Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenue:
Product revenue	$ 1,370.5	$ 1,190.3	$ 4,070.0	$ 3,656.0
Service and other revenue	354.0	228.7	1,008.4	654.5
Total revenue	1,724.5	1,419.0	5,078.4	4,310.5
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenue	1,106.6	947.3	3,280.8	2,935.0
Cost of service and other revenue	247.2	151.8	730.3	448.1
Selling, general and administrative expense	165.9	152.9	508.8	429.3
Research and development expense	27.2	29.8	84.9	82.9
Total costs and expenses	1,546.9	1,281.8	4,604.8	3,895.3
Other income (expense), net	(0.2)	4.3	1.0	24.4
Income before net interest expense and income taxes	177.4	141.5	474.6	439.6
Net interest expense	(8.2)	(6.0)	(25.1)	(15.9)
Income before income taxes	169.2	135.5	449.5	423.7
Provision for income taxes	51.8	35.0	122.0	110.3
Net income	117.4	100.5	327.5	313.4
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1.4)	(1.6)	(3.9)	(3.8)
Net income attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc.	$ 116.0	$ 98.9	$ 323.6	$ 309.6
Earnings per share attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc. (Note 3):
Basic	$ 0.49	$ 0.41	$ 1.36	$ 1.29
Diluted	$ 0.49	$ 0.41	$ 1.35	$ 1.28
Weighted average shares outstanding (Note 3):
Basic	238.2	239.5	238.4	239.9
Diluted	238.9	240.7	239.2	241.2