Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenue:
Sales	$ 933	$ 1,363	$ 2,900	$ 4,322
Services	1,420	2,423	4,531	8,026
Total revenue	2,353	3,786	7,431	12,348
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	794	1,138	2,920	3,703
Cost of services	1,265	2,237	4,909	7,598
Research and engineering	91	110	292	366
Marketing, general and administrative	203	211	632	749
Impairment and restructuring charges	304	98	1,590	747
Goodwill impairment	17	0	1,858	0
Merger and related costs	0	93	180	204
Merger termination fee	0	0	(3,500)	0
Total costs and expenses	2,674	3,887	8,881	13,367
Operating loss	(321)	(101)	(1,450)	(1,019)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0	0	(142)	0
Interest expense, net	(39)	(55)	(142)	(162)
Loss before income taxes	(360)	(156)	(1,734)	(1,181)
Income taxes	(70)	0	(589)	242
Net loss	(430)	(156)	(2,323)	(939)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	1	(3)	2	3
Net loss attributable to Baker Hughes	$ (429)	$ (159)	$ (2,321)	$ (936)
Basic and diluted loss per share attributable to Baker Hughes	$ (1.00)	$ (0.36)	$ (5.31)	$ (2.13)
Cash dividends per share	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.51	$ 0.51