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Goodwill (Schedule of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill [Roll Forward]  
Balance at December 31, 2014 $ 3,011us-gaap_Goodwill
Foreign currency translation adjustments (106)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Balance at March 31, 2015 2,905us-gaap_Goodwill
North America [Member]  
Goodwill [Roll Forward]  
Balance at December 31, 2014 1,896us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments (73)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
Balance at March 31, 2015 1,823us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
MENA/ Asia Pacific [Member]  
Goodwill [Roll Forward]  
Balance at December 31, 2014 195us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_MiddleEastNorthAfricaandAsiaMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments (3)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_MiddleEastNorthAfricaandAsiaMember
Balance at March 31, 2015 192us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_MiddleEastNorthAfricaandAsiaMember
Europe/ SSA/ Russia [Member]  
Goodwill [Roll Forward]  
Balance at December 31, 2014 623us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_EuropeSubSaharaAfricaRussiaMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments (25)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_EuropeSubSaharaAfricaRussiaMember
Balance at March 31, 2015 598us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_EuropeSubSaharaAfricaRussiaMember
Latin America [Member]  
Goodwill [Roll Forward]  
Balance at December 31, 2014 297us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments (5)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember
Balance at March 31, 2015 292us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember
Land Drilling Rigs [Member]  
Goodwill [Roll Forward]  
Balance at December 31, 2014 0us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_DrillingRigsMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments $ 0us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wft_DrillingRigsMember