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Business acquisition pro forma additional adjustments after tax Related to Amortization.

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Business Acquisition pro forma adjustments after tax related to merger and integration.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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Costs incurred to effect a business combination which have been expensed during the period. Such costs could include business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs.

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Acquisition of Cameron - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 7,164	$ 11,246	$ 15,312	$ 23,779
Merger and integration costs		335		335
Cameron
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock received by Cameron shareholders	71.60%
Cash payment in exchange of each share of common stock	$ 14.44
Revenues		1,500
Pretax operating income		243
Merger and integration costs		$ 254		$ 254
After-tax merger and integration charges included in pro forma amounts					254
Cameron \| Inventory Fair Value Adjustment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional after-tax amortization charges included in pro forma amounts					$ 105
After-tax amortization charges included in pro forma amounts			$ 105