Subsequent Event

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On February 20, 2013, Petrobras notified us of its intention to exercise the cancellation provision of a contract for the delivery of subsea manifold systems. Under the contract, FMC Technologies is executing the delivery of four manifold systems out of a contractual commitment of six systems. The last two systems will not be delivered under the cancellation provision and will be eliminated from our backlog during the first quarter of 2013. The contract cancellation provision entitles FMC Technologies to recover its incurred costs on the cancelled scope of work, and we are presently collecting such information for presentation to the customer. We do not expect the contract cancellation to have a material impact on the 2013 results of operations.