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Warrant Exercise			$ 139,488,000
Accordion feature	$ 100,000,000.0
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Percentage of property, plant and equipment to be owned by the revolver guarantor and its subsidiaries	90.00%
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)			3.23%
Letter of Credit
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 100,000,000.0
Nabors Delaware [Member]
Debt
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2018 revolving credit facility
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross				$ 460,000,000
Senior Notes.
Debt
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Payment of accrued and unpaid interest			300,000
5.50% senior notes due January 2023
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Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 21,226,000	$ 24,446,000
Interest rate on senior notes (as a percent)			5.50%	5.50%
5.10% senior notes due September 2023
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 62,338,000	$ 82,703,000
Interest rate on senior notes (as a percent)			5.10%	5.10%
0.75% senior exchangeable notes due January 2024
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 162,065,000	$ 259,839,000
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5.75% senior notes due February 2025
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 526,628,000	$ 548,458,000
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7.25% senior notes due January 2026
Debt
Interest rate on senior notes (as a percent)			7.25%
7.50% senior notes due January 2028
Debt
Interest rate on senior notes (as a percent)			7.50%
6.50% senior priority guaranteed notes due February 2025
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross				$ 50,485,000
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9.00% senior priority guaranteed notes due February 2025
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 218,082,000	$ 218,082,000
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7.25% senior guaranteed notes due January 2026
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 557,902,000	$ 559,978,000
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7.375% senior priority guaranteed notes due May 2027
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 700,000,000	$ 700,000,000
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7.50% senior guaranteed notes due January 2028
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Interest rate on senior notes (as a percent)			7.50%	7.50%
2022 Credit Agreement
Debt
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 0
Maximum borrowing capacity	350,000,000.0
Maximum amount of grower basket for term loans	$ 150,000,000.0
Threshold percentage of outstanding principal amount of relevant debt to remaining outstanding	50.00%
Threshold amount beyond which the debt instrument covenant restricts the company's ability to incur liens	$ 150,000,000.0
Threshold amount beyond which the debt instrument covenant restricts the company's subsidiaries to incur debt	$ 100,000,000.0
Debt Exchange Transactions
Debt
Future contractual interest payments			9,400,000
Aggregate principal amount exchanged			40,000,000
Aggregate principal amount of debt issued in exchanges			26,050,000
Debt Exchange Transactions \| Nabors Delaware [Member]
Debt
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Debt Exchange Transactions \| 0.75% senior exchangeable notes due January 2024
Debt
Long-term Debt			177,000,000.0
Aggregate amount of senior notes		$ 575,000,000.0
Interest rate on senior notes (as a percent)		0.75%
Debt exchangeable notes		$ 411,200,000
Equity component		$ 163,800,000
Exchange rate of common shares		0.8018
Principal amount of notes		$ 1,000
Exchange price per common share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 1,247.19
Aggregate principal amount exchanged			35,000,000
Debt Exchange Transactions \| 5.75% senior notes due February 2025
Debt
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Debt Exchange Transactions \| 9.00% senior priority guaranteed notes due February 2025
Debt
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