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Equity Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Equity Investments  
Equity Investments

Note 6 – Equity Investments

    

As of June 30, 2011, we have three investments that we account for using the equity method of accounting: Deepwater Gateway, Independence Hub, and the Clough Helix Joint Venture Pty Ltd. ("Clough Helix JV").  Deepwater Gateway and Independence Hub are included in our Production Facilities segment while the Clough Helix joint venture is a component of our Contracting Services segment.

 

·Deepwater Gateway, L.L.C.  In June 2002, we, along with Enterprise Products Partners L.P. ("Enterprise"), formed Deepwater Gateway, each with a 50% interest, to design, construct, install, own and operate a tension leg platform production hub primarily for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's Marco Polo field in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Our investment in Deepwater Gateway totaled $98.3 million and $99.8 million as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively (including capitalized interest of $1.4 million and $1.5 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively).  Distributions from Deepwater Gateway, net to our interest, totaled $1.8 million and $3.6 million for the respective three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2011.

 

·Independence Hub, LLC.  In December 2004, we acquired a 20% interest in Independence Hub, an affiliate of Enterprise.  Independence Hub owns the "Independence Hub" platform located in Mississippi Canyon Block 920 in a water depth of 8,000 feet.  First production through the facility commenced in July 2007.  Our investment in Independence Hub was $81.0 million and $82.4 million as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively (including capitalized interest of $5.1 million and $5.2 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively).  Distributions from Independence Hub, net to our interest, totaled $5.2 million and $9.6 million for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

 

·Clough Helix JV.   In February 2010, we announced the formation of the Clough Helix JV with Australian-based engineering and construction company, Clough Projects Australia Pty Ltd ("Clough"), to provide a range of subsea services to offshore operators in the Asia Pacific region. The Clough Helix JV combines our well intervention equipment with Clough's 12-man saturation diving system, which are deployed from the 118 meter long DP2 multiservice vessel, Normand Clough.   In the first quarter of 2011, the Clough Helix JV commenced an approximate six- to nine-month day rate project located offshore China.  Our 50% share of the earnings from the Clough Helix JV totaled $0.7 million and $1.1 million for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2011, respectively as compared to losses of  $4.3 million and $5.7 million in the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2010, respectively.   The loss in the 2010 periods primarily represented the mobilization costs of transporting the Normand Clough from the Gulf of Mexico to Singapore and other start up costs.   Our investment in the Clough Helix JV was $9.5 million at June 30, 2011 and $4.9 million at December 31, 2010.