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Restructuring and Other Charges (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]    
Tangible Asset Impairment Charges $ 303,000,000us-gaap_TangibleAssetImpairmentCharges  
Inventory Write-down 309,000,000us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown  
Restructuring Charges 1,208,000,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges [1] 0us-gaap_RestructuringCharges [1]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss  
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill) 165,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill  
Severance Costs 134,000,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1  
Other Restructuring Costs 150,000,000us-gaap_OtherRestructuringCosts  
Business Exit Costs 75,000,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1  
Other Deductions and Charges 72,000,000us-gaap_OtherDeductionsAndCharges  
Deductions (Charges) 1,407,000,000us-gaap_DeductionsCharges  
Completion And Production [Member]    
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]    
Restructuring Charges 510,000,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
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Drilling And Evaluation [Member]    
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]    
Restructuring Charges 638,000,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
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VENEZUELA    
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]    
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized $ 199,000,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized
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Historical Exchange Rate_Venezuela 6.3hal_HistoricalExchangeRate_Venezuela
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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Remeasurement 192us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRemeasurement1
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[1] (a) Includes $510 million attributable to Completion and Production, $638 million attributable to Drilling and Evaluation, and $60 million attributable to Corporate and other during the three months ended March 31, 2015.