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Business Description	12 Months Ended
Business Description	Dec. 31, 2015
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Business Description	1. Business Description Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger N.V., incorporated in Curaçao) and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, “Schlumberger”) comprise the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to the international oil and gas exploration and production industry. On August 26, 2015, Schlumberger and Cameron International Corporations (Cameron) jointly announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement in which Cameron will merge with an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger in a stock and cash transaction. Cameron designs, manufactures, markets and services equipment used by the oil and gas industry and industrial manufacturing companies. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Cameron shareholders will receive 0.716 shares of Schlumberger common stock and a cash payment of $14.44 in exchange for each Cameron share of common stock outstanding. Schlumberger estimates that it will issue approximately 137 million shares of its common stock and pay cash of approximately $2.8 billion in connection with this transaction. The transaction remains subject to certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. It is anticipated that the closing of the transaction will occur in the first quarter of 2016. Cameron reported revenue of $10.4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2014.