FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
12 Months Ended |
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| Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] | |
| FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Recurring fair value measurements and financial instruments - The carrying amounts that we have reported for financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivables and accounts payables approximate their fair values.
Impairment of long-lived assets - We evaluate long-lived assets or asset groups used in operations for impairment losses when events and circumstances indicate that the assets or asset groups might not be recoverable. If events and circumstance indicate that the assets or asset groups might not be recoverable, the expected future undiscounted cash flows from the assets or asset groups are estimated and compared with the carrying amount of the assets or asset groups. If the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the assets or asset groups, an impairment loss is recorded. We had no impairments of long-lived asset for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
Impairment of assets held for sale - We measure and record assets held for sale at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. The determination of fair value can require the use of significant judgment and can vary on the facts and circumstances. As of December 31, 2017, we had assets held for sale with a book value of $104.6 million related to our South Texas Properties and our Prospect Shipyard.
An asset group constitutes the minimum level for which identifiable cash flows are principally independent of the cash flows of other asset or liability groups. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, as appropriate. As discussed in Note 4, we entered into a real estate purchase option and contract with a third party whereby the third party was granted an exclusive option for the purchase of our South Yard for a purchase price of $55 million through April 25, 2018. We compared our carrying value of the South Yard to the purchase price less costs to sell and determined that there was no impairment. For our North Yard we have obtained third party appraisals to determine the fair value of the asset group due to the uncertainty with respect to the future cash flows and compared them to the carrying value which did not result in impairment.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded impairments totaling $989,000 related to our Prospect Shipyard. The impairments were based upon management's estimates of remaining fair value, less costs to sell. See Note 4 - "Assets Held For Sale." We had no assets held for sale at December 31, 2016.
Impairment of inventory - We measure and record inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Included in our Fabrication Division was $5.9 million of inventory that we received as part of a settlement with a vendor in 2014 consisting of specialty and high-grade copper nickel and steel materials. We previously contracted with a third party broker to market the inventory at their facility; however, the third party canceled the contract during the year and we returned the inventory to our Houma Fabrication Yard. At December 31, 2017, we performed our annual inspection of this inventory and determined that the high-grade stainless steel and copper nickel components remained in good condition; however; much of lower-grade carbon steel pipe and valve fittings had deteriorated significantly due to exposure to the elements as a result of movement of this inventory between our facilities and the third party broker. We continue to market the inventory for sale or use within potential fabrication projects that are bidding; however, management has concluded that there most likely is not a near term opportunity to either sell this inventory as a lump sum or use them in our fabrication process. We recorded an impairment of $3.7 million based upon the estimated net realizable value of the high grade inventory in good condition and the estimated scrap proceeds for the lower grade carbon steel items.
Included in our Fabrication Division is specialty piping and valves inventory for a deepwater construction project that we received as part of a settlement with a customer in 2013 with an original value of $13.5 million. This inventory was impaired $3.2 million during 2014 related to a fair value estimate of $10.3 million with the assistance of third party valuation specialists and again impaired $6.6 million in 2015 based upon estimated sales proceeds and reclassified from assets held for sale to inventory. As of December 31, 2016, the net book value of this inventory was $3.7 million. We sold specialty piping with a net book value of $472,000 during January of 2017 resulting in an immaterial gain; however, there have been no other sales or interest in this inventory during 2017. We have received interest in prior periods for this inventory from offshore projects that remain viable; however, recent recoveries in oil and gas prices are not positively impacting the amount of demand for offshore oil and gas structures. Instead, oil and gas exploration and the resulting capital expenditures are more focused on land-based drilling, particularly in shale production areas. With no expected return of demand in the near term and the inability for us to use these materials in our current projects, it has became more evident to management, particularly during the fourth quarter of 2017, that these assets were impaired. Due to a lack of a market for this inventory, management has estimated the net realizable value based upon scrap prices including the cost to prepare the material to scrap and recorded an impairment of $2.9 million.
We have determined that our impairments of assets held for sale and inventory are non-recurring fair value measurements that fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. In this situation, we believe net realizable value approximates fair value.
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