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Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2012
Jul. 24, 2007
Feb. 29, 2012
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Vehicle capital leases 32,000,000serv_VehicleCapitalLeaseObligations   $ 16,000,000serv_VehicleCapitalLeaseObligations    
Less current portion (39,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent (39,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent (43,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent    
Total long-term debt 3,867,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 3,020,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 3,881,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations    
Parent Issuer          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Total long-term debt 14,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
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Senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2014 (Tranche A)          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt     1,219,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Aggregate principal amount       2,650,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2014 (Tranche A) | Maximum          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Debt secured as a percentage of capital stock of foreign subsidiary owned by entity or any guarantor 65.00%serv_DebtSecuredAsAPercentageOfCapitalStockOfForeignSubsidiaryOwnedByEntityOrGuarantor
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Senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2017 (Tranche B)          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 991,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  1,001,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Borrowing margin (as a percent) 4.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2017 (Tranche C)          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 1,198,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Unamortized portion of premium received 10,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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7% 2020 Notes          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 750,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  750,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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= serv_SeniorNotes7.00PercentMaturing2020Member
   
Interest rate (as a percent) 7.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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  7.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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8% 2020 Notes          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 602,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  603,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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= serv_SeniorNotes8.00PercentMaturing2020Member
   
Interest rate (as a percent) 8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= serv_SeniorNotes8.00PercentMaturing2020Member
  8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= serv_SeniorNotes8.00PercentMaturing2020Member
  8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Unamortized portion of premium received 2,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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= serv_SeniorNotes8.00PercentMaturing2020Member
  3,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Repayment of principal amount 100,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount
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Revolving credit facility maturing in 2017          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Available borrowing capacity 324,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Letters of credit outstanding 0us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
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  0us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
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7.10% notes maturing in 2018          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 71,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  69,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Interest rate (as a percent) 7.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= serv_Notes7.10PercentMaturing2018Member
  7.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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7.45% notes maturing in 2027          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 159,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  156,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Interest rate (as a percent) 7.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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  7.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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7.25% notes maturing in 2038          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 63,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  62,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Interest rate (as a percent) 7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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  7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Other          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Long-term debt 40,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  48,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Pre-funded letter of credit facility          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Available borrowing capacity 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Letters of credit outstanding 135,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
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Unused commitments 3,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
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Available borrowing capacity if credit facility amended 138,000,000serv_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacityAfterAmendment
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Fleet Agreement          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Variable rate basis one month LIBOR        
Borrowing margin (as a percent) 2.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2014 (Tranche A) | London inter-bank offered rate          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Variable rate basis adjusted London inter bank offered rate        
Borrowing margin (as a percent) 2.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2014 (Tranche A) | Alternate base rate          
Long-term debt [Line Items]          
Variable rate basis alternate base rate        
Borrowing margin (as a percent) 1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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