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Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets, Current

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Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets, Non-Current

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The number of offshore drilling units owned by the Company.

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Number Of Tender-Assist Drilling Units Sold

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Amount of decrease in additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from direct costs associated with issuing stock. Includes, but is not limited to, legal and accounting fees and direct costs associated with stock issues under a shelf registration.

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Amount of tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer transferred by the entity to the former owners of the acquiree. Excludes cash.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For transactions that are recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination, such as related to pre-existing relationships with the acquiree, this element represents the disclosure of the amount of acquisition related costs which have been expensed.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	10 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2023 USD ($) rig $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) rig	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) rig	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	May 19, 2023 contract
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Number of offshore drilling units owned \| rig		22		22
Number of tender-assist drilling units sold \| contract						3
Share issuance costs		$ 4
Initial accounting incomplete, adjustment for financial liabilities				$ 49
Initial accounting incomplete, adjustment for current financial assets				6
Initial accounting incomplete, adjustment for non-current financial assets				1
Additional paid-in capital
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Share issuance costs		4
Aquadrill LLC
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Stock issued during period, shares, acquisitions (in shares) \| shares	29,900
Consideration settled by tax withholding	$ 30
Consideration settled in cash	$ 1
Acquisition cost expensed			$ 2	8	$ 3
Seadrill share price at April 3, 2023 market close (in USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 41.62
Aquadrill LLC \| Additional paid-in capital
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Share issuance costs		$ 4
Seadrill Limited
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Acquisition cost expensed			$ 3	$ 11
Aquadrill LLC \| Seadrill Limited
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	37.00%
Drillships \| Aquadrill LLC
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Number of offshore drilling units owned \| rig	4
Benign environment semi-submersible \| Aquadrill LLC
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Number of offshore drilling units owned \| rig	1
Tender-assist units \| Aquadrill LLC
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Number of offshore drilling units owned \| rig	3