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Supplemental Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Information (Details 3) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Losses (gains) on sales and disposals of long-lived assets and other expense (income)      
Losses (gains) on sales, disposals and involuntary conversions of long-lived assets $ (8,830,000)nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndInvoluntaryConversionsOfLongLivedAssets $ 13,624,000nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndInvoluntaryConversionsOfLongLivedAssets $ (147,522,000)nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndInvoluntaryConversionsOfLongLivedAssets
Litigation expenses 8,880,000us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement 11,684,000us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement 5,382,000us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement
Foreign currency transaction losses (gains) 1,019,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax 6,219,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax 4,787,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Losses (gains) on derivative instruments 5,576,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsNetPretax 3,785,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsNetPretax  
Other losses (gains) 2,428,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfOtherAssets 2,665,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfOtherAssets 717,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfOtherAssets
Losses (gains) on sales and retirements of long-lived assets and other expense (income), net 9,073,000nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndImpairmentsOfLongLivedAssetsAndOtherExpenseIncomeNet 37,977,000nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndImpairmentsOfLongLivedAssetsAndOtherExpenseIncomeNet (136,636,000)nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndImpairmentsOfLongLivedAssetsAndOtherExpenseIncomeNet
Gain on sale of equity interest     160,000,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfEquityInvestments
Parent Company      
Losses (gains) on sales and disposals of long-lived assets and other expense (income)      
Losses (gains) on sales and retirements of long-lived assets and other expense (income), net $ 7,668,000nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndImpairmentsOfLongLivedAssetsAndOtherExpenseIncomeNet
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$ 7,353,000nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndImpairmentsOfLongLivedAssetsAndOtherExpenseIncomeNet
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$ 1,231,000nbr_LossesGainsOnSalesRetirementsAndImpairmentsOfLongLivedAssetsAndOtherExpenseIncomeNet
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