Nature of Operations (Details) $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
May 24, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 segment county item
Nature of Operations
Actively marketed rigs for land based drilling operations		430
Number of countries company has actively marketed rigs for land based drilling operations \| county		20
Actively marketed rigs for offshore based drilling operations		42
Drilling and Rig Services
Nature of Operations
Number of Operating Segments \| segment		4
Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia
Nature of Operations
Cash paid for acquisitions of businesses \| $	$ 106.0
Ownership percentage	49.00%

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Number of actively marketed rigs for offshore drilling operations.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The number of countries in which the entity operates as of balance sheet date.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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