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Assets Held-for-Sale and Discontinued Operations (Details 2) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Discontinued operations      
Undiscounted contractual commitments $ 65,300,000nbr_UndiscountedContractualCommitments    
Liability related to discontinued operation 25,900,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation   40,200,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation
Current liability to discontinued operations 8,354,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent   19,602,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent
Income (loss) from discontinued operations      
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (817,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 1,515,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax  
Oil and Gas      
Operating revenues      
Operating revenues 1,450,000nbr_DiscontinuedOperationOperatingRevenueAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
5,057,000nbr_DiscontinuedOperationOperatingRevenueAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations      
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (1,386,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodBeforeIncomeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
2,618,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodBeforeIncomeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
 
Less: Impairment charges or other (gains) and losses on sale of wholly owned assets and obligations   1,002,000nbr_DiscontinuedOperationImpairmentChargesAndGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
 
Less: Income tax expense (benefit) (569,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
101,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax $ (817,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember
$ 1,515,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nbr_OilAndGasMember