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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Statutory rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Valuation allowance $ 23,076,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 22,860,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries 338,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries 202,600,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries  
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate   3,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 3,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Income tax examination, penalties and interest expense (1,300,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 200,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 200,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Income tax examination, penalties and interest accrued   1,300,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued  
Unrecognized tax benefit, decrease resulting from settlements with taxing authorities 3,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities    
Income tax refund 35,200,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds    
Helix [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Reductions for tax positions of prior years $ 4,723,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
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  $ 2,785,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
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