Cover Page - USD ($) $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 06, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K
Document Annual Report	true
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2022
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-41520
Entity Registrant Name	Noble Corporation plc
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	X0
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-1644664
Entity Address, Address Line One	13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800
Entity Address, City or Town	Sugar Land
Entity Address, State or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	77478
City Area Code	(281)
Local Phone Number	276-6100
Title of 12(b) Security	A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share
Trading Symbol	NE
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 1.1
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		134,820,112
Documents Incorporated by Reference	Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K will be incorporated by reference from the proxy statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Noble Corporation plc to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Form 10-K is a combined annual report being filed separately by two registrants: Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Noble Finance Company, a Cayman Islands company.
Entity Central Index Key	0001895262
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	false
Noble Finance Company
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2022
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity File Number	001-31306
Entity Registrant Name	Noble Finance Company
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	E9
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-0366361
Entity Address, Address Line One	13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800
Entity Address, City or Town	Sugar Land
Entity Address, State or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	77478
City Area Code	(281)
Local Phone Number	276-6100
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	No
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		261,246,093
Entity Central Index Key	0001169055
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	false