Charges and Credits - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Charges And Credits [Line Items]
Merger & integration	$ 11
Liberty Energy Inc
Charges And Credits [Line Items]
Shares issued		9
Received proceeds from sale of shares		$ 137
Gains on sales of businesses		28
Pretax gain on sale of business		36
Product
Charges And Credits [Line Items]
Cost of services and sales	2,592	$ 2,156
Aker \| Subsea Business
Charges And Credits [Line Items]
Business acquisition pre tax charges	25
Amortization of purchase accounting adjustments related to acquired inventories	14
Other merger and integration-related costs	11
Merger & integration	11
Aker \| Subsea Business \| Product
Charges And Credits [Line Items]
Cost of services and sales	$ 14

Amortization of purchase accounting adjustments related to write-up of acquired inventories estimated fair value.

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The aggregate costs related to goods produced and sold and services rendered by an entity during the reporting period. This excludes costs incurred during the reporting period related to financial services rendered and other revenue generating activities.

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