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Restructuring and other charges.

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Foreign exchange rate used to remeasure amounts denominated in a currency other than functional currency into functional currency.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 830

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-Section S99

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Description of transaction giving rise to foreign currency transaction gain (loss), including but not limited to, nature of the transaction, the foreign currency involved, the accounting for the transaction.

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Charges and Credits - Additional Information (Detail) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended						3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 VEF	Dec. 31, 2014 Venezuela Bolivar Official Currency Exchange Rate To Dollar VEF	Dec. 31, 2014 Venezuela Bolivar Official Currency Exchange Rate To Dollar SICAD I VEF	Dec. 31, 2014 Venezuela Bolivar Official Currency Exchange Rate To Dollar SICAD II VEF	Mar. 31, 2015 Workforce reduction USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Currency Devaluation Loss In Venezuela USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Currency Devaluation Loss In Venezuela USD ($)
Charges And Credits [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	$ 439slb_RestructuringAndOtherCharges	$ 0slb_RestructuringAndOtherCharges					$ 390	$ 49	$ 472
Exchange rate			192.0	6.3
Exchange rate, approximated					11	50
Foreign currency transactions, description	These changes result in a reduction in the US dollar reported amount of local currency denominated revenues, expenses and, consequently, income before taxes and net income in Venezuela. For example, if Schlumberger had applied an exchange rate of 192 Venezuelan Bolivares to the US dollar throughout 2014, it would have reduced Schlumberger earnings by approximately $0.09 per share.