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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2016
Tax provision $ 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 27us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (107)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (5)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest  
Restructuring Charges 41us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 70us-gaap_RestructuringCharges  
Devaluation of Venezuelan Bolivar (26)wft_ForeignCurrencyDevaluationLossbeforeTax 0wft_ForeignCurrencyDevaluationLossbeforeTax  
Discrete income before tax   116wft_DiscreteIncomeLossBeforeTax  
Scenario, Forecast [Member]      
Uncertain tax positions, estimated for next twelve months     $ (14)us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember