Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

(4) Discontinued Operations

On February 15, 2012, the Company sold one of its derrick barges and received proceeds of approximately $44.5 million, inclusive of selling costs.  The Company recorded a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.1 million, inclusive of approximately $9.7 million of goodwill, during the year ended December 31, 2012 in connection with this sale.  This business was previously reported in the former  Subsea and Well Enhancement segment.  The operations and loss on the sale of this disposal group have been reported within loss from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of income for all periods presented.

On March 30, 2012, the Company sold18 liftboats and related assets comprising its former Marine segment. The Company received cash proceeds of approximately $138.6 million, inclusive of working capital and selling costs.  In connection with the sale, the Company repaid approximately $12.5 million in U.S. Government guaranteed long-term financing (see note 8).  Additionally, the Company paid approximately $4.0 million of make-whole premiums and wrote off approximately $0.7 million of unamortized loan costs as a result of this repayment.  The Company’s total pre-tax loss on the disposal of this segment was approximately $56.1 million, which includes a $46.1 million write off of long-lived assets and goodwill that was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2011 in order to approximate the segment’s indicated fair value and an additional loss of $10.0 million recorded in the first quarter of 2012, comprised of an approximate $3.6 million loss on sale of assets and approximately $6.4 million of additional costs related to the disposition. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold seven liftboats from the former Marine segment for approximately $22.3 million, net of sales commissions, and recorded a pre-tax gain of approximately $8.6 million. The operations and loss on the sale of this disposal group have been reported within loss from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of income for all periods presented.

The following table summarizes the components of loss from discontinued operations, net of tax for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010: 

	2012	2011	2010
Revenues	$        16,231	$      105,834	$      118,573
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax	(8,249)	(32,051)	(7,558)
Income tax benefit	(1,771)	(9,083)	(2,505)
Gain (loss) on disposition, net of tax (benefit) expense of ($2,391),
$2,425 and $359 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and
2010, respectively	(10,729)	6,133	724
Loss  from discontinued operations, net of tax	$        (17,207)	$        (16,835)	$          (4,329)

The following table presents the assets and liabilities of these disposal groups as of December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

Accounts receivable, net	$       16,342
Prepaid expenses	1,900
Inventory and other current assets	2,371
Current assets of discontinued operations	$       20,613
Property, plant and equipment, net	170,222
Goodwill	9,740
Intangible and other long-term assets, net	3,875
Long-term assets of discontinued operations	$     183,837
Accounts payable	$         1,231
Accrued expenses	13,421
Current maturities of long-term debt	810
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	$       15,462
Long-term debt	$       11,736