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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]      
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Foreign $ 28,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign    
Total effective tax rate 31.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 31.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 31.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
United States statutory rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decreases Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions (707,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (337,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (8,193,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Net gain on sales of property and equipment (1,165,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 450,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment (584,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Unremitted Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries To Be Indefinitely Reinvested 573,000,000oii_UnremittedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiariesToBeIndefinitelyReinvested    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Probability Threshold of Realizing for Tax Benefits Recognition, Minimum Percentage 50.00%oii_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsProbabilityThresholdOfRealizingForTaxBenefitsRecognitionMinimumPercentage    
Penalties and interest expense relating to uncertain tax positions (400,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 1,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense (2,700,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Liabilities for penalties and interest on uncertain tax $ 2,900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued $ 3,300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued