5. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION	We have a share-based compensation plan, the “2003 Directors, Officers and Consultants Stock Option, Stock Warrant and Stock Award Plan” (the “Plan”). Awards of common stock and options to purchase common stock granted under the Plan have vesting periods of three years and options are exercisable for two years once fully vested. Share-based compensation expense related to awards is based on the fair value at the date of grant, and is recognized over the requisite expected service period, net of estimated forfeitures. Under the Plan, the total number of options permitted is 15 percent of issued and outstanding common shares. Summary of Nonvested Shares of Restricted Stock On May 2, 2017, we granted 30 shares of restricted stock to an independent director, par value $0.001 per share. These shares have a fair value grant price of $1.15 per share, based on the closing price of Deep Down’s stock on that day. These shares vest over three years in equal tranches on the grant date anniversary, with continued service on our Board of Directors; we are amortizing the related share-based compensation of $33 over the three-year requisite service period. For the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, we recognized a total of $67 and $274, respectively, of share-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The unamortized estimated fair value of nonvested shares of restricted stock awards was $106 at June 30, 2017. These costs are expected to be recognized as expense over a weighted average period of 0.48 years.

5. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

We have a share-based compensation plan, the “2003 Directors, Officers and Consultants Stock Option, Stock Warrant and Stock Award Plan” (the “Plan”). Awards of common stock and options to purchase common stock granted under the Plan have vesting periods of three years and options are exercisable for two years once fully vested. Share-based compensation expense related to awards is based on the fair value at the date of grant, and is recognized over the requisite expected service period, net of estimated forfeitures. Under the Plan, the total number of options permitted is 15 percent of issued and outstanding common shares.

Summary of Nonvested Shares of Restricted Stock

On May 2, 2017, we granted 30 shares of restricted stock to an independent director, par value $0.001 per share. These shares have a fair value grant price of $1.15 per share, based on the closing price of Deep Down’s stock on that day. These shares vest over three years in equal tranches on the grant date anniversary, with continued service on our Board of Directors; we are amortizing the related share-based compensation of $33 over the three-year requisite service period.

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, we recognized a total of $67 and $274, respectively, of share-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The unamortized estimated fair value of nonvested shares of restricted stock awards was $106 at June 30, 2017. These costs are expected to be recognized as expense over a weighted average period of 0.48 years.