GEOGRAPHIC AREA INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenues and long-lived assets by geographic area

Revenues by geographic area are set forth below (in thousands):

	2014		2013		2012
Saudi Arabia	$	443,873	$	412,799	$	376,406
United Kingdom	288,248		327,217		385,174
United States	283,835		240,820		209,296
Norway	213,393		168,931		131,251
Indonesia	125,851		90,027		13,677
Trinidad	94,722		101,262		98,764
Malaysia	93,962		127,216		88,960
Angola	80,499		—		—
Qatar	53,522		21,938		26,298
Spain (Canary Islands)	36,956		—		—
Morocco	33,027		—		—
Egypt	32,426		89,074		25,435
Namibia	25,479		—		—
Tunisia	18,590		—		—
Vietnam	—		—		37,346
Consolidated revenues	$	1,824,383	$	1,579,284	$	1,392,607

Long-lived assets by geographic area at December 31 are set forth below (in thousands):

	2014		2013		2012
Norway	$	1,394,994	$	503,308	$	495,518
United States	1,374,420		868,147		903,823
Rigs under construction	1,023,647		1,009,382		756,245
Saudi Arabia	932,714		1,204,915		1,103,220
United Kingdom	842,666		1,336,400		1,555,324
Spain (Canary Islands)	759,275		—		—
Malaysia	383,308		386,402		447,949
Trinidad	238,697		254,671		250,765
Indonesia	221,512		251,169		184,706
Tunisia	214,790		—		—
Qatar	46,156		85,240		153,282
Angola	33		—		—
Netherlands	—		270,409		—
Egypt	—		215,712		220,897
Consolidated long-lived assets	$	7,432,212	$	6,385,755	$	6,071,729