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Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Outstanding Foreign Currency Forward Contracts | The Company had the following outstanding foreign currency forward contracts that were entered into to hedge nonfunctional currency cash flows from forecasted revenues and expenses (in millions):
|  | Currency Denomination |
Foreign Currency |  | March 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Norwegian Krone |  | NOK | 10,172 |  |  | NOK | 10,503 |
Euro |  | € | 500 |  |  | € | 406 |
U.S. Dollar |  | $ | 443 |  |  | $ | 357 |
Danish Krone |  | DKK | 266 |  |  | DKK | 278 |
British Pound Sterling |  | £ | 52 |  |  | £ | 23 |
Singapore Dollar |  | SGD | 36 |  |  | SGD | 17 |
Canadian Dollar |  | CAD | 16 |  |  | CAD | 16 |
The Company had the following outstanding foreign currency forward contracts that hedge the fair value of nonfunctional currency monetary accounts (in millions):
|  | Currency Denomination |
Foreign Currency |  | March 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Norwegian Krone |  | NOK | 3,866 |  |  | NOK | 3,257 |
Russian Ruble |  | RUB | 1,786 |  |  | RUB | 2,149 |
U.S. Dollar |  | $ | 801 |  |  | $ | 715 |
Danish Krone |  | DKK | 383 |  |  | DKK | 177 |
Euro |  | € | 381 |  |  | € | 310 |
Singapore Dollar |  | SGD | 15 |  |  | SGD | 3 |
British Pound Sterling |  | £ | 26 |  |  | £ | 14 |
Swedish Krone |  | SEK | 11 |  |  | SEK | 4 |
Canadian Dollar |  | CAD | 5 |  |  | CAD | 3 |
Derivative Instruments and their Balance Sheet Classifications | The Company has the following gross fair values of its derivative instruments and their balance sheet classifications: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, INC. Fair Values of Derivative Instruments (In millions)
|  | Asset Derivatives |  |  | Liability Derivatives |
|  |  |  | Fair Value |  |  |  |  | Fair Value |
|  | Balance Sheet |  | March 31, |  |  | December 31, |  |  | Balance Sheet |  | March 31, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | Location |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | Location |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | Prepaid and other current assets |  | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 35 |  |  | Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 18 |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | Other Assets |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  | Other Liabilities |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 9 |
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815 |  |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | Prepaid and other current assets |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | Other Assets |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Other Liabilities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815 |  |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Total derivatives |  |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 40 |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on Consolidated Statements of Income | The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income ($ in millions)
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Location of Gain (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Recognized in Income on |  | Amount of Gain (Loss) |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Location of Gain (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Derivative (Ineffective |  | Recognized in Income on |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Reclassified from |  | Amount of Gain (Loss) |  |  | Portion and Amount |  | Derivative (Ineffective |
Derivatives in ASC Topic 815 |  | Amount of Gain (Loss) |  |  | Accumulated OCI into |  | Reclassified from |  |  | Excluded from |  | Portion and Amount |
Cash Flow Hedging |  | Recognized in OCI on |  |  | Income |  | Accumulated OCI into |  |  | Effectiveness |  | Excluded from |
Relationships |  | Derivative (Effective Portion) (a) |  |  | (Effective Portion) |  | Income (Effective Portion) |  |  | Testing) |  | Effectiveness Testing) (b) |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Revenue |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | (61 | ) |  | Cost of revenue |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 3 |  |  | Other income (expense), net |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 3 |
Total |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | (61 | ) |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 3 |
(a) | The Company expects that $(19) million of the Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) will be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months with an offset by gains from the underlying transactions resulting in no impact to earnings or cash flow.
(b) | The amount of gain (loss) recognized in income represents nil related to the ineffective portion of the hedging relationships for each of the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $13 million and $3 million related to the amount excluded from the assessment of the hedge effectiveness for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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