Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenue:
Product revenue	$ 1,333.3	$ 1,191.1
Service and other revenue	312.7	205.5
Total revenue	1,646.0	1,396.6
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenue	1,079.4	962.8
Cost of service and other revenue	227.8	140.9
Selling, general and administrative expense	170.8	136.2
Research and development expense	28.5	26.8
Total costs and expenses	1,506.5	1,266.7
Other income, net	1.0	4.0
Income before net interest expense and income taxes	140.5	133.9
Net interest expense	(8.1)	(3.5)
Income before income taxes	132.4	130.4
Provision for income taxes	28.8	30.7
Net income	103.6	99.7
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1.2)	(0.9)
Net income attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc.	$ 102.4	$ 98.8
Earnings per share attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc. (Note 3):
Basic	$ 0.43	$ 0.41
Diluted	$ 0.43	$ 0.41
Weighted average shares outstanding (Note 3):
Basic	238.7	240.1
Diluted	239.4	241.3