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Another 
Record 
Year

Oceaneering International, Inc. 

2010 Annual Report

Overview

Corporate Profile

Oceaneering is a global oilfield provider of engineered services and 
products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on
deepwater applications.  Through the use of its applied technology 
expertise, Oceaneering also serves the defense and aerospace industries. 

Oceaneering’s business offerings include remotely operated vehicles, built-to-
order specialty subsea hardware, deepwater intervention and manned diving services,
non-destructive testing and inspections, and engineering and project management.

Mission Statement

Oceaneering’s mission is to increase the net wealth of its Shareholders by providing
safe, cost-effective, and quality-based technical solutions satisfying customer needs
worldwide.

About the Cover

Pictured is our Millennium® 56 ROV, capable of operating in more than 13,000 feet of
water, being launched from a drillship.  Attached to the bottom of the vehicle is one of
our ROV tooling fluid injection skids that can be used to operate subsea valves and
perform up to 15,000 psi pressure tests.

Background

Founded in 1964, Oceaneering has grown from an air and mixed gas diving business 
in the Gulf of Mexico to a provider of diversified, engineered services and products 
operating worldwide.  We have achieved this growth by executing a plan of internal 
development augmented by strategic acquisitions.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, we earned net income of over 
$200 million on revenue of $1.9 billion while employing approximately 8,200 people
working out of 67 locations in 21 countries.  We serve our offshore oil and gas 
customers through the trade names of Oceaneering International, Oceaneering 
Intervention Engineering (OIE), Oceaneering Umbilical Solutions, Oceaneering Grayloc,
Oceaneering Rotator, and Oceaneering Inspection Services.  Our Advanced Technologies
Group, which includes Oceaneering Technologies and Oceaneering Space Systems,
serves our customers outside the oil and gas industry.

Table of Contents

1    Overview

2     Letter to Shareholders

4     Oceaneering at a Glance

8     Worldwide Locations

9     Financial Section

55     Directors and Key Management

Flying Lead End Assembly

Subsea Accumulator Module

ROV Accumulator Reservoir Skid

Financial Highlights

($ in thousands, except per share amounts)

2010  

2009     % Increase

Revenue   

Gross Margin  

Operating Income    

Net Income    

Diluted Earnings Per Share   

$1,917,045   

$1,822,081  

466,320    

309,500    

200,531    

3.65    

437,726   

292,116   

188,353   

3.40   

5.2%

6.5%

6.0%

6.5%

7.4%

For 2010 Oceaneering reported record 
earnings and EPS. We achieved best 
ever operating income from our Remotely 
Operated Vehicles, Subsea Products, and
Advanced Technologies segments.  
Our ability to produce outstanding results
was largely attributable to our business
focus on deepwater activity and our 
successful efforts to control expenses.

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T. Jay Collins

Letter to Shareholders

I am pleased to report that we achieved record results in 2010, highlighted by our best annual EPS 

and safety performances.  These accomplishments were particularly noteworthy as most oilfield service 

companies reported EPS substantially below their peaks, and industry attention to safety was elevated in

the aftermath of the Macondo well incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

2010 EPS of $3.65 was above the guidance I provided in

We excelled in working safely, and I am very pleased 

last year’s letter.   We achieved better than anticipated

to report that for 2010 we attained the best annual

operating income results from our Subsea Products

safety performance in Oceaneering’s history.  Our total

and Subsea Projects segments.  Subsea Products 

recordable incidence rate (TRIR) was 0.60% and days

outperformed our expectation on the strength of higher

away from work incidence rate (DAFWIR) was 0.13%.

demand for Installation, Workover, and Control System

As a point of reference, the latest published annual 

services and better cost control and manufacturing 

industry averages for the oil and gas extraction industry

efficiency at our umbilical plants.  Subsea Projects 

were a TRIR of 1.4% and a DAFWIR of 1.1%.  Our 

exceeded our forecast on higher demand for deepwater

accomplishments over the past five years have met

vessel services.

general industry criteria for having world-class safety

By comparison, the aggregate 2010 EPS of the

performance.

other companies in the Oil Service Sector Index (OSX)

During 2010 we continued to fund growth 

quoted on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange was down

opportunities.  Our capital expenditures totaled

approximately 45% from the 2008 peak.  Our ability to

$207 million, of which $109 million was spent on 

continue to produce outstanding results has been

expanding and upgrading our ROV fleet.  We placed 22

largely attributable to our business focus on deepwater

new vehicles into service during the year.  We also 

activity and our successful efforts to control expenses.

repaid $120 million of debt and repurchased 1.1 million

These enabled us to maintain the 16% operating margin

shares of our common stock at a cost of approximately

we achieved in 2009 and 2008.  In recognition of our 

$50 million.  Funding for our investments, debt 

financial performance and future business prospects,

retirement, and share repurchases came from cash

the market price of Oceaneering’s stock rose over 25%

flow provided by operating activities.

during the year.

Our balance sheet remained in great shape.  

Our efforts to enhance operational execution and

At year end, we had $245 million of cash, no debt,

sustain our strong safety culture, our number one core

$300 million available under our revolving credit facility,

value, continued to produce outstanding results.  

and $1.4 billion of equity.

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We are forecasting our 2011 EPS to be in the range

adding vehicles to our ROV fleet.  About $30 million is

of $3.45 to $3.75, with the possibility of another record

for Subsea Projects, which includes the completion of

year.  For our services and products, we anticipate 

the Ocean Patriot renovation and the addition of a third

international demand growth may more than offset

saturation diving system.

lower demand in the GOM.  Our assessment of 

I’d like to thank our employees who accomplished

international demand is that deepwater drilling and

our 2010 results.  Their commitment to safely provide

field development and production activity will increase,

high-quality solutions to our customers’ needs is the

particularly in West Africa and Asia.  The major 

foundation for our continued success.

uncertainties we face in 2011 are when, at what pace,

This is my last shareholder letter as I will be 

and to what level permits for GOM deepwater drilling

retiring in 2011.  It has been a pleasure to be part of the

projects will rebound in light of additional environmental

Oceaneering management team for the past 17 years

and safety regulations that have been implemented by

and to have met so many great people.  Having reported

the U.S. Department of the Interior as a result of the

record EPS four of the five years I have led the company

Macondo well incident.

is an experience I will never forget.    

Looking beyond 2011, our belief that the oil and gas

I plan to continue my affiliation with the company

industry will continue to invest in deepwater projects

as a member of the Board of Directors.  M. Kevin McEvoy,

remains unchanged.  Deepwater remains one of the

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,

best frontiers for adding large hydrocarbon reserves

whom I have worked with since I joined Oceaneering,

with high production flow rates.  With our existing 

has been designated to succeed me.  I am confident

assets, we are well positioned to supply a wide range 

that the organization will continue to prosper and grow

of the services and products required to support safe

under his leadership.

deepwater efforts of our customers.

Given our outlook, we plan to expand our ability 

to participate in the deepwater market by continuing to

grow organically and making additional acquisitions.

During 2011 we anticipate generating over $435 million

T. Jay Collins

of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and

President and Chief Executive Officer

amortization (EBITDA).  This projected  cash flow and

our balance sheet provide us with ample resources to

invest in Oceaneering’s growth.  Our capital expenditure 

estimate for 2011 is $150 million to $175 million, of

which approximately $100 million is for upgrading and

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Oceaneering at a Glance

Revenue

Operating Income

34%

12%

12%

13%

29%

Remotely Operated Vehicles

Subsea Products

Subsea Projects

Inspection

Advanced Technologies

4%

6%

11%

27%

52%

2010 Review

EPS of $3.65 was the highest in Oceaneering’s history.  We achieved

record operating income from our Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV),

Subsea Products, and Advanced Technologies segments. 

During the year we continued to position the company for future

growth and increased earnings.  Our capital expenditures were 

$207 million, of which $109 million was spent on expanding and 

upgrading our ROV fleet.  $44 million was invested in Subsea Projects,

including construction of a new dive support vessel to replace the
Ocean Project, acquisition and subsequent modifications of a vessel,

the Ocean Patriot, for dedicated saturation diving service, and purchase

of a new saturation diving system.  $42 million was invested in Subsea

Products, including the asset acquisition of a Canadian manufacturer 

of metal-to-metal seal clamps, check valves, and universal ball joints.  

We also made investments in ROV tooling, Installation, Workover and
Control System (IWOCS) equipment, and modifications to our Brazil 

umbilical manufacturing facility.

2011 Outlook

We forecast our EPS in 2011 to be in the range of $3.45 to $3.75, with

the possibility of another record year.  Compared to 2010, the 2011 

operating income from our ROV and Inspection businesses is expected

to increase.  Subsea Products and Advanced Technologies are forecast

to have consistent results.  Subsea Projects is expected to be lower.

We anticipate ROVs, Subsea Products, and Subsea Projects will account

for more than 85% of our total operating income, as they did in 2010. 

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Remotely Operated Vehicles

Overview

ROVs are submersible vehicles operated by technicians from a control van, typically

onboard an ocean surface vessel or floating drilling rig.  They are piloted in the water

by means of a microprocessor-based control system through a fiber-optic armored

umbilical.  ROVs are used to perform a variety of offshore oilfield tasks in water

depths that ordinarily preclude the use of manned diving.  These include drilling

support, subsea hardware installation and construction, pipeline inspections and

surveys, and subsea production facility operation and maintenance.

We own and operate the largest fleet of oilfield work class ROVs in the world,

with an estimated 35% of the industry’s vehicles at the end of 2010.  We were the 

primary provider of these vehicles to perform drill support service, with a market

share of 60%, three times that of the second largest supplier.

2010 Review

We achieved record operating income for the seventh consecutive year, despite lower

demand in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) due to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s

(DOI) drilling moratorium.  We earned more operating income by slightly increasing

our average revenue per day-on-hire while maintaining our operating margin through

good cost controls in a tough market.  During 2010 we put 22 new ROVs into service

and retired 10.  At year end we had 260 vehicles in our fleet. 

2011 Outlook

We expect operating income to improve on an increase in days on hire, as we benefit

from an increase in international demand for drill support services and continue to

expand our fleet.  We anticipate adding 15 to 20 new vehicles to our fleet in 2011 and

retiring about five.

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Subsea Projects

Overview

We perform subsea oilfield hardware installation 
and production infrastructure inspection, repair, and 
maintenance services in the GOM.  We service shallow-
water projects with our manned diving operation 
utilizing dive support vessels and saturation diving 
systems.  We service deepwater projects with dynamically-
positioned vessels that have our ROVs onboard.

2010 Review

2011 Outlook

Operating income declined due to lower
demand for our services on hurricane
damage projects and our phased exit of
the mobile offshore production system
business.

We expect operating income to be lower
due to completion of Macondo project
work in 2010 and a reduced level of 
subsea activity in the GOM as a result 
of additional environmental and safety 
regulations that have been implemented
by the DOI.

Subsea Products

Overview

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We manufacture a variety of built-to-order specialty
subsea oilfield products.  These encompass production
control umbilicals, ROV tooling, IWOCS, clamps, valves,
and field development hardware – including umbilical
termination and distribution assemblies, flying leads,
and junction plates.

Most of our subsea products are sold to our 

customers.  We also rent ROV tooling and provide IWOCS
systems as a service line.

2010 Review

2011 Outlook

Operating income increased to a record
level due to manufacturing process 
improvements and cost reductions, improved
umbilical plant throughput, and higher 
demand for subsea field development
hardware, ROV tooling rentals, and IWOCS
services.

We anticipate operating income to be about
the same as in 2010.  Increased umbilical
plant throughput is expected to be offset by
lower sales of IWOCS services.  

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Advanced Technologies

Overview

We provide engineering services and related 
manufacturing principally to the U.S. Department of 
Defense (DOD), NASA and its prime subcontractors, and
the commercial theme park industry.  The U.S. Navy is
our largest customer for whom we perform work 
primarily on surface ships and submarines.

2010 Review

2011 Outlook

Operating income rose to a record level due
to increased work on entertainment industry
contracts, U.S. Navy engineering services,
and DOD manufacturing projects.

We are forecasting operating income to be
comparable to 2010.  Increased profitability
on U.S. Navy vessel service work, due to a
change in job mix, is expected to be offset
by lower NASA and DOD manufacturing
project activities.

Inspection

Overview

We provide nondestructive testing, inspection, and 
integrity management and assessment services, 
principally to the oil and gas, power generation, and
petrochemical industries.  These are performed onshore
and offshore, usually above the ocean surface.  

2010 Review

Operating income was about the same as

in 2009. 

2011 Outlook

We expect operating income to be slightly
higher on increased service sales in the
United States and abroad.

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Oceaneering International Locations

Corporate Headquarters

Operational Bases

International

Cabinda, Angola
Lobito, Angola
Luanda, Angola 
Tingalpa, Queensland, Australia 
Perth, W.A., Australia 
Baku, Azerbaijan 
Macaé, Brasil 
Niteroi, Brasil 
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Cairo, Egypt 
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 
Tbilisi, Georgia
Takoradi, Ghana 
Mumbai, India  
Chandigarh, India
Kakinada, India
Batam, Indonesia 
Jakarta, Indonesia 
Tripoli, Libya 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia 
Mexico D.F., Mexico

United States

San Diego, California
Gales Ferry, Connecticut
Orlando, Florida
Panama City, Florida
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Bayou Vista, Louisiana
Houma, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana
Morgan City, Louisiana
New Iberia, Louisiana

Cd. del Carmen, Mexico
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria 
Port Harcourt, Nigeria 
Warri, Nigeria 
Nodeland, Norway 
Stavanger, Norway 
Jurong, Singapore 
Zug, Switzerland 
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. 
Dubai, U.A.E. 
Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K. 
Gloucester, England, U.K.
Immingham, England, U.K.
London, England, U.K.  
Mossbank, Shetland Islands, U.K.
Port Clarence, North Tees, U.K.
Rosyth, Scotland, U.K.  
Southampton, England, U.K. 
Stockton, England, U.K.  
Swansea, Wales, U.K.  
Rochester, England, U.K.  
Whitley Bridge, England, U.K.  
Wilton, England, U.K. 

New Orleans, Louisiana
Cataumet, Massachusetts
Hanover, Maryland 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Austin, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
Clear Lake, Texas
Houston, Texas 
Ingleside, Texas 
Chesapeake, Virginia

Oceaneering International, Inc.
11911 FM 529
Houston, Texas 77041-3000
P.O. Box 40494
Houston, Texas 77240-0494
Telephone: (713) 329-4500
Fax: (713) 329-4951
www.oceaneering.com

Regional Headquarters 

Oceaneering International, Inc.
5004 Railroad Avenue
Morgan City, Louisiana 70380 
Telephone: (985) 329-3900
Fax: (985) 329-3266

Oceaneering International Services Limited
Oceaneering House
Pitmedden Road, Dyce
Aberdeen AB21 0DP, Scotland
Telephone: (44-1224) 758500
Fax: (44-1224) 758519

Oceaneering International Dubai LLC
Al Moosa Tower 2, Suite 15
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Telephone: (971-4) 311-7500
Fax: (971-4) 331-0800

Oceaneering Advanced Technologies
7001 Dorsey Road
Hanover, Maryland 21076
Telephone: (443) 459-3700
Fax: (443) 459-3980

Marine Production Systems do Brasil Ltda.
Praca Alcides Pereira, n° 3
Ilha da Conceicão/Niteroi
24.050-350 
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 
Telephone: (55 21) 2729-8900
Fax: (55 21) 2722-1515

Oceaneering International Pte Ltd 
No. 1 Kwong Min Road
Jurong, Singapore 628704
Telephone: (65) 6261 3211
Fax: (65) 6261 3230

Oceaneering AS
Jåttåvågen, Hinna
PB 8024 4068 
Stavanger, Norway
Telephone: (47) 51 82 51 00
Fax: (47) 51 82 52 90

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OCEANEERING COMMON STOCK 

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol OII. We 
submitted to the New York Stock Exchange during 2010 a certification of our Chief Executive 
Officer regarding compliance with the Exchange's corporate governance listing standards. We 
also included as exhibits to this annual report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC, the 
certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required under 
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  

The following table sets out, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices for our 
common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (consolidated transaction reporting 
system):  

For the quarter ended:
      March 31
      June 30
      September 30
      December 31

2010

2009

$   

High
66.12
68.60
54.92
76.86

$   

Low
51.29
39.75
43.09
51.61

$   

High
41.62
55.55
60.70
60.90

$   

Low
27.78
35.34
39.91
50.14

On February 11, 2011, there were 357 holders of record of our common stock. On that date, the 
closing sales price, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, was $76.27. We have not made 
any common stock dividend payments since 1977. Payment of future cash dividends will be at 
the discretion of our board of directors in accordance with applicable law after taking into account 
various factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, legal 
requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice and any other factors that our board of 
directors believes are relevant.  

In February 2010, our Board of Directors approved a plan to repurchase up to 6,000,000 shares 
of our common stock. In 2010, under this plan, we repurchased 1,100,000 shares of our common 
stock for $49.5 million, all during the first three quarters of the year. We did not repurchase any 
shares of our common stock in 2009.  

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA 

The following table sets forth certain selected historical consolidated financial data and should be 
read in conjunction with Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operation and our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes included in this 
report. The following information may not be indicative of our future operating results.  

Results of Operations:

Year Ended December 31,

$ 

2010
1,917,045
1,450,725
466,320
156,820
309,500
200,531
3.65

$    
$    

$ 

2009
1,822,081
1,384,355
437,726
145,610
292,116
188,353
3.40

$    
$    

$ 

2008
1,977,421
1,512,621
464,800
147,242
317,558
199,386
3.56

$    
$    

$ 

2007
1,743,080
1,329,795
413,285
123,662
289,623
180,374
3.22

$    
$    

$ 

2006
1,280,198
984,077
296,121
101,785
194,336
124,494
2.26

$    
$    

153,651

122,945

115,029

93,776

80,456

       207,180 

       175,021 

       252,277 

       233,795 

       193,842 

2010

$    

2.24
543,646
2,030,506
-
1,390,215

2009

$    

2.25
485,592
1,880,287
120,000
1,224,323

As of December 31,
2008

$    

2.09
390,378
1,670,020
229,000
967,654

2007

$    

1.98
331,594
1,531,440
200,000
915,310

2006

$    

1.87
243,939
1,242,022
194,000
696,764

(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue
Cost of services and products
Gross margin
Selling, general and administrative expense
Income from operations
Net income
Diluted earnings per share
Depreciation and amortization, including 
impairment charges
Capital expenditures, including business 
acquisitions

Other Financial Data:

(in thousands, except ratios)
Working capital ratio
Working capital
Total assets
Long-term debt
Shareholders' equity

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

Certain statements in this annual report on Form 10-K, including, without limitation, statements 
regarding the following matters are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor 
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:  

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our business strategy;  
our plans for future operations;  
industry conditions;  
our expectations about 2011 earnings per share and segment operating results, and 
the factors underlying those expectations, including our expectations about demand 
for our deepwater oilfield services and products as a result of the factors we specify in 
the "Overview" below;  
projections relating to floating rigs to be placed in service and subsea tree orders;  
the adequacy of our liquidity and capital resources to support our operations and 
internally-generated growth initiatives;  
our projected capital expenditures for 2011;  
our plans to add ROVs to our fleet;  
our belief that our goodwill will not be impaired during 2011;  
the adequacy of our accruals for uninsured expected liabilities from workers' 
compensation, maritime employer's liability and general liability claims;  
our expectation that our total unrecognized tax benefits will not significantly increase 
or decrease in the next 12 months;  
our expectations about the cash flows from our investment in Medusa Spar LLC, and 
the factors underlying those expectations;  
our backlog; and 
our expectations regarding the effect of inflation in the near future.  

These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions, 
including those we refer to under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Statement 
Concerning Forward-Looking Statements" in Part I of this report. Although we believe that the 
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, because of the 
inherent limitations in the forecasting process, as well as the relatively volatile nature of the 
industries in which we operate, we can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to 
have been correct. Accordingly, evaluation of our future prospects must be made with caution 
when relying on forward-looking information.  

Overview  
The table that follows sets out our revenue and profitability for 2010, 2009 and 2008.  

(dollars in thousands)

Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %
Net Income

2010

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

$ 

1,917,045
466,320
24%
309,500
16%
200,531

$ 

1,822,081
437,726
24%
292,116
16%
188,353

$ 

1,977,421
464,800
24%
317,558
16%
199,386

During 2010, we generated approximately 88% of our revenue, and 96% of our operating income, 
from our services and products provided to the oil and gas industry. In 2010, our revenue 
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Products segment revenue increased 13% from higher umbilical plant throughput and specialty 
product sales.  

The $201 million consolidated net income we earned in 2010 was the highest in our history. The 
$12 million increase from 2009 net income was attributable to a higher profit contribution from our 
Subsea Products segment, which had $48 million more operating income on $62 million more 
revenue.  

In 2010, we invested in the following major capital projects:  

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• 

additions of and upgrades to our work-class ROVs;  
expenditures for added capacity in our Subsea Products segment, including 
$17.5 million for a business acquisition; and  
purchase and outfitting of two vessels and a saturation diving system in our Subsea 
Projects business.  

 We expect our 2011 diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $3.45 to $3.75, as compared 
to $3.65 in 2010. We anticipate deepwater drilling and field development and production activity 
will increase, particularly in West Africa and Asia. The major uncertainties we face in 2011 are 
when, at what pace, and to what level permits for U.S. Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling projects 
will rebound in the aftermath of additional environmental and safety regulations that have been 
implemented by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a result of the Macondo well incident. 
Compared to 2010, in 2011 we are forecasting an increase in ROV operating income as a result 
of higher average fleet size and international demand for drill support services notwithstanding a 
lower profit contribution from our ROV services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In the event U.S. Gulf 
of Mexico permitting is significantly lower than we expect, we believe more deepwater rigs will be 
moved to other geographic areas and that our ROV systems will stay onboard and work at their 
new drilling locations.  

We use our ROVs in the offshore oil and gas industry to perform a variety of underwater tasks, 
including drill support, installation and construction support, pipeline inspection and surveys and 
subsea production facility inspection, repair and maintenance. The largest percentage of our 
ROVs has historically been used to provide drill support services. Therefore, the number of 
floating drilling rigs on hire is a leading market indicator for this business. The following table 
shows average floating rigs under contract and our ROV utilization.  

Average number of floating rigs
ROV days on hire (in thousands)
ROV utilization

2010

2009

2008

220
69
75%

208
69
79%

201
65
82%

Demand for floating rigs is our primary driver of future growth prospects. According to industry 
data published by ODS-Petrodata, at the end of 2010, there were 255 floating drilling rigs in the 
world, with 86% of the rigs under contract and 64% of the rigs contracted through 2011. Sixty 
additional floating rigs were on order and scheduled to be delivered through 2014, and 35 of 
these have been contracted long-term, for an average term of approximately 7.5 years. We 
estimate approximately 24 floating rigs will be placed in service during 2011, and we have ROV 
contracts on five of those. Competitors have the ROV contracts on 10 rigs, leaving nine contract 
opportunities.  

In addition to floating rig demand, subsea tree completions are another leading indicator of the 
strength of the deepwater market and the primary demand driver for our Subsea Products lines. 
According to industry data published by Quest Offshore Resources, Inc., there were less than 
600 subsea completions before 1990, approximately 1,100 in the decade of the 1990s, 
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of the 2010s. Additionally, the projected global market for subsea tree orders is expected to 
increase 40% in the 2011-2014 time period compared to the previous four years.  

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates  
We have based the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of 
operations on our consolidated financial statements, which we have prepared in conformity with 
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These principles require us to 
make various estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets 
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and 
expense during the periods we present. We base our estimates on historical experience, 
available information and other assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the 
circumstances. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates; however, our actual results may 
differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The following discussion 
summarizes the accounting policies we believe (1) require our management's most difficult, 
subjective or complex judgments and (2) are the most critical to our reporting of results of 
operations and financial position.  

Revenue Recognition. We recognize our revenue according to the type of contract involved. On 
a daily basis, we recognize revenue under contracts that provide for specific time, material and 
equipment charges, which we bill periodically, ranging from weekly to monthly.  

We account for significant fixed-price contracts, which we enter into mainly in our Subsea 
Products segment, and occasionally in our Subsea Projects and Advanced Technologies 
segments, using the percentage-of-completion method. In 2010, we accounted for 14% of our 
revenue using the percentage-of-completion method. In determining whether a contract should be 
accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method, we consider whether:  

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the customer provides specifications for the construction of facilities or production of 
goods or for the provision of related services;  

•  we can reasonably estimate our progress towards completion and our costs;  
• 

the contract includes provisions as to the enforceable rights regarding the goods or 
services to be provided, consideration to be received and the manner and terms of 
payment;  
the customer can be expected to satisfy its obligations under the contract; and  

• 
•  we can be expected to perform our contractual obligations.  

Under the percentage-of-completion method, we recognize estimated contract revenue based on 
costs incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated costs. Changes in the expected cost of 
materials and labor, productivity, scheduling and other factors affect the total estimated costs. 
Additionally, external factors, including weather or other factors outside of our control, may also 
affect the progress and estimated cost of a project's completion and, therefore, the timing of 
income and revenue recognition. We routinely review estimates related to our contracts and 
reflect revisions to profitability in earnings immediately. If a current estimate of total contract cost 
indicates an ultimate loss on a contract, we recognize the projected loss in full when we 
determine it. In prior years, we have recorded adjustments to earnings as a result of revisions to 
contract estimates. Although we are continually striving to accurately estimate our contract costs 
and profitability, adjustments to overall contract costs could be significant in future periods.  

We recognize the remainder of our revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, 
delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, price is fixed or determinable and 
collection is reasonably assured.  

Long-lived Assets. We evaluate our property and equipment for impairment whenever events or 
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be appropriate. We base 
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cash flows associated with the assets or quoted market prices. If an impairment has occurred, we 
recognize a loss for the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the asset. 
Our expectations regarding future sales and undiscounted cash flows are highly subjective, cover 
extended periods of time and depend on a number of factors outside our control, such as 
changes in general economic conditions, laws and regulations. Accordingly, these expectations 
could differ significantly from year to year. In 2010, we recorded a $5.2 million impairment charge 
as additional depreciation to adjust the carrying value of our vessel held for sale, The Performer, 
to its fair value less estimated costs to sell. We completed the sale in July 2010 for approximately 
the vessel's reduced carrying value. In 2008, we recorded an impairment charge of $5.7 million 
as additional depreciation to reduce our investment in the Ocean Pensador, an oil tanker we were 
holding for possible conversion, to its fair value. In 2009 we sold that asset at a further loss of 
$0.8 million. Both The Performer and the Ocean Pensador were assets in our Subsea Projects 
segment, and their respective impairments and results of sales are included in the gross margin 
and operating income in the Subsea Projects segment.  

We charge the costs of repair and maintenance of property and equipment to operations as 
incurred, while we capitalize the costs of improvements.  

Goodwill. We account for acquisitions using the purchase method of accounting, with the 
purchase price being allocated to the net assets acquired based on their fair market values at the 
date of acquisition. We test the goodwill attributable to each of our reporting units for impairment 
annually, or more frequently whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the 
carrying amounts may not be appropriate. Except for ROVs and Inspection, which are tested as 
single reporting units, our operating units are one level below our business segments. We 
estimate fair value of the reporting units using both an income approach, which considers a 
discounted cash flow model, and a market approach. Reductions in estimates of our future cash 
flows or adverse changes in market comparable information may result in goodwill impairments in 
the future. For reporting units with significant goodwill, we do not believe our goodwill will be 
impaired during 2011.  

Loss Contingencies. We self-insure for workers' compensation, maritime employer's liability and 
comprehensive general liability claims to levels we consider financially prudent, and beyond the 
self-insurance level of exposure, we carry insurance, which can be by occurrence or in the 
aggregate. We determine the level of accruals for claims exposure by reviewing our historical 
experience and current year claim activity. We do not record accruals on a present-value basis. 
We review larger claims with insurance adjusters and establish specific reserves for known 
liabilities. We establish an additional reserve for incidents incurred but not reported to us for each 
year using our estimates and based on prior experience. We believe we have established 
adequate accruals for uninsured expected liabilities arising from those obligations. However, it is 
possible that future earnings could be affected by changes in our estimates relating to these 
matters.  

We are involved in various claims and actions against us, most of which are covered by 
insurance. We believe that our ultimate liability, if any, that may result from these claims and 
actions will not materially affect our financial position, cash flows or results of operations.  

Income Taxes. We account for any applicable interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions 
as a component of our provision for income taxes on our financial statements. We charged 
$0.2 million to income tax expense in 2010 for penalties and interest for uncertain tax positions, 
which brought our total liabilities for penalties and interest on uncertain tax positions to 
$4.0 million on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010. Including associated foreign tax credits 
and penalties and interest, we have accrued a net total of $5.6 million in the caption "other long-
term liabilities" on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 for unrecognized tax benefits. All 
additions or reductions to those liabilities affect our effective income tax rate in the periods of 
change.  

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We do not believe that the total of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or 
decrease in the next 12 months.   

Our tax provisions are based on our expected taxable income, statutory rates and tax-planning 
opportunities available to us in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Determination of 
taxable income in any jurisdiction requires the interpretation of the related tax laws. We are at risk 
that a taxing authority's final determination of our tax liabilities may differ from our interpretation. 
Our effective tax rate may fluctuate from year to year as our operations are conducted in different 
taxing jurisdictions, the amount of pre-tax income fluctuates and our estimates regarding the 
realizability of items such as foreign tax credits may change. In 2010, 2009 and 2008, we 
recorded reductions of income tax expense of $1.0 million, $0.3 million and $0.6 million, 
respectively, resulting from the resolution of uncertain tax positions related to certain tax liabilities 
we recorded in prior years. Current income tax expense represents either nonresident withholding 
taxes or the liabilities expected to be reflected on our income tax returns for the current year, 
while the net deferred income tax expense or benefit represents the change in the balance of 
deferred tax assets or liabilities as reported on our balance sheet.  

We establish valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not 
that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized in the future. We currently 
have no valuation allowances. While we have considered estimated future taxable income and 
ongoing prudent and feasible tax-planning strategies in assessing the need for the valuation 
allowances, changes in these estimates and assumptions, as well as changes in tax laws, could 
require us to adjust the valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets. These adjustments to 
the valuation allowance would impact our income tax provision in the period in which such 
adjustments are identified and recorded.  

For a summary of our major accounting policies and a discussion of recently adopted accounting 
standards, please see Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.  

Liquidity and Capital Resources  
We consider our liquidity and capital resources adequate to support our operations and internally-
generated growth initiatives. At December 31, 2010, we had working capital of $544 million, 
including cash and cash equivalents of $245 million. Additionally, we had $300 million available 
under our revolving credit facility, which currently extends to January 2012. We repaid our long-
term debt in 2010 and had no borrowings under our revolving credit agreement at December 31, 
2010. Although there were no borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2010, we made 
borrowings under our revolving credit facility at various times during the year. Our maximum 
borrowings and our total interest costs under the facility during the year ended December 31, 
2010 were $100 million and $4.4 million (including $2.9 million to terminate an interest rate 
hedge), respectively. We plan to renew or replace our revolving credit agreement in 2011. Our 
net cash provided by operating activities was $442 million, $418 million and $248 million for 2010, 
2009 and 2008, respectively.  

Our capital expenditures, including business acquisitions, for 2010, 2009 and 2008 were 
$207 million, $175 million and $252 million, respectively. Capital expenditures for 2010 included 
expenditures for: additions and upgrades to our ROV fleet; two vessels and a saturation diving 
system in our Subsea Project segment; a business acquisition in our Subsea Products segment; 
and modifications to our Brazil umbilical manufacturing facility. Capital expenditures in 2009 
included expenditures for: additions and upgrades to our ROV fleet; the construction of our own 
facility to produce control umbilicals for our ROVs; and expansion of our specialty subsea 
products business in foreign markets. Capital expenditures in 2008 included expenditures for: 
additions and upgrades to our ROV fleet; a Subsea Products acquisition for $40 million; vessel 
upgrades; and facility expansions for our specialty subsea products.  

Our capital expenditures during 2010, 2009 and 2008 included $109 million, $147 million and 
$146 million, respectively, in our ROV segment, principally for additions and upgrades to our ROV 

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fleet to expand the fleet and replace units we retired and for facilities infrastructure to support our 
growing ROV fleet size. We plan to continue adding ROVs at levels we determine appropriate to 
meet market opportunities as they arise. We added 22, 30 and 21 ROVs to our fleet and disposed 
of 10, nine and four units during 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, resulting in a total of 260 
work-class systems in the fleet at December 31, 2010.  

In 2006, we chartered a larger deepwater vessel, the Ocean Intervention III, for three years, with 
extension options for up to six additional years. The initial three-year term of the charter began in 
May 2007, and the term has been extended to May 2011. We also chartered an additional larger 
deepwater vessel, the Olympic Intervention IV, for an initial term of five years, which began in the 
third quarter of 2008. We outfitted each of these larger deepwater vessels with two of our high-
specification work-class ROVs, and we expect to utilize these vessels to perform subsea 
hardware installation and inspection, repair and maintenance projects, and to conduct well 
intervention services in the ultra-deep waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.  

We have not guaranteed any debt not reflected on our consolidated balance sheet. In 2003, we 
acquired a 50% interest in Medusa Spar LLC. At formation, Medusa Spar LLC borrowed 
$84 million, or approximately 50% of its total capitalization, from a group of banks. The loan was 
repaid in 2008. We expect the majority of the positive net cash flow generated in the future by 
Medusa Spar LLC will be distributed to the equity holders. We received $7.7 million, $8.5 million 
and $2.5 million of cash distributions from Medusa Spar LLC and recognized $2.1 million, 
$3.2 million and $1.9 million of equity in the earnings of Medusa Spar LLC in 2010, 2009 and 
2008, respectively. Medusa Spar LLC is a variable interest entity under accounting rules. We are 
accounting for our investment in Medusa Spar LLC using the equity method of accounting. At 
December 31, 2010, our investment in Medusa Spar LLC was $51.8 million.   

Our principal source of cash from operating activities is our net income, adjusted for the non-cash 
expenses of depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes and noncash compensation 
under our restricted stock plans. Our $442 million, $418 million and $248 million of cash provided 
from operating activities in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, were affected by cash 
increases/(decreases) of $12 million, $12 million and ($72 million), respectively, of changes in 
accounts receivable and ($22 million), $14 million and ($16 million), respectively, of changes in 
inventory and other current assets. The 2008 change in accounts receivable was due to the 
change in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2008 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2007. In 
2010, the change in inventory and other current assets related to increases in refundable income 
taxes and prepaid expenses. In 2009 and 2008, the changes in inventory and other current 
assets principally related to ROV requirements and Subsea Products raw materials. The 
increases in ROV inventory related to equipment waiting for assembly into ROVs to be placed in 
service in subsequent years and increases in parts to be used for servicing our growing ROV 
fleet.  

In 2010, we used $192 million in investing activities, including $109 million to upgrade and add 
additional units to our ROV fleet, $42 million to increase our Subsea Products capabilities, 
including an acquisition for $17 million, and $44 million in our Subsea Projects segment, including 
expenditures for an additional vessel equipped with a saturation diving system and a replacement 
diving service vessel.  

In 2009, we used $162 million in investing activities, including $147 million on growing and 
upgrading our ROV operations.  

In 2008, we used $246 million in investing activities, including $146 million to upgrade and add 
additional units to our ROV fleet and $78 million to increase our Subsea Products capabilities, 
including an acquisition for $40 million.  

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, we received $0.7 million, $1.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively, in 
cash flow from financing activities as proceeds from the sale of our common stock pursuant to the 
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outstanding. In addition, in 2010, 2009 and 2008, we received $1.7 million, $2.5 million and 
$6.8 million, respectively, of tax benefit realized from tax deductions in excess of financial 
statement expense related to our stock-based compensation plans. For a description of our 
incentive plans, please see Note 8 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.  

In 2002, our Board of Directors approved a plan to repurchase up to 6,000,000 shares of our 
common stock, subject to a $75 million aggregate purchase price limitation. During 2008, we 
completed the authorized repurchases under the plan by repurchasing 986,400 shares at a total 
cost of $54.9 million, which is reflected in our cash used in financing activities. Under the 2002 
stock repurchase plan, we repurchased 2,782,000 shares of common stock from 2002 through 
2008 at a total cost of $75 million. In February 2010, our Board of Directors approved a plan to 
repurchase up to an additional 6,000,000 shares of our common stock. The timing and amount of 
any repurchases will be determined by our management. We expect that any shares repurchased 
under the new plan will be held as treasury stock for future use. The 2010 plan does not obligate 
us to repurchase any particular number of shares. In 2010, we repurchased 1,100,000 shares at 
a cost of $49.5 million under the 2010 plan. Through December 31, 2010, we had reissued all but 
1,301,662 of the shares repurchased since 2002, primarily in connection with stock-based 
compensation plans.  

Because of our significant foreign operations, we are exposed to currency fluctuations and 
exchange rate risks. We generally minimize these risks primarily through matching, to the extent 
possible, revenue and expense in the various currencies in which we operate. Cumulative 
translation adjustments as of December 31, 2010 relate primarily to our net investments in, 
including long-term loans to, our foreign subsidiaries. A stronger U.S. dollar against the U.K. 
pound sterling and the Norwegian kroner would result in lower operating income. See Item 7A – 
"Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk." Inflation has not had a material 
effect on our revenue or income from operations in the past three years, and no such effect is 
expected in the near future.    

Results of Operations  
Information on our business segments is shown in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial 
Statements included in this report.  

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Oil and Gas. The table that follows sets out revenue and profitability for the business segments 
within our Oil and Gas business.  

(dollars in thousands)

Remotely Operated Vehicles

Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %
Days available
Utilization %

Subsea Products
Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %
Backlog at end of period

Subsea Projects
Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %

Inspection

Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %

Total Oil and Gas
Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %

2010

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

$    

662,105
247,619
37%
211,725
32%
91,667
75%

$    

649,228
237,023
37%
207,683
32%
86,527
79%

$    

625,921
221,270
35%
190,343
30%
79,052
82%

549,233
161,081
29%
108,522
20%
384,000

247,538
56,165
23%
46,910
19%

223,469
41,698
19%
25,893
12%

487,726
115,056
24%
60,526
12%
321,000

274,607
84,657
31%
75,404
27%

216,140
41,125
19%
26,443
12%

649,857
146,747
23%
96,046
15%
298,000

295,791
89,895
30%
79,546
27%

249,109
48,518
19%
31,017
12%

$ 

1,682,345
506,563
30%
393,050
23%

$ 

1,627,701
477,861
29%
370,056
23%

$ 

1,820,678
506,430
28%
396,952
22%

In response to continued increasing demand to support deepwater drilling and construction and 
production maintenance work, we have continued to build new ROVs. These new vehicles are 
designed for use around the world in water depths of 10,000 feet or more. We added 22, 30 and 
21 ROVs in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, while disposing of 23 units over the three-year 
period. We plan to continue adding ROVs at levels we determine appropriate to meet market 
opportunities.  

For 2010, our ROV revenue and operating income increased 2% over 2009 from increased 
revenue per day-on-hire. Good cost controls helped us keep margin percentages flat despite 
lower utilization. For 2009, our ROV revenue increased 4% over 2008 from the growth in days on 
hire for our larger work-class fleet, as our revenue per day-on-hire decreased approximately 2%. 
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increased by 9%. We grew our ROV fleet size to 260 at December 31, 2010 from 248 at 
December 31, 2009 and 227 at December 31, 2008.   

We anticipate ROV operating income to increase in 2011 as a result of an increase in days on 
hire, with an increase in international demand and fewer days on hire in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. 
In the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, we started 2011 onboard 26 rigs, consisting of ROVs at full rate on 11 
rigs, ROVs at a lower rate on six rigs, and ROVs at zero rate on nine rigs, compared to ROVs at 
full rate on 31 rigs before the Macondo well incident. Since the Macondo well incident, eight 
deepwater rigs either have left, or announcements have been made they will leave, the U.S. Gulf 
of Mexico. We had contracts on seven of the rigs and have retained contracts to remain on those 
seven rigs. For our 2011 estimates, we have assumed that, by year end, we will be at full rate on 
20 to 25 rigs working in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In addition to having a full year of service from 
the units we added during 2010, we expect to add 15 to 20 ROVs in 2011 and retire 
approximately five ROVs. We expect our operating margin percentage to decline slightly in 2011 
due to a change in geographic mix.  

Our Subsea Products operating income and margin percentage for 2010 increased over 2009, 
due to manufacturing process improvements and cost reductions, improved umbilical plant 
throughput, and higher demand for subsea field development hardware, ROV tooling rentals, and 
installation and workover control system ("IWOCS") services. Our Subsea Products revenue for 
2009 declined 25% from 2008 from decreased demand for our specialty subsea products and 
lower umbilical plant throughput. Our operating margin percentage decreased from 15% in 2008 
to 12% in 2009 due to a decrease in demand for our specialty subsea products and lower 
umbilical plant throughput. Our operating income and margins were also adversely affected by 
$5.5 million of unexpected costs we incurred in the third quarter of 2009 on two blowout preventer 
control systems.  

We anticipate our Subsea Products segment operating income in 2011 to be about the same as 
2010, as we expect increased throughput in our umbilical plants and lower sales of IWOCS 
services. Because of a different mix in products and services, we anticipate a lower operating 
margin percentage for Subsea Products in 2011. Our Subsea Products backlog was $384 million 
at December 31, 2010, 20% more than our $321 million Subsea Products backlog at 
December 31, 2009.  

Our 2010 Subsea Projects revenue and operating income declined from 2009 due to lower 
demand for our services on hurricane damage-related repair projects and our phased exit of the 
mobile offshore production systems business. Our 2009 Subsea Projects revenue and operating 
income declined from 2008 due to a softer market for our diving and shallow water vessel 
services and competitive pressure in our deepwater vessel market due to an increase in vessel 
availability.  

We anticipate our 2011 operating income for Subsea Projects to be less than in 2010, as we 
completed Macondo-related project work in 2010, and we foresee a reduced level of subsea 
activity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in 2011 as a result of additional regulations implemented by the 
U.S. Department of the Interior.  

Our Inspection segment operating income results in 2010 were similar to those in 2009. Our 
Inspection operating income decreased in 2009 compared to 2008 due to a lower exchange rate 
for the U.K. pound sterling against the U.S. dollar and decreased demand for our services.  

We expect that our Inspection segment revenue and operating income will be slightly higher in 
2011.  

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Advanced Technologies. The table that follows sets out revenue and profitability for this 
segment. 

(dollars in thousands)

Revenue
Gross Margin
Gross Margin %
Operating Income
Operating Income %

2010

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

$    

234,700
32,510
14%
16,934
7%

$    

194,380
25,128
13%
12,366
6%

$    

156,743
21,596
14%
9,773
6%

Our Advanced Technologies segment's 2010 revenue and operating income were higher than 
2009 due to higher levels of entertainment industry contracts, U.S. Navy engineering services 
and Department of Defense manufacturing projects. This segment's 2009 revenue and operating 
income were higher than 2008 due to an escalation in work on entertainment industry projects 
and the award of the NASA Constellation Space Suit System contract.  

We anticipate our Advanced Technologies 2011 operating income will be approximately the same 
as 2010.  

Unallocated Expenses. Our unallocated expenses, i.e., those not associated with a specific 
business segment, within gross margin consist of expenses related to our incentive and deferred 
compensation plans, including restricted stock and bonuses, as well as other general expenses. 
Through 2010, a portion of our restricted stock expense varied with the market price of our 
common stock. Our unallocated expenses within operating income consist of those within gross 
margin plus general and administrative expenses related to corporate functions.   

The table that follows sets out our unallocated expenses. 

(dollars in thousands)

Gross margin expenses
% of revenue
Operating expenses
% of revenue

2010

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

$     

(72,753)
4%
(100,484)
5%

$     

(65,263)
4%
(90,306)
5%

$     

(63,226)
3%
(89,167)
5%

Our unallocated gross margin and operating expenses increased in each of 2010 and 2009, 
primarily due to higher compensation related to incentive plans.  

Other. The table that follows sets forth our significant financial statement items below the 
operating income line.  

(dollars in thousands)

Interest income
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
Equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates:

Medusa Spar LLC
Other

Other income (expense), net
Provision for income taxes

2010

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

$           

580
(6,010)

$           

694
(7,781)

$           

907
(13,485)

2,078
-
(926)
104,691

3,242
-
1,504
101,422

1,894
25
321
107,834

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Interest expense decreased in 2010 and 2009, primarily from lower interest rates on LIBOR-
based borrowings under our revolving credit agreement and term loan, and lower debt levels. We 
capitalized $0.3 million of interest in 2010 and less than $0.1 million of interest in each of 2009 
and 2008.  

We earn equity income from our 50% investment in Medusa Spar LLC, which we acquired in 
2003. Medusa Spar LLC owns 75% of a production spar in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and earns its 
revenue from fees charged on production processed through the facility. In 2008, we experienced 
a decrease in equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates from our investment in 
Medusa Spar LLC due to lower production throughput at the spar. In 2009, Medusa Spar LLC's 
net income was higher due to increased throughput from the original blocks dedicated to be 
processed at the Medusa Spar, throughput from third parties and the elimination of interest 
expense, as Medusa Spar LLC repaid its debt during 2008. Throughput from the original blocks 
was higher in 2009 than 2008 due to less downtime from hurricanes in 2009. Throughput 
decreased in 2010 due to normal production declines.  

We expect Medusa Spar LLC revenue will decline in 2011 due to normal rates of well decline. 
Medusa Spar LLC's revenue could be increased if the operator of the producing wells receives 
regulatory approval to start producing from other zones in the existing wells, which are anticipated 
to have higher flow rates than the currently-producing zones, or is able to connect more wells to 
the spar.  

Included in other income (expenses), net are foreign currency transaction gains/(losses) of ($2.8 
million), $2.0 million and $0.7 million for 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. In 2010, we also 
earned a fee of $2.1 million for serving as the stalking horse bidder on an asset auction 
proceeding.  

Our effective tax rate, including foreign, state and local taxes, was 34.3%, 35.0% and 35.1% for 
2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which included favorable resolutions of uncertain tax 
positions of $1.0 million, $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, related to certain tax liabilities 
we recorded in prior years. We anticipate our effective tax rate in 2011 will approximate that 
of 2010.  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements  
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined by SEC rules.   

Contractual Obligations  
At December 31, 2010, we had payments due under contractual obligations as follows:  

(dollars in thousands)

Long-term Debt
Operating Leases
Purchase Obligations
Other Long-term Obligations reflected
   on our balance sheet under GAAP

                TOTAL

Total
 $            - 
    141,216 
    168,730 

2011
 $            - 
      38,269 
    168,730 

Payments due by period
2012-2013
 $            - 
      52,207 
               - 

2014-2015
 $            - 
      14,738 
               - 

After 2015
 $            - 
      36,002 
               - 

      53,311 
 $ 363,257 

        1,368 
 $ 208,367 

        2,867 
 $   55,074 

        3,067 
 $   17,805 

      46,009 
 $   82,011 

At December 31, 2010, we had outstanding purchase order commitments totaling $54 million, 
including approximately $27 million for specialized steel tubes to be used in our manufacturing of 
steel tube umbilicals by our Subsea Products segment, $17 million for ROV winches and control 
umbilicals for ROV units and $10 million for vessels and a saturation diving system in our Subsea 
Projects segment. We have ordered the specialized steel tubes in advance to meet expected 
sales commitments. The diving vessel is being built as a replacement for another vessel. The 
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due to normal wear and tear. Should we decide not to accept delivery of the steel tubes, we 
would incur cancellation charges of at least 10% of the amount canceled.  

In 2001, we entered into an agreement with our Chairman (the "Chairman") who was also then 
our Chief Executive Officer. That agreement was amended in 2006 and in 2008. Pursuant to the 
amended agreement, the Chairman relinquished his position as Chief Executive Officer in May 
2006 and began his post-employment service period on December 31, 2006. The agreement 
provides for a specific service period ending no later than August 15, 2011, during which the 
Chairman, acting as an independent contractor, has agreed to serve as nonexecutive Chairman 
of our Board of Directors for so long as our Board of Directors desires that he shall continue to 
serve in that capacity. The agreement provides the Chairman with post-employment benefits for 
ten years following the sooner to occur of August 15, 2011 or the termination of his services to us. 
The amendment in 2006 included a lump-sum cash buyout, paid in 2007, of the Chairman's 
entitlement to perquisites and administrative assistance during that ten-year period (expected to 
run from 2011 to 2021). As a result, we recorded $2.8 million of associated expense in the fourth 
quarter of 2006. The agreement also provides for medical coverage on an after-tax basis to the 
Chairman, his spouse and children during his service with us and thereafter for their lives. We are 
recognizing the net present value of the post-employment benefits over the expected service 
period. If the service period is terminated for any reason (other than the Chairman's refusal to 
continue serving) on or prior to August 11, 2011, we will recognize all the previously unaccrued 
benefits in the period in which that termination occurs. Our total accrued liabilities, current and 
long-term, under this post-employment benefit were $7.6 million and $6.3 million at December 31, 
2010 and 2009, respectively.  

Effects of Inflation and Changing Prices  
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles in the United States, using historical U.S. dollar accounting, or historical cost. 
Statements based on historical cost, however, do not adequately reflect the cumulative effect of 
increasing costs and changes in the purchasing power of the dollar, especially during times of 
significant and continued inflation.  

In order to minimize the negative impact of inflation on our operations, we attempt to cover the 
increased cost of anticipated changes in labor, material and service costs, either through an 
estimate of those changes, which we reflect in the original price, or through price escalation 
clauses in our contracts.  

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 
We are currently exposed to certain market risks arising from transactions we have entered into 
in the normal course of business. These risks relate to interest rate changes and fluctuations in 
foreign exchange rates. We do not believe these risks are material. We have not entered into any 
market risk sensitive instruments for speculative or trading purposes. We currently have no 
outstanding hedges or similar instruments. We currently have no long-term debt. We typically 
manage our exposure to interest rate changes through the use of a combination of fixed- and 
floating-rate debt. See Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this 
report for a description of our revolving credit facility and interest rates on our borrowings. We 
believe significant interest rate changes would not have a material near term impact on our future 
earnings or cash flows.  

Because we operate in various oil and gas exploration and production regions in the world, we 
conduct a portion of our business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The functional currency 
for several of our international operations is the applicable local currency. A stronger U.S. dollar 
against the U.K. pound sterling and the Norwegian kroner would result in lower operating income. 
We manage our exposure to changes in foreign exchange rates principally through arranging 
compensation in U.S. dollars or freely convertible currency and, to the extent possible, by limiting 

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compensation received in other currencies to amounts necessary to meet obligations 
denominated in those currencies. We use the exchange rates in effect as of the balance sheet 
date to translate assets and liabilities as to which the functional currency is the local currency, 
resulting in translation adjustments that we reflect as accumulated other comprehensive income 
or loss in the shareholders' equity section of our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We recorded 
adjustments of $2 million, $56 million and ($106 million) to our equity accounts in 2010, 2009 and 
2008, respectively. Negative adjustments reflect the net impact of the strengthening of the U.S. 
dollar against various foreign currencies for locations where the functional currency is not the 
U.S. dollar. Conversely, positive adjustments reflect the effect of a weakening dollar.  

We recorded foreign currency transaction gains (losses) of ($2.8 million), $2.0 million and 
$0.7 million which are included in Other income (expense), net in our Consolidated Income 
Statements in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures  

In accordance with Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended (the "Exchange Act"), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the 
participation of management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the 
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-
15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. 
Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our 
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2010 to provide 
reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted 
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time 
periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. There has been 
no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended 
December 31, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our 
internal control over financial reporting.  

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Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over 
financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange 
Act). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable, but 
not absolute, assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of 
financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with accounting principles 
generally accepted in the United States of America. We developed our internal control over 
financial reporting through a process in which our management applied its judgment in assessing 
the costs and benefits of various controls and procedures, which, by their nature, can provide 
only reasonable assurance regarding the control objectives. You should note that the design of 
any system of controls is based in part on various assumptions about the likelihood of future 
events, and we cannot assure you that any system of controls will succeed in achieving its stated 
goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote. Because of its inherent 
limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls 
may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with 
the policies and procedures may deteriorate.  

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal 
executive, financial and accounting officers, we have conducted an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in "Internal 
Control – Integrated Framework" issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the 
Treadway Commission. This evaluation included a review of the documentation surrounding our 
financial reporting controls, an evaluation of the design effectiveness of these controls, testing of 
the operating effectiveness of these controls and an evaluation of our overall control environment. 
Based on that evaluation, our management has concluded that our internal control over financial 
reporting was effective as of December 31, 2010.  

Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our internal 
control over financial reporting, as stated in their report which follows.  

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Oceaneering International, Inc.  

We have audited Oceaneering International, Inc. and Subsidiaries' internal control over financial 
reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated 
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission 
(the COSO criteria). Oceaneering International, Inc. and Subsidiaries' management is responsible 
for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the 
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying 
Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to 
express an opinion on the company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.  

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to 
obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was 
maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal 
control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and 
evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, 
and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We 
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.  

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable 
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial 
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A 
company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that 
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect 
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance 
that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of 
the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and 
directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely 
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have 
a material effect on the financial statements.  

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or 
detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are 
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that 
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  

In our opinion, Oceaneering International, Inc. and Subsidiaries maintained, in all material 
respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on the 
COSO criteria.  

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Oceaneering International, 
Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated 
statements of income, cash flows, and shareholders' equity and comprehensive income for each 
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 and our report dated 
February 25, 2011 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.  

Houston, Texas 
February 25, 2011 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 
Consolidated Balance Sheets 
Consolidated Statements of Income 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Oceaneering International, Inc.  

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Oceaneering International, 
Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related 
consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and shareholders' equity and comprehensive 
income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010. These financial 
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express 
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.  

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to 
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material 
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and 
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles 
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial 
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.  

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all 
material respects, the consolidated financial position of Oceaneering International, Inc. and 
Subsidiaries at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the consolidated results of their operations 
and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, in 
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board (United States), Oceaneering International Inc. and Subsidiaries' internal control 
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control 
– Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission and our report dated February 25, 2011 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.  

Houston, Texas 
February 25, 2011 

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OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)                                                               
ASSETS
Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 
$5,655 and $274
Inventory
Other current assets

Total Current Assets

Property and Equipment, at cost
Less accumulated depreciation

Net Property and Equipment

Other Assets:
Goodwill
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates
Other

Total Other Assets

Total Assets

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable
Accrued liabilities
Income taxes payable

Total Current Liabilities

Long-term Debt

Other Long-term Liabilities

Commitments and Contingencies

Shareholders' Equity:

December 31,

2010

2009

$     

245,219

$     

162,351

        424,014 
236,517
77,752
983,502

        435,151 
232,217
44,420
874,139

1,631,109
844,736
786,373

1,501,243
734,882
766,361

143,234
51,820
65,577
260,631
2,030,506

$  

130,820
58,736
50,231
239,787
1,880,287

$  

$       

85,572
314,410
39,874
439,856

-

200,435

$       

86,484
255,704
46,359
388,547

120,000

147,417

Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share; 180,000,000 shares

 authorized; 55,417,044 shares issued

Additional paid-in capital
Treasury stock; 1,301,662 and 499,292 shares, at cost
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive income

Total Shareholders' Equity
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

13,854
207,132
(61,385)
1,239,574
(8,960)
1,390,215
2,030,506

$  

13,854
212,788
(27,796)
1,039,043
(13,566)
1,224,323
1,880,287

$  

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2010

2008

Revenue

$    

1,917,045

$    

1,822,081

$    

1,977,421

Cost of services and products

1,450,725

1,384,355

1,512,621

Gross Margin

466,320

437,726

464,800

Selling, general and administrative expense

156,820

145,610

147,242

Income from Operations

309,500

292,116

317,558

Interest income

580

694

907

Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized

(6,010)

(7,781)

(13,485)

Equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

Other income (expense), net

2,078

(926)

3,242

1,504

1,919

321

Income before Income Taxes

305,222

289,775

307,220

Provision for income taxes

104,691

101,422

107,834

Net Income

$       

200,531

$       

188,353

$       

199,386

Basic Earnings per Share
Diluted Earnings per Share

$             
$             

3.66
3.65

$             
$             

3.42
3.40

$             
$             

3.59
3.56

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
Deferred income tax provision
Net gain on sales of property and equipment
Noncash compensation
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates greater than 
earnings
Increase (decrease) in cash from:
     Accounts receivable, net
     Inventory and other current assets
     Other assets
     Currency translation effect on working capital
     Accounts payable
     Accrued liabilities
     Income taxes payable
     Other long-term liabilities

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

2010

 $  200,531 

 $  188,353 

 $  199,386 

     153,651 
       31,184 
        (2,758)
         8,490 

     122,945 
       21,631 
           (305)
         6,369 

     115,029 
       45,876 
        (5,460)
         7,956 

         5,569 

         5,194 

            725 

       12,104 
      (21,656)
        (9,245)
         6,519 
           (912)
       57,012 
        (6,485)
         7,846 

       11,568 
       14,073 
        (9,506)
       16,215 
        (6,027)
       14,063 
       25,578 
         8,083 

      (71,903)
      (15,968)
         4,527 
      (44,224)
       14,602 
       10,265 
        (7,618)
        (5,279)

Total adjustments to net income

     241,319 

     229,881 

       48,528 

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

     441,850 

     418,234 

     247,914 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Dispositions of property and equipment and equity 
investment

    (185,262)
      (21,918)

    (175,021)
                 - 

    (209,301)
      (42,976)

       15,284 

       12,535 

         5,886 

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

    (191,896)

    (162,486)

    (246,391)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

Net (payments) proceeds from revolving credit facility
Payments of 6.72% Senior Notes
Proceeds (payments) from Term Loan
Proceeds from issuance of common stock

    (100,000)
      (20,000)
                 - 
            693 

        (4,000)
      (20,000)
      (85,000)
         1,880 

      (36,000)
      (20,000)
       85,000 
         1,726 

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
Purchases of treasury stock

         1,741 
      (49,520)

         2,523 
                 - 

         6,770 
      (54,929)

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

    (167,086)

    (104,597)

      (17,433)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

       82,868 

     151,151 

      (15,910)

Cash and Cash Equivalents – Beginning of Period

     162,351 

       11,200 

       27,110 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – End of Period

 $  245,219 

 $  162,351 

 $    11,200 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands)

Balance, December 31, 2007
Comprehensive Income:

Net Income
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge 
and other, net of tax
Pension-related adjustments, net of tax
Translation adjustments
Total Comprehensive Income
Restricted stock expense
Restricted stock grant
Stock options exercised
Tax benefits from stock plans
Treasury stock purchases, 986,400 shares
Balance, December 31, 2008
Comprehensive Income:

Net Income
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge 
and other, net of tax
Pension-related adjustments, net of tax
Translation adjustments
Total Comprehensive Income
Restricted stock expense
Restricted stock grant
Stock options exercised
Tax benefits from stock plans
Balance, December 31, 2009
Comprehensive Income:

Net Income
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge 
and other, net of tax
Pension-related adjustments, net of tax
Translation adjustments
Total Comprehensive Income
Restricted stock expense
Restricted stock grant
Stock options exercised
Tax benefits from stock plans
Treasury stock purchases, 1,100,000 shares
Balance, December 31, 2010

 Common Stock 
Issued 

Shares

Amounts

 Additional 
Paid-in Capital 

 Unearned 
Compen-
sation 

55,075

$   

13,769

$        

210,497

$             

(109)

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
224
32
86
-
-
55,417

-
-
-
-
56
8
21
-
-
13,854

-
-
-
-
5,965
1,984
(805)
6,770
-
224,411

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
55,417

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,854

-
-
-
-
(9,066)
(787)
(4,210)
2,523
212,871

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
55,417

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,854

$   

-
-
-
-
(5,845)
112
(1,589)
1,741
-
207,290

$        

-

-
-
-
-
1,935
(1,992)
-
-
-
(166)

-

-
-
-
-
1,077
(994)
-
-
(83)

-

-
-
-
-
1,818
(1,893)
-
-
-
(158)

$             

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 Treasury Stock 

 Retained 
Earnings 

 Fair Value of 
Hedging  
Instruments

 Currency 
Translation 
Adjustments

Pension

Total

$                     
-

$         

651,304

$              

76

$         

42,584

$  

(2,811)

$    

915,310

-

199,386

-

-

-

199,386

-
-
-
-
-
-
2,510
-
(54,929)
(52,419)

-
-
-
199,386
-
-
-
-
-
850,690

(3,133)
-
-
(3,133)
-
-
-
-
-
(3,057)

-
-
(106,073)
(106,073)
-
-
-
-
-
(63,489)

-
641
-
641
-
-
-
-
-
(2,170)

(3,133)
641
(106,073)
90,821
7,956
-
1,726
6,770
(54,929)
967,654

-

188,353

-

-

-

188,353

-
-
-
-
16,752
1,781
6,090
-
(27,796)

-
-
-
188,353
-
-
-
-
1,039,043

629
-
-
629
-
-
-
-
(2,428)

-
-
56,333
56,333
-
-
-
-
(7,156)

-
(1,812)
-
(1,812)
-
-
-
-
(3,982)

629
(1,812)
56,333
243,503
8,763
-
1,880
2,523
1,224,323

-

200,531

-

-

-

200,531

-
-
-
-
11,868
1,781
2,282
-
(49,520)
(61,385)

$          

-
-
-
200,531
-
-
-
-
-
1,239,574

$      

            2,428 
-
-
2,428
-
-
-
-
-
$                 
-

-
-
1,893
1,893
-
-
-
-
-
(5,263)

$          

              - 
285
-
285
-
-
-
-
-
(3,697)

$  

           2,428 
285
1,893
205,137
7,841
-
693
1,741
(49,520)
1,390,215

$ 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

1. SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACCOUNTING POLICIES  
Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of 
Oceaneering International, Inc. and our 50% or more owned and controlled subsidiaries. We also 
consolidate entities that are determined to be variable interest entities if we determine that we are 
the primary beneficiary; otherwise, we account for these entities using the equity method of 
accounting. We use the equity method to account for our investments in unconsolidated affiliated 
companies of which we own an equity interest of between 20% and 50% and as to which we 
have significant influence, but not control, over operations. All significant intercompany accounts 
and transactions have been eliminated.  

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles 
generally accepted in the United States requires that our management make estimates and 
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent 
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue 
and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  

Reclassifications. Certain amounts from prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the 
current year presentation.  

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include demand deposits and highly 
liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of the investment.  

Accounts Receivable – Allowances for Doubtful Accounts. We determine the need for allowances 
for doubtful accounts using the specific identification method. We do not generally require 
collateral from our customers.  

Inventory. Inventory is valued at lower of cost or market. We determine cost using the weighted-
average method.  

Property and Equipment. We provide for depreciation of property and equipment on the straight-
line method over estimated useful lives of eight years for ROVs, three to 20 years for marine 
services equipment (such as vessels and diving equipment), up to 12 years for mobile offshore 
production equipment and three to 25 years for buildings, improvements and other equipment.  

We charge the costs of repair and maintenance of property and equipment to operations as 
incurred, while we capitalize the costs of improvements.  

We capitalize interest on assets where the construction period is anticipated to be more than 
three months. We capitalized $0.3 million of interest in 2010 and less than $0.1 million of interest 
in each of 2009 and 2008. We do not allocate general administrative costs to capital projects. 
Upon the disposition of property and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation 
accounts are relieved and any resulting gain or loss is included as an adjustment to cost of 
services and products.  

Our management periodically, and upon the occurrence of a triggering event, reviews the 
realizability of long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, which are held 
and used by us, to determine whether any events or changes in circumstances indicate that the 
carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, 
we base our evaluation on impairment indicators such as the nature of the assets, the future 
economic benefit of the assets, any historical or future profitability measurements and other 
external market conditions or factors that may be present. If such impairment indicators are 
present or other factors exist that indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be 
recoverable, we determine whether an impairment has occurred through the use of an 
undiscounted cash flows analysis of the asset at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows 
exist. If an impairment has occurred, we recognize a loss for the difference between the carrying 

34    Oceaneering International, Inc.

amount and the fair value of the asset. For assets held for sale or disposal, the fair value of the 
asset is measured using fair market value less cost to sell. Assets are classified as held-for-sale 
when we have a plan for disposal of certain assets and those assets meet the held for sale 
criteria. In 2010, we recorded a $5.2 million impairment charge to adjust the carrying value of our 
vessel held for sale, The Performer, to its fair value less estimated costs to sell. We completed 
the sale in 2010 for approximately the vessel's reduced carrying value. In 2008, we recorded an 
impairment charge of $5.7 million to reduce our investment in the Ocean Pensador, an oil tanker 
we were holding for possible conversion, to its fair value, based on quoted steel commodity 
prices. These impairment charges were recorded in our cost of services and products in our 
Subsea Projects segment.  

Business Acquisitions. In March 2008, we purchased GTO Subsea AS ("GTO"), a Norwegian 
rental provider of specialized subsea dredging equipment, including ROV-deployed units, to the 
offshore oil and gas industry for $40 million. We accounted for this acquisition using the purchase 
method of accounting, with the purchase price being allocated to the net assets acquired based 
on their fair market values at the date of acquisition. Our goodwill, all nondeductible for income 
tax purposes, associated with the acquisition was $23.2 million, and other intangible assets were 
$8.1 million. The results of operations of GTO are included in our consolidated statements of 
income from the date of acquisition.  

 We also made several smaller acquisitions during the periods presented.  

The above acquisitions were not material. As a result, we have not included pro forma information 
related to the acquisitions in this report.  

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. We tested the goodwill attributable to each of our reporting units 
for impairment as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 and concluded that there was no 
impairment. Our reporting units are the operating units one level below our business segments, 
except for ROVs and Inspection, which are tested as single reporting units. We estimated fair 
value using discounted cash flow methodologies and market comparable information. The only 
changes in our reporting units' goodwill during the periods presented are from business 
acquisitions, as discussed above, and currency exchange rate changes. For more information 
regarding goodwill by business segment, see Note 7.  

Within our balance sheet caption Other Assets: Other, at December 31, 2010 and 2009, we had 
$22.2 million and $20.1 million, respectively, of intangible assets, primarily acquired in connection 
with business combinations. These intangible assets include trade names, intellectual property 
and customer relationships, and are being amortized with a weighted average remaining life of 
approximately 10 years.  

Revenue Recognition. We recognize our revenue according to the type of contract involved. On a 
daily basis, we recognize revenue under contracts that provide for specific time, material and 
equipment charges, which we bill periodically, ranging from weekly to monthly.  

We account for significant fixed-price contracts, which we enter into mainly in our Subsea 
Products segment, and to a lesser extent in our Subsea Projects and Advanced Technologies 
segments, using the percentage-of-completion method. In 2010, we accounted for 14% of our  

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revenue using the percentage-of-completion method. In determining whether a contract should be 
accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method, we consider whether: 

• 

the customer provides specifications for the construction of facilities or production of 
goods or for the provision of related services;  

•  we can reasonably estimate our progress towards completion and our costs;  
• 

the contract includes provisions as to the enforceable rights regarding the goods or 
services to be provided, consideration to be received and the manner and terms of 
payment;  
the customer can be expected to satisfy its obligations under the contract; and  

• 
•  we can be expected to perform our contractual obligations.  

Under the percentage-of-completion method, we recognize estimated contract revenue based on 
costs incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated costs. Changes in the expected cost of 
materials and labor, productivity, scheduling and other factors affect the total estimated costs. 
Additionally, external factors, including weather or other factors outside of our control, also affect 
the progress and estimated cost of a project's completion and, therefore, the timing of income 
and revenue recognition. We routinely review estimates related to our contracts and reflect 
revisions to profitability in earnings immediately. If a current estimate of total contract cost 
indicates an ultimate loss on a contract, we recognize the projected loss in full when we 
determine it. Although we are continually striving to accurately estimate our contract costs and 
profitability, adjustments to overall contract costs could be significant in future periods.  

We recognize the remainder of our revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, 
delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, price is fixed or determinable and 
collection is reasonably assured.  

Revenue in Excess of Amounts Billed is classified as accounts receivable and relates to 
recoverable costs and accrued profits on contracts in progress. Billings in Excess of Revenue 
Recognized on uncompleted contracts are classified in accrued liabilities.  

Revenue in Excess of Amounts Billed on uncompleted fixed-price contracts accounted for using 
the percentage-of-completion method is summarized as follows:  

(in thousands)

Revenue recognized
Less:  Billings to customers
Revenue in excess of amounts billed

December 31,

2010

2009

$   

262,602
(238,473)
24,129

$     

$   

164,296
(146,241)
18,055

$     

Billings in Excess of Revenue Recognized on uncompleted fixed-price contracts accounted for 
using the percentage-of-completion method are summarized as follows: 

(in thousands)

Amounts billed to customers
Less:  Revenue recognized
Billings in excess of revenue recognized

December 31,

2010

2009

$     

90,315
(45,144)
45,171

$     

$     

28,361
(15,371)
12,990

$     

Stock-Based Compensation. We recognize all share-based payments to directors, officers and 
employees, including grants of stock options, over their vesting periods in the income statement 
based on their estimated fair values.  

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors has expressed its intention to refrain 
from using stock options as a component of compensation for our executive officers and other 

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employees for the foreseeable future. Additionally, our Board of Directors has expressed its 
intention to refrain from using stock options as a component of nonemployee director 
compensation for the foreseeable future. No stock options have been granted since 2005, and we 
no longer have any stock options outstanding. For more information on our employee benefit 
plans, see Note 8.  

Income Taxes. We provide income taxes at appropriate tax rates in accordance with our 
interpretation of the respective tax laws and regulations after review and consultation with our 
internal tax department, tax advisors and, in some cases, legal counsel in various jurisdictions. 
We provide for deferred income taxes for differences between carrying amounts of assets and 
liabilities for financial and tax reporting purposes. Our policy is to provide for deferred U.S. 
income taxes on foreign income only to the extent such income is not to be invested indefinitely in 
the related foreign entity. We provide a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets when it is 
more likely than not that the asset will not be realized.  

We recognize the benefit for a tax position if the benefit is more likely than not to be sustainable 
upon audit by the applicable taxing authority. If this threshold is met, the tax benefit is then 
measured and recognized at the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being 
realized upon ultimate settlement. We account for any applicable interest and penalties on 
uncertain tax positions as a component of our provision for income taxes on our financial 
statements.  

Foreign Currency Translation. The functional currency for several of our foreign subsidiaries is 
the applicable local currency. Results of operations for foreign subsidiaries with functional 
currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars using average exchange 
rates during the period. Assets and liabilities of these foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. 
dollars using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, and the resulting translation 
adjustments are accumulated as a component of shareholders' equity. All foreign currency 
transaction gains and losses are recognized currently in the Consolidated Statements of Income. 
We recorded ($2.8 million), $2.0 million and $0.7 million of foreign currency gains (losses) in 
2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and those amounts are included as a component of Other 
income (expense), net.  

Earnings Per Share. In 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued a 
staff position on determining whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions 
are participating securities, stating that unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-
forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating 
securities and, therefore, need to be included in the earnings allocation in computing earnings per 
share. Certain of our share-based payments contain such rights to dividends or dividend 
equivalents and are considered participating securities under this staff position. We adopted the 
staff position as of January 1, 2009, as required. The table that follows presents our earnings per 
share calculations in accordance with this staff position.  

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37

Basic earnings per share:

Net income per consolidated statements of income
Income allocable to participating securities
Earnings allocable to common shareholders

2010

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008
(in thousands, except per share data)

$    

$    

200,531
(709)
199,822

$ 

$ 

188,353
(1,324)
187,029

$    

$    

199,386
(2,118)
197,268

Basic shares outstanding

54,560

54,766

54,949

Basic earnings per share

$          

3.66

$       

3.42

$          

3.59

Basic earnings per share, as previously reported

N/A

N/A

$          

3.63

Diluted earnings per share:

Net income per consolidated statements of income
Income allocable to participating securities
Earnings allocable to diluted common shareholders

$    

$    

200,531
(706)
199,825

$ 

$ 

188,353
(1,318)
187,035

$    

$    

199,386
(2,102)
197,284

Diluted shares outstanding

54,767

55,026

55,374

Diluted earnings per share

$          

3.65

$       

3.40

$          

3.56

Diluted earnings per share, as previously reported

N/A

N/A

$          

3.58

Financial Instruments. We recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the 
balance sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value are 
reflected in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative 
instrument is designated as part of a hedge relationship and, if it is, the type of hedge 
relationship. As of December 31, 2010, we had no derivative instruments in effect.  

Pension and Postretirement Benefits. We recognize the funded status of the pension and 
postretirement plans in our balance sheet, along with a corresponding noncash, after-tax 
adjustment to shareholders' equity. Funded status is determined as the difference between the 
fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligation. We determine the fair value of our 
pension plan assets using Level 2 inputs, primarily the quoted market prices of the underlying 
securities of the Plan investments. Changes in the funded status will be recognized in other 
comprehensive income (loss).  

Subsequent Events. We have evaluated events and transactions through the issuance of these 
financial statements for possible recognition or disclosure.  

New Accounting Standards. The following is a summary of recent accounting pronouncements 
that are applicable to us.  

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In June 2009, the FASB issued an updated accounting principle regarding accounting for variable 
interest entities, specifically to:  

• 

• 

• 
• 

• 

require ongoing reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of 
a variable interest entity;  
eliminate the quantitative approach previously required for determining the primary 
beneficiary of a variable interest entity, which was based on determining which 
enterprise absorbs the majority of the entity's expected losses, receives a majority of 
the entity's expected residual returns, or both;  
change certain guidance for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity;  
add an additional reconsideration event for determining whether an entity is a variable 
interest entity when any changes in facts and circumstances occur such that the 
holders of the equity investment at risk, as a group, lose the power from voting rights 
or similar rights of those investments to direct the activities of the entity that most 
significantly impact the entity's economic performance; and  
require enhanced disclosures that will provide users of financial statements with more 
transparent information about an enterprise's involvement in a variable interest entity.  

We adopted these principles and requirements as of January 1, 2010, as required.  

In October 2009, the FASB issued a release regarding accounting for revenue involving multiple-
deliverable arrangements to enable sellers to account for products or services ("deliverables") 
separately rather than as a combined unit.  

This release establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. 
The selling price used for each deliverable will be based on vendor-specific objective evidence if 
available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific objective evidence is not available, or estimated 
selling price if neither vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence is available. The 
release also replaces the term fair value in the revenue allocation guidance with selling price to 
clarify that the allocation of revenue is based on entity-specific assumptions rather than 
assumptions of a marketplace participant.  

The release eliminates the residual method of allocation and requires that arrangement 
consideration be allocated at the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the 
relative selling price method. The relative selling price method allocates any discount in the 
arrangement proportionally to each deliverable on the basis of each deliverable's selling price.  

The release requires that a seller determine its best estimate selling price in a manner that is 
consistent with that used to determine the price to sell the deliverable on a standalone basis. The 
release does not prescribe any specific methods that sellers must use to accomplish this 
objective, but provides guidance.  

For us, the release will be effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or 
materially modified on or after January 1, 2011.  

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES  
Our investments in unconsolidated affiliates consisted of the following:  

(in thousands)

Medusa Spar LLC
Other

2010

December 31,
2009

2008

 $    51,820 
                 - 
 $    51,820 

 $    57,388 
         1,348 
 $    58,736 

 $    62,583 
         1,347 
 $    63,930 

In 2003, we purchased a 50% equity interest in Medusa Spar LLC for $43.7 million. 
Medusa Spar LLC owns a 75% interest in a production spar platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. 

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Medusa Spar LLC's revenue is derived from processing oil and gas production for a fee based on 
the volumes processed through the platform (throughput). Medusa Spar LLC financed its 
acquisition of its 75% interest in the production spar platform using approximately 50% debt and 
50% equity from its equity holders. The debt was repaid in 2008. We believe our maximum 
exposure to loss from our investment in Medusa Spar LLC is our $52 million investment. 
Medusa Spar LLC is a variable interest entity. We are not the primary beneficiary under of 
Medusa Spar LLC, since we own 50%, do not manage the operations of the asset it owns and 
another owner guaranteed the revenue stream necessary for it to repay its debt. As we are not 
the primary beneficiary, we are accounting for our investment in Medusa Spar LLC under the 
equity method of accounting.  Summarized 100% financial information relative to 
Medusa Spar LLC follows. 

(in thousands)
Medusa Spar LLC
Condensed Balance Sheets

ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Other current assets
Property and Equipment, net
Total Assets

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Members' Equity
Total Liabilities and Members' Equity

Condensed Statements of Operations
Revenue
Depreciation
General and Administrative
Interest
Net Income

2010

December 31,
2009

2008

 $         217 
         3,189 
     100,551 
 $  103,957 

 $         949 
         4,116 
     110,028 
 $  115,093 

 $      3,520 
         2,456 
     119,506 
 $  125,482 

 $           18 
     103,939 
 $  103,957 

 $           17 
     115,076 
 $  115,093 

 $           17 
     125,465 
 $  125,482 

 $    13,816 
        (9,478)
             (71)
                 - 
 $      4,267 

 $    16,143 
        (9,478)
             (70)
                 - 
 $      6,595 

 $    14,455 
        (9,478)
           (118)
           (832)
 $      4,027 

Our 50% share of the underlying equity of the net assets of Medusa Spar LLC is approximately 
equal to its carrying value. Our 50% share of the cumulative undistributed earnings of 
Medusa Spar LLC was $10.2 million and $15.7 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, 
respectively. We received cash distributions of $7.7 million, $8.5 million and $2.5 million from 
Medusa Spar LLC in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  

3. INCOME TAXES  
We recognize the benefit for a tax position if the benefit is more likely than not to be sustainable 
upon audit by the applicable taxing authority. If this threshold is met, the tax benefit is then 
measured and recognized at the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being 
realized upon ultimate settlement.  

We account for any applicable interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions as a component 
of our provision for income taxes on our financial statements. We charged $0.2 million, 
$0.5 million and $0.4 million to income tax expense in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, for 
penalties and interest taken on our financial statements on uncertain tax positions, which brought 
our total liabilities for penalties and interest on uncertain tax positions to $4.0 million and 
$3.8 million on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Including 
associated foreign tax credits and penalties and interest, we have accrued a net total of 
$5.6 million in the caption "other long-term liabilities" on our balance sheet for unrecognized tax 

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benefits at December 31, 2010. All additions or reductions to those liabilities affect our effective 
income tax rate in the periods of change.  

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, not 
including associated foreign tax credits and penalties and interest, is as follows:  

(in thousands)
Beginning of year
Additions based on tax positions 
related to the current year
Reductions for expiration of statutes of limitations
Settlements
Balance at end of year

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

2010

$       

9,488

$       

8,402

$       

7,450

1,296
(793)
-
9,991

$       

1,361
(81)
(194)
9,488

$       

1,354
(402)
-
8,402

$       

We do not believe that the total of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or 
decrease in the next 12 months.  

We file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return for Oceaneering International, Inc. and our 
domestic subsidiaries, including acquired companies from their respective dates of acquisition. 
We conduct our international operations in a number of locations that have varying laws and 
regulations with regard to income and other taxes, some of which are subject to interpretation. 
Our management believes that adequate provisions have been made for all taxes that will 
ultimately be payable, although final determination of tax liabilities may differ from our estimates.  

Income before income taxes is as follows: 

(in thousands)

Domestic
Foreign
Income before income taxes

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

2010

$     

87,776
217,446
305,222

$   

$     

65,174
224,601
289,775

$   

$   

$   

105,591
201,629
307,220

Our provisions for income taxes and our cash taxes paid are as follows: 

(in thousands)
Current:
Domestic
Foreign
Total current

Deferred:
Domestic
Foreign
Total deferred

2010

2009

2008

 $    16,501 
       57,006 
       73,507 

 $    10,659 
       69,132 
       79,791 

 $    11,190 
       50,768 
       61,958 

       19,730 
       11,454 
       31,184 

       12,029 
         9,602 
       21,631 

       42,219 
         3,657 
       45,876 

Total provision for income taxes

 $  104,691 

 $  101,422 

 $  107,834 

Cash taxes paid

 $  101,304 

 $    42,520 

 $    66,594 

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As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, our worldwide deferred tax assets, liabilities and net 
deferred tax liabilities were as follows:  

(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred compensation
Deferred income
Accrued expenses
Other
Foreign tax credit carryforwards
Gross deferred tax assets
Valuation allowance
Total deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment
Unremitted foreign earnings
Basis difference in equity investments
Other
Total deferred tax liabilities

December 31,

2010

2009

$     

$     

24,791
19,808
6,675
5,360
-
56,634
-
56,634

22,185
7,271
6,512
7,389
3,773
47,130
-
47,130

$     

$     

$     

74,832
62,373
17,177
13,580
167,962

$   

$     

67,409
35,291
16,599
5,958
125,257

$   

Net deferred income tax liability

$   

111,328

$     

78,127

Our net deferred tax liability is reflected within our balance sheet as 
follows:

(in thousands)

Deferred tax liabilities
Current deferred assets
Net deferred income tax liability

December 31,

2010

2009

$   

$   

139,822
(28,494)
111,328

$     

94,219
(16,092)
78,127

$     

We have $17 million of earnings of our Swiss subsidiary, Oceaneering International AG, that we 
consider indefinitely reinvested outside the United States and that we do not expect to repatriate. 
None of our foreign tax credits are scheduled to expire before December 31, 2020.  

We believe it is more likely than not that all our deferred tax assets are realizable. We conduct 
business through several foreign subsidiaries and, although we expect our consolidated 
operations to be profitable, there is no assurance that profits will be earned in entities or 
jurisdictions that have NOLs available. The primary difference between our 2010 effective tax rate 
of 34.3% and the federal statutory rate of 35% is the lesser federal tax rate applied to our U.S. 
manufacturing profits. Income taxes, computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate 
to income before income taxes, are not materially different than our actual provisions for income 
taxes for 2009 and 2008.  

We conduct our operations in a number of locations that have varying laws and regulations with 
regard to income and other taxes, some of which are subject to interpretation. Our tax returns are 
subject to audit by taxing authorities in multiple jurisdictions. These audits often take years to 
complete and settle. The following lists the earliest tax years open to examination by tax 
authorities where we have significant operations: 

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United States
United Kingdom
Norway
Angola
Nigeria
Brazil
Australia
Canada

4. SELECTED BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS  

The following is information regarding selected balance sheet accounts:  

(in thousands)
Inventory:
Inventory for remotely operated vehicles
Other inventory, primarily raw materials
Total

Other Current Assets:
Deferred income taxes
Prepaids and other
Total

Accrued Liabilities:
Payroll and related costs
Accrued job costs
Deferred revenue, including billings in excess of revenue recognized
Other
Total

Other Long-Term Liabilities:
Deferred income taxes
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Accrued post-employment benefit obligations
Other
Total

5. DEBT  
Long-term Debt consisted of the following: 

(in thousands)

6.72% Senior Notes, maturing September 2010
Revolving credit facility, maturing January 2012
Long-term Debt

Periods

2007
2008
2000
2005
2004
2005
2007
2007  

December 31,

2010

2009

$   

$   

119,106
117,411
236,517

$   

$   

110,043
122,174
232,217

$     

$     

28,494
49,258
77,752

$     

$     

16,092
28,328
44,420

 $  168,476 
       50,323 
       68,131 
       27,480 
 $  314,410 

 $  153,256 
       48,541 
       28,311 
       25,596 
 $  255,704 

 $  139,822 
       32,341 
       14,245 
       14,027 
 $  200,435 

 $    94,219 
       25,547 
       14,176 
       13,475 
 $  147,417 

December 31,

2010

2009

$              
-
                 - 
 $              - 

20,000
$     
     100,000 
 $  120,000 

As of December 31, 2010, we had a $300 million revolving credit facility under an agreement (the 
"Credit Agreement") that currently extends to January 2012. We have to pay a commitment fee 
ranging from 0.125% to 0.175% on the unused portion of the facility, depending on our debt-to-
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financial statements. Under the Credit Agreement, we have the option to borrow at LIBOR plus a 
margin ranging from 0.50% to 1.25%, depending on our debt-to-capitalization ratio, or at the 
agent bank's prime rate. At December 31, 2010, we had no borrowings outstanding under the 
Credit Agreement and $300 million available for borrowing. The weighted average interest rate on 
all our outstanding borrowings was 4.3% at December 31, 2009.  

We made cash interest payments of $7.2 million, $8.9 million and $13.6 million in 2010, 2009 and 
2008, respectively. Cash interest payments, and interest expense, in 2010 include $2.9 million to 
terminate an interest rate hedge.  

6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  
Lease Commitments  
At December 31, 2010, we occupied several facilities under noncancellable operating leases 
expiring at various dates through 2025. Future minimum rentals under all of our operating leases, 
including vessel rentals, are as follows: 

(in thousands)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Thereafter
Total Lease Commitments

 $    38,269 
       31,510 
       20,697 
         8,526 
         6,212 
       36,002 
$   
141,216

The above table includes $40 million related to the remainder of a five-year time charter of a 
vessel and crew, which began in the third quarter of 2008. Rental expense, which includes hire of 
vessels, specialized equipment and real estate rental, was approximately $69 million, $74 million 
and $79 million 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  

Insurance  
We self-insure for workers' compensation, maritime employer's liability and comprehensive 
general liability claims to levels we consider financially prudent, and beyond the self-insurance 
level of exposure, we carry insurance, which can be by occurrence or in the aggregate. We 
determine the level of accruals for claims exposure by reviewing our historical experience and 
current year claim activity. We do not record accruals on a present-value basis. We review larger 
claims with insurance adjusters and establish specific reserves for known liabilities. We establish 
an additional reserve for incidents incurred but not reported to us for each year using our 
estimates and based on prior experience. We believe we have established adequate accruals for 
uninsured expected liabilities arising from those obligations. However, it is possible that future 
earnings could be affected by changes in our estimates relating to these matters. 
Litigation  
Various actions and claims are pending against us, most of which are covered by insurance. 
Although we cannot predict the ultimate outcome of these matters, we believe the ultimate 
liability, if any, that may result from these actions and claims will not materially affect our results 
of operations, cash flow or financial position.  

Letters of Credit  
We had $30 million and $36 million in letters of credit outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 
2009, respectively, as guarantees in force for self-insurance requirements and various 
performance and bid bonds, which are usually for the duration of the applicable contract.  

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Financial Instruments and Risk Concentration  
In the normal course of business, we manage risks associated with foreign exchange rates and 
interest rates through a variety of strategies, including the use of hedging transactions. As a 
matter of policy, we do not use derivative instruments unless there is an underlying exposure.  

Other financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk are 
principally cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The carrying values of cash and 
cash equivalents and bank borrowings approximate their fair values due to the short maturity of 
those instruments or the short-term duration of the associated interest rate periods. Accounts 
receivable are generated from a broad group of customers, primarily from within the energy 
industry, which is our major source of revenue. Due to their short-term nature, carrying values of 
our accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair market value.  

One customer in Angola owed us $56 million at December 31, 2010 and $50 million at 
December 31, 2009, all of which is overdue. We completed the work on the contracts related to 
this receivable in the first quarter of 2010. Based on our past history with this customer, we 
believe this receivable ultimately will be collected.  

7. OPERATIONS BY BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA  
Business Segment Information  
We are a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore oil 
and gas industry, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through the use of our applied 
technology expertise, we also serve the defense and aerospace industries. Our Oil and Gas 
business consists of Remotely Operated Vehicles ("ROVs"), Subsea Products, Subsea Projects 
and Inspection. Our ROV segment provides submersible vehicles operated from the surface to 
support offshore oil and gas exploration, production and construction activities. Our Subsea 
Products segment supplies a variety of built-to-order specialty subsea hardware. Our Subsea 
Projects segment provides multiservice vessels, oilfield diving and support vessel operations, 
which are used primarily in inspection, repair and maintenance and installation activities, and 
mobile offshore production systems, one of which we own and through a 50% interest in an entity 
which holds a 75% interest in a system. Our Inspection segment provides customers with a wide 
range of third-party inspection services to satisfy contractual structural specifications, internal 
safety standards and regulatory requirements. Our Advanced Technologies business provides 
project management, engineering services and equipment for applications in non-oilfield markets. 
Unallocated Expenses are those not associated with a specific business segment. These consist 
of expenses related to our incentive and deferred compensation plans, including restricted stock 
and bonuses, as well as other general expenses, including corporate administrative expenses.  

With the sale of the Ocean Producer in late 2009, our Mobile Offshore Production Systems 
("MOPS") business is no longer significant to our overall performance. Consequently, our MOPS 
results are now being reported in our Subsea Projects segment, and our historical segment 
results have been conformed to the current year presentation.  

There are no differences in the basis of segmentation or in the basis of measurement of segment 
profit or loss in the year ended December 31, 2010 from those used in our consolidated financial 
statements for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, except for the above-mentioned 
combination of our MOPS business into our Subsea Projects segment.   

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The table that follows presents Revenue, Income from Operations, Depreciation and Amortization 
Expense and Equity Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates by business segment:  

(in thousands)

Revenue

Oil and Gas

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Subsea Projects
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies

Total

Income from Operations

Oil and Gas

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Subsea Projects
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies
Unallocated Expenses

Total

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Oil and Gas

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Subsea Projects
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies
Unallocated Expenses

Total

Equity Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates

Subsea Projects
Advanced Technologies

Total

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2010

2008

$    

662,105
549,233
247,538
223,469
1,682,345
234,700
1,917,045

$ 

$    

649,228
487,726
274,607
216,140
1,627,701
194,380
1,822,081

$ 

$    

625,921
649,857
295,791
249,109
1,820,678
156,743
1,977,421

$ 

$    

$    

$    

$    

$    

$    

$      

$      

$      

211,725
108,522
46,910
25,893
393,050
16,934
(100,484)
309,500

86,232
27,956
25,826
4,098
144,112
4,588
4,951
153,651

207,683
60,526
75,404
26,443
370,056
12,366
(90,306)
292,116

68,022
24,133
19,011
3,794
114,960
2,526
5,459
122,945

190,343
96,046
79,546
31,017
396,952
9,773
(89,167)
317,558

55,948
22,016
27,819
3,691
109,474
1,425
4,130
115,029

$    

$    

$    

$        

$        

2,078
-
2,078

$        

$        

3,242
-
3,242

$        

$        

1,894
25
1,919

We determine income from operations for each business segment before interest income or 
expense, other income (expense) and provision for income taxes. We do not consider an 
allocation of these items to be practical.  

Depreciation and amortization expense for Subsea Projects in 2010 includes an impairment 
charge of $5.2 million in the first quarter to reduce the carrying value of our vessel held for sale, 
The Performer, to its fair value, less estimated costs to sell. In the third quarter of 2010, we sold 
the vessel for approximately its reduced carrying value. Depreciation and amortization expense 
for Subsea Projects in 2008 includes an impairment charge of $5.7 million to reduce our 
investment in the Ocean Pensador to fair value.  

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During 2010, revenue from one customer, BP plc and subsidiaries in our oil and gas business 
segments, accounted for 12% of our total consolidated revenue. No individual customer 
accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenue during 2009 or 2008. 

The following table presents Assets, Property and Equipment and Goodwill by business segment 
as of the dates indicated: 

(in thousands)
Assets

Oil and Gas

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Subsea Projects
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies
Corporate and Other

Total

Property and Equipment, net
Oil and Gas

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Subsea Projects
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies
Corporate and Other

Total

Goodwill

Oil and Gas

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies

Total

December 31,

2010

2009

$    

774,011
511,406
249,259
90,357
1,625,033
54,378
351,095
2,030,506

$ 

$    

755,612
516,239
233,866
76,513
1,582,230
62,193
235,864
1,880,287

$ 

$    

$    

488,581
159,505
109,761
15,238
773,085
6,143
7,145
786,373

27,125
87,492
18,163
132,780
10,454
143,234

$    

$    

$      

$      

$    

$    

470,975
160,214
102,455
14,574
748,218
7,546
10,597
766,361

27,083
78,481
14,802
120,366
10,454
130,820

All assets specifically identified with a particular business segment have been segregated. Cash 
and cash equivalents, certain other current assets, certain investments and other assets have not 
been allocated to particular business segments and are included in Corporate and Other.  

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The following table presents Capital Expenditures, including business acquisitions, by business 
segment for the periods indicated: 

(in thousands)
Capital Expenditures

Oil and Gas

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

2010

Remotely Operated Vehicles
Subsea Products
Subsea Projects
Inspection

Total Oil and Gas
Advanced Technologies
Corporate and Other

Total

 $    109,377 
         41,802 
         43,506 
           9,551 
       204,236 
           2,351 
              593 
 $    207,180 

 $    146,707 
         13,694 
           2,817 
           6,611 
       169,829 
           3,234 
           1,958 
 $    175,021 

 $    146,363 
         78,424 
         12,938 
           6,558 
       244,283 
           2,806 
           5,188 
 $    252,277 

Capital expenditures in the table include the costs of business acquisitions.  

Geographic Operating Areas  
The following table summarizes certain financial data by geographic area: 

(in thousands)
Revenue

Foreign:

West Africa
Norway
United Kingdom
Asia and Australia
Brazil
Other

Total Foreign
United States

Total

Long-Lived Assets

Foreign:

West Africa
Norway
United Kingdom
Asia and Australia
Brazil
Other

Total Foreign
United States

Total

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2008

2010

$    

$    

$    

$ 

$ 

$ 

$    

$      

$      

260,377
212,854
156,114
136,518
135,510
72,157
973,530
943,515
1,917,045

106,028
165,942
70,730
76,835
79,484
28,569
527,588
483,078
1,010,666

280,707
230,874
156,748
135,721
97,401
60,610
962,061
860,020
1,822,081

95,326
170,617
63,334
76,622
63,653
20,490
490,042
487,453
977,495

284,523
231,632
251,660
129,315
116,919
48,530
1,062,579
914,842
1,977,421

88,895
141,123
58,371
78,082
32,745
17,406
416,622
486,264
902,886

$ 

$    

$    

Revenue is based on location where services are performed and products are manufactured.  

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Additional Income Statement Detail  
The following schedule shows our revenue, costs and gross margins by services and products: 

(in thousands)
Revenue:

Services
Products

Total revenue

Cost of Services and Products:

Services
Products
Unallocated expenses

Total cost of services and products

Gross margin:

Services
Products
Unallocated expenses

Total gross margin

Year Ended December 31,
2009

2010

2008

$ 

1,277,795
639,250
1,917,045

$ 

1,275,263
546,818
1,822,081

$ 

1,311,149
666,272
1,977,421

916,495
461,477
72,753
1,450,725

897,654
421,438
65,263
1,384,355

935,752
513,643
63,226
1,512,621

361,300
177,773
(72,753)
466,320

$    

377,609
125,380
(65,263)
437,726

$    

375,397
152,629
(63,226)
464,800

$    

8. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN  
Retirement Investment Plans  
We have several employee retirement investment plans that, taken together, cover most of our 
full time employees. The Oceaneering Retirement Investment Plan is a 401(k) plan in which U.S. 
employees may participate by deferring a portion of their gross monthly salary and directing us to 
contribute the deferred amount to the plan. We match a portion of the employees' deferred 
compensation. Our contributions to the 401(k) plan were $13.9 million, $13.2 million and 
$12.9 million for the plan years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  

We also make matching contributions to other foreign employee savings plans similar in nature to 
a 401(k) plan. In 2010, 2009 and 2008, these contributions, principally related to plans associated 
with U.K. and Norwegian subsidiaries, were $5.6 million, $5.2 million and $5.1 million, 
respectively.  

The Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan covers selected key 
management employees and executives, as approved by the Compensation Committee of our 
Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee"). Under this plan, we accrue an amount 
determined as a percentage of the participant's gross monthly salary and the amounts accrued 
are treated as if they are invested in one or more investment vehicles pursuant to this plan. 
Expenses related to this plan during 2010, 2009 and 2008 were $3.3 million, $3.5 million and 
$2.6 million, respectively.  

We have defined benefit plans covering some of our employees in the U.K. and Norway. There 
are no further benefits accruing under the U.K. plan, and the Norway plan is closed to new 
participants. The projected benefit obligations for both plans were $24 million and $21 million, at 
December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and the fair values of the plan assets (using Level 2 
inputs) for both plans were $17 million and $15 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, 
respectively.  

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Incentive and Stock Option Plans  
Under our 2010 Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"), shares of our common stock are made 
available for awards to employees and nonemployee members of our Board of Directors.  

The Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee; however, the full Board of 
Directors makes determinations regarding awards to nonemployee directors under the Incentive 
Plan. The Compensation Committee or our Board of Directors, as applicable, determines the type 
or types of award(s) to be made to each participant and sets forth in the related award agreement 
the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to each award. Stock options, stock appreciation 
rights and stock and cash awards may be made under the Incentive Plan. There are no options 
outstanding under the Incentive Plan. Under the Incentive Plan, a stock option must have a term 
not exceeding seven years from the date of grant and must have an exercise price of not less 
than the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant. The 
Compensation Committee may not: (1) grant, in exchange for a stock option, a new stock option 
having a lower exercise price; or (2) reduce the exercise price of a stock option. The 
Compensation Committee has expressed its intention to refrain from using stock options as a 
component of employee compensation for our executive officers and other employees for the 
foreseeable future. Additionally, the Board of Directors has expressed its intention to refrain from 
using stock options as a component of nonemployee director compensation for the foreseeable 
future.  

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Compensation Committee granted awards of performance units 
under the Incentive Plan and a prior plan to certain of our key executives and employees, and our 
Board of Directors granted performance units under a prior plan to our Chairman of the Board of 
Directors. The performance units awarded are scheduled to vest in full on the third anniversary of 
the award date, or pro rata over three years if the participant meets certain age and years of 
service requirements. The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors have approved 
specific financial goals and measures based on our cumulative cash flow from operations, and a 
comparison of return on invested capital and cost of capital for each of the three-year periods 
ending December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 to be used as the basis for the final value of the 
performance units. The final value of each performance unit granted in 2010 may range from $0 
to $150 and the final value of each performance unit granted in 2009 and 2008 may range from 
$0 to $125. Upon vesting and determination of value, the value of the performance units will be 
payable in cash. As of December 31, 2010, there were 374,675 performance units outstanding. 

The following is a summary of our stock option activity for the three years ended December 31, 
2010: 

Balance at December 31, 2007

Granted
Exercised
Forfeited

Balance at December 31, 2008

Granted
Exercised
Forfeited

Balance at December 31, 2009

Granted
Exercised
Forfeited

Balance at December 31, 2010

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Shares 
under Option
286,000
-
(130,100)
(3,000)
152,900
-
(109,400)
(2,500)
41,000
-
(41,000)
-
-

Weighted 
Average 
Exercise 
Price

$        

15.32
-
13.27
13.51
17.11
-
17.19
17.14
16.90
-
16.90
-
$            
-

Aggregate 
Intrinsic 
Value

$ 

7,125,000

$ 

3,257,000

$ 

1,858,000

      
                  
              
     
          
         
          
      
          
                  
              
     
          
         
          
        
          
                  
              
       
          
                  
              
                  
 
There were no options outstanding at December 31, 2010.  

We received $0.7 million, $1.9 million and $1.7 million from the exercise of stock options in 2010, 
2009 and 2008, respectively. The excess tax benefit realized from tax deductions from stock 
options for 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $0.9 million, $0.9 million and $2.0 million, respectively. 
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation are classified as a cash outflow in cash 
flows from operating activities and an inflow in cash flows from financing activities in the 
statement of cash flows.  

Restricted Stock Plan Information  
During 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Compensation Committee granted restricted units of our 
common stock to certain of our key executives and employees. During 2010, 2009 and 2008, our 
Board of Directors granted restricted units of our common stock to our Chairman of the Board of 
Directors and restricted common stock to our other nonemployee directors. Over 60% of the 
grants made in 2010 to our employees and 65% of the grants made in 2009 and 2008 to our 
employees vest in full on the third anniversary of the award date, conditional upon continued 
employment. The remainder of the grants made to employees and all the grants made to our 
Chairman of the Board of Directors vest pro rata over three years, as these participants meet 
certain age and years-of-service requirements. For the grants to each of the participant 
employees and the Chairman of our Board of Directors, the participant will be issued a share of 
our common stock for the participant's vested common stock units at the earlier of three years or, 
if the participant vested earlier after meeting the age and service requirements, at termination of 
employment or service. The grants to our nonemployee directors vest in full on the first 
anniversary of the award date conditional upon continued service as a director. Pursuant to 
grants of restricted common stock units to our employees made prior to 2005, at the time of each 
vesting, a participant receives a tax-assistance payment. Our tax assistance payments were 
$1.8 million in 2010, $3.7 million in 2009 and $8.9 million in 2008. In April 2009, the 
Compensation Committee adopted a policy that Oceaneering will not provide U.S. federal income 
tax gross-up payments to any of its directors or executive officers in connection with future 
awards of restricted stock or stock units. This policy had no effect on existing change-in-control 
agreements with several of our executive officers and our Chairman of the Board, as well as our 
existing service agreement with our Chairman of the Board, which provide for tax gross-up 
payments that could become applicable to such future awards in limited circumstances, such as 
following a change in control of our company. This policy also had no effect on previously 
outstanding awards granted in 2002 and 2004 that provided for tax gross-up payments. Since 
August 2010, there have been no outstanding awards that provide for tax gross-up payments.  

The tax benefit realized from tax deductions in excess of financial statement expense was 
$0.8 million, $1.6 million and $4.8 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  

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The following is a summary of our restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity for 2010, 2009 
and 2008: 

Balance at December 31, 2007

Granted
Issued
Forfeited

Balance at December 31, 2008

Granted
Issued
Forfeited

Balance at December 31, 2009

Granted
Issued
Forfeited

Balance at December 31, 2010

Weighted
Average
Fair Value
22.35
$        
62.24
13.62
46.83
34.75
31.06
23.94
41.42
39.71
59.15
32.45
49.45
51.48

$        

Number

885,450
206,875
(256,600)
(10,975)
824,750
205,925
(376,250)
(32,900)
621,525
210,925
(297,895)
(12,480)
522,075

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

$ 

17,880,000

$ 

14,239,000

$ 

16,673,000

The restricted stock units granted in 2010, 2009 and 2008 carry no voting rights and, with respect 
to the 2008 grants, carry a dividend right should we pay dividends on our common stock. Each 
grantee of shares of restricted common stock is deemed to be the record owner of those shares 
during the restriction period, with the right to vote and receive any dividends on those shares.  

Effective January 1, 2006, the unvested portions of our grants of restricted stock units were 
valued at their estimated fair values as of their respective grant dates. For grants made prior to 
2006, we used a Black-Scholes methodology to produce a Monte Carlo simulation model, which 
allows for the incorporation of the performance criteria that had to be met before the awards were 
earned by the holders. The valuations allowed for variables, such as volatility, the risk-free 
interest rate, dividends and performance hurdles. The assumptions used for the grants prior to 
2006 were: expected volatility of 50% (based on historic analysis), risk-free interest rate of 2% 
and no dividends. The grants in 2010, 2009 and 2008 were subject only to vesting conditioned on 
continued employment or service as a nonemployee director; therefore, these grants were valued 
at the grant date fair market value using the closing price of our stock on the New York Stock 
Exchange.  

Compensation expense under the restricted stock plans was $25.5 million, $23.8 million and 
$23.0 million for 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As of December 31, 2010, we had 
$7.4 million of future expense to be recognized related to our restricted stock unit plans over a 
weighted average remaining life of 1.8 years.  

Stockholder Rights Plan  
We adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan on November 20, 1992, which was amended and restated 
as of November 16, 2001. Each Right initially entitles the holder to purchase from us a fractional 
share consisting of one two-hundredth of a share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, 
at a purchase price of $30 per fractional share, subject to adjustment. The Rights generally will 
not become exercisable until ten days after a public announcement that a person or group has 
acquired 15% or more of our common stock (thereby becoming an "Acquiring Person") or the 
commencement of a tender or exchange offer that would result in a person or group becoming an 
Acquiring Person (the earlier of such dates being called the "Distribution Date"). Rights were 
issued and will continue to be issued with all shares of our common stock that are issued until the 
Distribution Date. Until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates 
representing our common stock and will be transferable only with our common stock. Generally, if 
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owned by the Acquiring Person (which will thereupon become void), will thereafter entitle its 
holder to purchase, at the Rights' then-current exercise price, shares of our common stock having 
a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right. At any time until ten days after a 
public announcement that the Rights have been triggered, we will generally be entitled to redeem 
the Rights for $0.01 and to amend the Rights in any manner other than certain specified 
exceptions. Certain subsequent amendments are also permitted. The Stockholder Rights Plan is 
scheduled to expire on November 20, 2011. 

Post-Employment Benefit  
In 2001, we entered into an agreement with our Chairman (the "Chairman") who was also then 
our Chief Executive Officer. That agreement was amended in 2006 and in 2008. Pursuant to the 
amended agreement, the Chairman relinquished his position as Chief Executive Officer in May 
2006 and began his post-employment service period on December 31, 2006. The agreement 
provides for a specific service period ending no later than August 15, 2011, during which the 
Chairman, acting as an independent contractor, has agreed to serve as nonexecutive Chairman 
of our Board of Directors for so long as our Board of Directors desires that he shall continue to 
serve in that capacity. The agreement provides the Chairman with post-employment benefits for 
ten years following the sooner to occur of August 15, 2011 or the termination of his services to us. 
The amendment in 2006 included a lump-sum cash buyout, paid in 2007, of the Chairman's 
entitlement to perquisites and administrative assistance during that ten-year period (expected to 
run from 2011 to 2021). As a result, we recorded $2.8 million of associated expense in the fourth 
quarter of 2006. The agreement also provides for medical coverage on an after-tax basis to the 
Chairman, his spouse and children during his service with us and thereafter for their lives. We are 
recognizing the net present value of the post-employment benefits over the expected service 
period. If the service period is terminated for any reason (other than the Chairman's refusal to 
continue serving), we will recognize all the previously unaccrued benefits in the period in which 
that termination occurs. Our total accrued liabilities, current and long-term, under this post-
employment benefit were $7.6 million and $6.3 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, 
respectively.  

As part of the arrangements relating to the Chairman's post-employment benefits, we established 
an irrevocable grantor trust, commonly known as a "rabbi trust," to provide the Chairman greater 
assurance that we will set aside an adequate source of funds to fund payment of the post-
retirement benefits under this agreement, including the medical coverage benefits payable to the 
Chairman, his spouse and their children for their lives. In connection with establishment of the 
rabbi trust, we contributed to the trust a life insurance policy on the life of the Chairman, which we 
had previously obtained, and we agreed to continue to pay the premiums due on that policy. 
When the life insurance policy matures, the proceeds of the policy will become assets of the trust. 
If the value of the trust exceeds $4 million, as adjusted by the consumer price index, at any time 
after January 1, 2012, the excess may be paid to us. However, because the trust is irrevocable, 
the assets of the trust are generally not available to fund our future operations until the trust 
terminates, which is not expected to be during the lives of the Chairman, his spouse or their 
children. Furthermore, no tax deduction will be available for our contributions to the trust; 
however, we may benefit from future tax deductions for benefits actually paid from the trust 
(although benefit payments from the trust are not expected to occur in the near term, because we 
expect to make direct payments of those benefits for the foreseeable future).  

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SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share data)

March 31
435,170
$  
99,705
62,329
39,243
0.71

$        

Year Ended December 31, 2010
Dec. 31
501,298
$ 
117,493
73,742
47,794
0.88

Sept. 30
516,274
$  
125,619
88,055
59,177
1.09

June 30
464,303
$ 
123,503
85,374
54,317
0.98

$        

$       

$       

$   

Total
1,917,045
466,320
309,500
200,531
3.65

$            

55,224

55,185

54,332

54,331

54,767

March 31
435,100
$  
105,802
69,380
44,345
0.80

$        

Year Ended December 31, 2009
Dec. 31
452,262
$ 
107,734
72,132
46,058
0.83

Sept. 30
484,036
$  
114,045
76,306
49,839
0.90

June 30
450,683
$ 
110,145
74,298
48,111
0.87

$        

$       

$       

$   

Total
1,822,081
437,726
292,116
188,353
3.40

$            

54,863

55,041

55,058

55,095

55,026

Quarter Ended
Revenue
Gross profit
Income from operations
Net income
Diluted earnings per share 
Weighted average number of
    diluted shares outstanding

Quarter Ended
Revenue
Gross profit
Income from operations
Net income
Diluted earnings per share
Weighted average number of
    diluted shares outstanding

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Oceaneering International, Inc.

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2010 Directors & Key Management

Directors

T. Jay Collins
President and Chief Executive Officer of 
Oceaneering International, Inc.

Jerold J. DesRoche
Partner and a Director of National Power Company 

David S. Hooker
Chairman of Houlder Limited, Ocean Hover Limited,
and Avoco Secure Ltd., and a Director of Aminex plc
and Helium Enterprises Ltd.

John R. Huff
Chairman of Oceaneering International, Inc.,
and a Director of KBR, Inc. and Suncor Energy Inc. 

D. Michael Hughes
Owner of The Broken Arrow Ranch and Affiliated Businesses

Harris J. Pappas
President of Pappas Restaurants, Inc. 
and a Director of Luby’s, Inc.

Corporate Management

T. Jay Collins
President and Chief Executive Officer

M. Kevin McEvoy 
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Marvin J. Migura
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Knut Eriksen
Senior Vice President, Subsea Products

F. Richard Frisbie
Senior Vice President Deepwater Technologies

Kevin Kerins 
Senior Vice President, ROV 

Stephen E. Bradshaw
Vice President Corporate Development

Janet G. Charles
Vice President Human Resources

Gregg K. Farris
Vice President and Chief Information Officer 

W. Cardon Gerner
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Todd Hoefler 
Vice President Supply Chain Management 

Witland LeBlanc
Vice President Tax

Robert P. Mingoia
Vice President and Treasurer

Robert P. Moschetta
Vice President Health Safety Environment

Jack Jurkoshek 
Director Investor Relations

David K. Lawrence
Associate General Counsel  

David M. Leung
Manager Insurance 

Matthew R. Sterner
Corporate Health Safety Environment Director 

Reuben Tamez
Director Internal Audit

John L. Zachary
Director Financial Business Systems

Administrative Management

Americas

Clyde Hewlett
Senior Vice President 

Jerry A. Gauthier
Vice President & General Manager

Charles A. Royce
Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Scott A. Wagner
Vice President & General Manager

Duane Landry
Regional Controller 

Duane Lodrigue
Regional Human Resources Manager

Ernesto Marcos
Country Manager, Mexico

Peg Newman
Manager, Marketing

Joshua Oldag
HSE Manager

Eastern Hemisphere 

Alex Westwood 
Senior Vice President 

Bernt Aage Lie
Vice President, Norway

Andrew Atkinson
Vice President & General Manager, Asia

Tony Connell
General Manager, Australia

Alan Davidson
Materials Manager

Colin Forbes
Legal Counsel

Fiona Inkster
Director, Human Resources 

Bill Kirton
Manager, IT

Chandru Lalwani
Controller

Andrew Mackie
Manager, Europe & Africa Tax

Andrew Onley
Legal Counsel 

Abigail Silk
Contracts Manager 

Amir Thuraisingham
Controller and Manager, Tax, Asia

ROV 

Kevin Kerins
Senior Vice President

David Kelsall
Business Manager

Mark Philip
Technical Manager 

Shil Srivastava
Robotic Software Development Manager

Tom Halligan
Manager, WW ROV Equipment Maintenance

John Petrie
Director, WW ROV Materials

Americas

Robert “Pat” Mannina
Vice President & General Manager 

Anthony Harwin
ROV Manager, GOM

Wayne Betts
ROV Manager, Brazil 

Tim Lawrence
ROV Manager, Canada

Jeff Harris
Commercial Manager

David Laporte
Senior Operations Manager, Brazil 

Jody Naquin
Senior ROV Operations Manager, GOM

Chris Nicholson
General Manager, Deep Sea Systems International

Darryl Rundquist
Senior ROV Operations Manager, GOM

U.K.

Espen Ingebretsen
ROV Manager

Steven Cowie
Senior ROV Operations Manager

Norway

Erik H. Saestad
Vice President & General Manager

Egil Egeland
ROV Manager 

Harald Øverland
Senior ROV Operations Manager

Africa, Middle East, and Asia

Martin McDonald
Vice President & General Manager

Peter MacCallum
Senior ROV Operations Manager, Asia

Wayne Morgan
ROV Manager, AME

Alistair Parley
Technical Manager 

Jonathon E. Playford
Commercial Manager

Harold Roberts
Country Manager, Angola

Andrew Sunley
ROV Manager, Asia 

Neil Wellam
Manager, Business Development, Nigeria

Subsea Products

Knut Eriksen
Senior Vice President 

Group Management

Robert C. Burnett
Contracts Group Manager

Alan R. Curtis
Financial and Operations Controller 

Stacey Greene
Manager, HSE

Michael Palitsch
Director, Quality Assurance 

Oceaneering Umbilical Solutions

Charles W. Davison, Jr.
Vice President

G. Scott Reynolds
Vice President & Country Manager, Brazil

Shaun Roedel
General Manager, U.S.

Mike Smith
General Manager, U.K.

Howard Bland
Manager, Sales U.S. and U.K.

Anthony Franklin
Director, Project Management

George Holliday
Manager, Operations Support 

Todd Newell
Director, Business Development

Carlos Niemeyer
Manager, Commerical, Brazil 

Craig Quenstedt
Controller

Greg Scott
General Manager, Central Engineering

Matt Smith
Global Product Manager

Alan Stevenson
Director, Strategic Accounts, U.K.

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Oceaneering Intervention Engineering 

Mark M. Gittleman
Vice President

Chad Blanchard
General Manager, IWOCS Services

John Charalambides
General Manager, Pipeline Connection and Repair Systems

Michael T. Cunningham
General Manager, Subsea Field Development

Paul A. Frikstad
Managing Director, Rotator

Bruce T. Garthwaite
Operations Manager, Subsea Field Development

Michael Hessel, Jr.
General Manager, High Performance Cables

Patrick Hill
Controller

Jack Ostermaier
General Manager, BOP Controls

Graeme E. Reynolds
Vce President, BOP Controls 

Mike Robbins
General Manager, Grayloc Products

Deepwater Technical Solutions 

Drew Trent
Vice President

Richard J. Thompson
Vice President, Deepwater Processing Technologies 

Alf-Kristian Aadland
Manager, Subsea All Electric  

Jan L. Bjorge
Manager, DTS Norway 

Justin Branner
Manager, DTS AustralAsia

John Davis
Manager, BOP Intervention Solutions

Mike Gilliam
Manager, DTS Western Region

Charles B. Hansen
Manager, DTS Tooling Norway

Curtis Hensley
Manager, DTS Manufacturing 

Hans Kros
Manager, Dredging & Decommissioning

Dave McKechnie
Manager, DTS Eastern Region 

Projects and Engineering

Eric Adams
Vice President, Business Development

Bill Merchant
Business Manager 

Andy Henderson
Manager, Projects & Engineering

Max Kattner
Senior Staff Engineer 

Ed Liles
Project Manager

James McAllister
Project Manager

Rick Spottswood
Construction Manager

Don Thorne
Project Manager

Marcus Waddington
Operations Manager, Australia 

Subsea Projects/Diving

Norb D. Gorman
Vice President & General Manager 

Projects

Mike Ellis
Manager, Installation Projects 

Randall G. Kille
Manager, IMR Projects

Brett “Gonzo” Eychner
Senior Projects Manager

Dean Kinkel
Commercial Manager

Blaine LeCompte
Manager, Business Development

Tommy Lord
Manager, Shore Base Logistics

Patrick Matthews
Manager, Survey

Dave Medeiros
Senior Projects Manager

Steve Olmos
Projects Group Manager 

Kirk Schumacher
Manager, Engineering 

Mike Todd
Manager, Operations

Diving

Steven Hall
Manager, Diving

Jack Couch
Technical Manager 

Gerald Klein
Manager, Operations

Warren Klingler
Manager, Dive/Marine

Marine

Darrin McGuire
Manager, Marine

Jim McGurk
Manager, Diving Vessels

Tim White
Manager, DP Vessels

Inspection

Eric Johnston
Vice President 

Neil Riddle
Vice President, Africa, Middle East, FSU, and Asia

John Watkinson
Vice President, Europe

Haroon Cajee
Area Manager, Asia

John Deighan
CQI Manager

Ian Forsyth
Principal Operations Manager

Malcolm Gray
Africas and Pipelines Manager

Graham Hayward
General Manager, Aberdeen

Trent Loney
General Manager, Houma

John McMenemy
International Commercial Manager 

James McNab
Global Technology Manager

Frances Milne
Business Manager

C. Andre Olivier
Inspection Manager, Americas

Nigel Smith
ACET Software Development Manager

Roger Thorne
Manager, Middle East & Caspian 

Advanced Technologies

John R. Kreider
Senior Vice President

Albert Konetzni
Vice President, Strategic Business Programs 

Charles B. Young
Vice President, Strategic Business Planning

Robert Brown
Controller

Jim Martin
Manager, Manufacturing

Noreen O’Neill
Director, Contracts

Clifton Schindel
Manager, HSE 

David Van Valkenburgh
Materials Manager

Marine Services 

Larry Ingels
Director, Submarine & Manufacturing Programs

Kurt Irgens
Director, Deep Submergence Systems 

Wally Finn
Acting Director, Surface and LCAC Programs, WC

Martin Merzwa, Sr.
Director, Business Development 

Phil Miller
Acting Director, Surface and LCAC Programs, EC

Jeff Schmidt
Director, Operations Support

Tom Van Petten
Director, Quality Program

Oceaneering Space Systems

Mike Bloomfield
Vice President & General Manager

Jeff Lasater
Manager, Business Development

Frank Sager
Manager, Operations & Services / NBL

David Spangler
Manager, Robotics and Automation Programs

Dave Wallace
General Manager & Program Manager, 
Constellation Space Suit System

Michael Withey
Manager, Human Space Flight Programs 

Oceaneering Technologies 

Duncan McLean
Vice President & General Manager

Phil Beierl
Manager of Programs, Marine Projects

John Hammond
Manager, OTECH San Diego

Larry Karl
Manager, Marine Systems

Jim Kelly
Manager of Programs, Marine Systems 

George Kotula
Manager, Operations

Craig McLaughlin
Manager, OTECH Nauticos  

Dave Weaver
Manager, Marine Projects

Entertainment Systems 

Dave Mauck
Vice President & General Manager, Entertainment Systems

Mike Boshears
Manager, Business Development

Ron Garber
Manager of Programs

Nick Miller
Manager, Engineering Services

Nick Thomareas
Manager, Business Administration Services

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Form 10-K

Forward-Looking Statements

The entire Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, may be accessed 
through the Oceaneering website,  
www.oceaneering.com, by selecting 
"Investor Relations," then "SEC Financial Reports,"
then selecting the desired report, or may be 
obtained by writing to:

George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
Secretary
Oceaneering International, Inc.
P.O. Box 40494
Houston, TX  77240-0494

All statements in this report that express a belief, expectation, 
or intention are forward-looking statements made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements are
based on current information at the time this report was written
and expectations that involve a number of risks, uncertainties,
and assumptions.  Among the factors that could cause the 
actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements are: industry conditions; prices of
crude oil and natural gas; the timing, pace, and level of floating
drilling rig activity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico during 2011; 
Oceaneering’s ability to obtain and the timing of new projects;
operating risks; changes in government regulations; 
technological changes; and changes in competitive factors.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize,
or should the assumptions underlying the forward-looking
statements prove incorrect, actual outcomes could vary 
materially from those indicated.  These and other risks are fully
described in Oceaneering’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010 and other periodic filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.   

The use in this report of such terms as Oceaneering, company, group, 

organization, we, us, our, and its, or references to specific entities, is not 

intended to be a precise description of corporate relationships. 

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Photo Credits

Cover
Millennium ®56 - Kent Elmore 

Inside Front Cover
Flying Lead End Assembly - Jamie Westhaver  
ROV Accumulator Reservoir Skid - Van VanDeCapelle 
Subsea Accumulator Module - Misty Brown

Letter to Shareholders
IWOCS - David Shoreack 
ROV Recovery - Alexandr Konstantinov 

At A Glance 
Subsea Tree Hydrate Remediation - Millennium ®67 ROV Team 
Saturation Diving Platform Repair - Roger Smith 
Production Platform Inspection - Ivor A’Lee 
Landing Craft Air Cushion - Courtesy of U.S. Navy

Locations
Olympic Intervention IV - Elhoussian El Moutia 

Inside Back Cover 
Platform Riser Inspection - Ivor A’lee  
Ocean Project and Ocean Inspector - Charles Watson 

General Information

Corporate Office
Oceaneering International, Inc.
11911 FM 529
Houston, TX 77041-3000
P.O. Box 40494
Houston, TX 77240-0494
Telephone: (713) 329-4500
Fax: (713) 329-4951
www.oceaneering.com

Stock Symbol: OII
Stock traded on NYSE
CUSIP Number: 675232102
Please direct communications concerning stock
transfer requirements or lost certificates to our
transfer agent.

Transfer Agent and Registrar
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43078  
Providence, RI 02940-3078

Overnight Deliveries: 
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021-1011

OII Account Information
www.computershare.com
Telephone: (781) 575-2879
Fax:  (781) 575-3605
Hearing Impaired/TDD: (800) 952-9245

Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
Date:         May 6, 2011
Time:        8:30 a.m. CDT
Location:  Oceaneering International, Inc.

11911 FM 529 
Houston, TX 77041

Independent Public Accountants
Ernst & Young LLP
5 Houston Center
1401 McKinney, Suite 1200
Houston, TX 77010-4035

Counsel
Baker Botts L.L.P.
One Shell Plaza
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002-4995

Oceaneering International, Inc.
11911 FM 529
Houston, Texas 77041-3000
P.O. Box 40494
Houston, Texas 77240-0494
Telephone: (713) 329-4500
Fax: (713) 329-4951
www.oceaneering.com