2.4.0.82101100 - Disclosure - Generaltruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001330849duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">General</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Hercules Offshore, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its majority owned subsidiaries (the “Company”) provide shallow-water drilling and marine services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry globally through its Domestic Offshore, International Offshore, and International Liftboats segments (See Note 5 and 11). At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">June 30, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Company owned a fleet of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">40</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> jackup rigs, including </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Discovery Triumph</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Discovery Resilience</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">thirteen</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> barge rigs and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">58</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> liftboat vessels and operated an additional </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">five</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> liftboat vessels owned by a third party (See Note 5 and 11). The Company’s diverse fleet is capable of providing services such as oil and gas exploration and development drilling, well service, platform inspection, maintenance and decommissioning operations in several key shallow-water provinces around the world.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The consolidated financial statements of the Company are unaudited; however, they include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation. Certain information relating to the Company’s organization and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">December 31, 2012</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for the three and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">six months ended June 30, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Recast of Financial Information for Discontinued Operations</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Due to the current period classification of the Domestic Liftboats and Inland segments as discontinued operations, we have recast the Company's historical information to reflect the results of operations of these two segments as discontinued operations for all periods presented.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Principles of Consolidation</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries as well as the accounts of our majority owned subsidiary Discovery Offshore S.A. (“Discovery”) from the date a majority controlling interest was acquired. All intercompany account balances and transactions have been eliminated.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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