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Original borrowing capacity   $ 250us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Commitment fee percentage 0.875%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage  
Debt instrument, term 5 years  
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment quarterly  
Debt instrument, periodic payment, principal 8.9us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal  
Debt instrument, periodic payment terms, balloon payment to be paid $ 80.4us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentTermsBalloonPaymentToBePaid  
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Basis point spread 2.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hlx_NordeaTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember