Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) director $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 18, 2023 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Number of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies for which the Company is a co-sponsor | item			1
Restricted cash held in trust	$ 315,488		$ 315,488	$ 284,841
SPAC deconsolidation adjustment included in Other, net			7,200
SPAC's effects on changes in non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption
Balance, beginning of year			678,604
Balance, end of period	$ 739,075		$ 739,075	678,604
Earnout Milestone One
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Exercise price of warrants eligible to be received | $ / shares	$ 12.50		$ 12.50
Earnout Milestone Two
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Exercise price of warrants eligible to be received | $ / shares	$ 15.00		$ 15.00
Vast
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	15.00%		15.00%
Number of warrants | shares	7.4		7.4
Number of shares which may be purchased by each right | shares	1		1
Exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 11.50		$ 11.50
Warrants eligible to be received | shares	2,400,000		2,400,000
Number of Nabors Industries representatives on Vast board | director	2
Vast | Earnout Milestone Three
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Exercise price of warrants eligible to be received | $ / shares	$ 17.50		$ 17.50
NETC II | IPO
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Units issued | shares		30,500,000
Price per unit | $ / shares		$ 10.00
Proceeds from units issued		$ 305,000
NETC II | Private Placement
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Number of warrants issued | shares		9,540,000
Proceeds from issuance of warrants		$ 9,500
Value of unsecured promissory notes issued		$ 3,100
NETC
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Restricted cash held in trust						$ 281,500
SPAC's effects on changes in non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption
Balance, beginning of year			$ 284,841	281,520
Net earnings			5,540	3,321
Nabors deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders			3,055
Noncontrolling interest deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders			1,774
Redemptions and distributions of Trust Account			(295,210)
Balance, end of period	$ 0		0	284,841
NETC II
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Restricted cash held in trust	315,500		315,500		$ 308,100
SPAC's effects on changes in non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption
Balance, beginning of year			0
Initial public offering			294,474
Net earnings			7,438
Nabors deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders			5,583
Noncontrolling interest deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders			7,993
Balance, end of period	$ 315,488		$ 315,488	$ 0