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Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Jun. 30, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2012 Customer relationships | Dec. 31, 2012 Trade name intangible asset | Dec. 31, 2013 Sell of Standard Jackup and swamp barge market sectors | Dec. 31, 2012 Sell of Standard Jackup and swamp barge market sectors drillingunit | Dec. 31, 2012 GSF Adriatic II and GSF Rig 136 | Nov. 30, 2012 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd | Jun. 30, 2013 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd | Sep. 30, 2012 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd | Dec. 31, 2013 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd | Dec. 31, 2012 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd | Dec. 31, 2013 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd drillingunit | Dec. 31, 2012 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd | Nov. 30, 2012 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd drillingunit | Dec. 31, 2013 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd Minimum | Dec. 31, 2013 Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd Maximum | Dec. 31, 2013 Standard jackups GSF Rig 134, GSF Rig 127, D.R. Stewart, GSF Adriatic VIII, Interocean III, Trident IV A and Trident VI and related equipment | Dec. 31, 2012 Standard jackups GSF Adriatic II, GSF Rig 103, GSF Rig 136, Roger W. Mowell, Transocean Nordic, Transocean Shelf Explorer and Trident 17 and related equipment | Dec. 31, 2011 High-Specification Jackup Trident 20 | Dec. 31, 2012 Challenger Minerals | Dec. 31, 2011 Challenger Minerals | May 31, 2012 Challenger Minerals (North Sea) | Dec. 31, 2011 Challenger Minerals (North Sea) | Dec. 31, 2012 Challenger Minerals Inc. and Challenger Minerals (Ghana) Limited | Dec. 31, 2011 Challenger Minerals Inc. and Challenger Minerals (Ghana) Limited | Dec. 31, 2011 Standard Jackups George H. Galloway and GSF Britannia, GSF Labrador and swamp barge Searex IV | Dec. 31, 2011 Standard Jackups George H. Galloway and GSF Britannia, GSF Labrador and swamp barge Searex IV Maximum | Dec. 31, 2011 Standard Jackups George H. Galloway, GSF Adriatic IX, GSF Britannia, GSF Labrador, and Transocean Mercury and swamp barge Searex IV and related equipment and ownership interest in Joides Resolution
Summarized results of discontinued operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  | $ 796 | $ 1,055 | $ 1,171 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating and maintenance expense |  |  |  |  |  | (800) | (990) | (871) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization expense |  |  |  |  |  |  | (183) | (342) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on impairment of assets in discontinued operations |  |  |  |  |  | (14) | (986) | (38) |  |  | (14) |  | (29) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10) | (6) |  |  |  |  | (28) |  |
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets in discontinued operations, net |  |  |  |  |  | 54 | 82 | 183 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 169 |  |  |  |  | 9 | (4) |  |  |
Other income, net |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 18 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  | 41 | (1,022) | 121 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  | (40) | (5) | (36) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | (1,027) | 85 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rigs and related equipment, net |  | 104 |  |  |  |  | 104 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Materials and supplies, net |  | 71 |  |  |  | 18 | 71 |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 | 63 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other related assets |  | 4 |  |  |  | 1 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets held for sale |  | 179 |  |  |  | 19 | 179 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred revenue |  | 32 |  |  |  | 8 | 32 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other current liabilities |  | 35 |  |  |  | 8 | 35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summarized results of Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill allocated to disposal group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Standard Jackups (in drilling units) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate carrying amounts of assets associated with disposal group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment loss per diluted share from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.04 |  | $ 0.08 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.02 | $ 0.02 |  |  | $ 0.02 | $ 0.02 | $ 0.09 |  |
Impairment costs for certain shipyard projects and other obligations required pursuant to the sale agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal and financial advisory costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long live assets impairment loss |  | 3 | 878 | 12 | 93 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 744 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long live assets impairment loss per diluted share from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2.09 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long live assets impairment loss, tax effect |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Goodwill impairment loss |  |  |  |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill impairment loss per diluted share from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.31 |  |  |  |  | $ 0.31 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment costs relating to postemployment benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Drilling Units Sold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 38 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from disposal of assets, net |  |  |  |  |  | 174 | 191 | 14 |  |  |  |  |  | 568 |  |  | 64 | 30 |  |  |  |  |  | 140 | 198 | 259 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  | 187
Non-cash proceeds from sale of assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 195 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations non-cash estimated fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  | 194 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 194 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from sale of preference shares |  |  |  |  |  | 185 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 185 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recognized loss on sale of preference shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recognized loss on sale of preference shares per diluted share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.03 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period for which Standard Jackups are agreed to be operated under operating agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 months | 27 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate gain (loss) on disposal of assets, net |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 36 | (12) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 8 |  |  |  |  |  | 44 | 74 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32
Gain (loss) on sale of assets, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (5) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |
Aggregate gain on sale of assets per diluted share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.03 | $ 0.01 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.12 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.52 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.05 |  |  | $ 0.10
Expected transition services offering period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term of letters of credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum financial support |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 125 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Letters of credit issued under committed and uncommitted credit lines |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 104 | 113 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum additional financial support, excluding parent guarantees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 65 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate gain (loss) on disposal of assets, tax effect |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0
Recognized aggregate net loss on disposal of assets unrelated to dispositions of rigs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1) | (9) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1)
Impairment loss on indefinite-lived intangible asset |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31 | 39 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on impairment of assets held for sale net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 | 25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on impairment of assets per diluted share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.06 | $ 0.07 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on impairment of assets held for sale | 37 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations, net |  |  |  |  |  | 204 | 789 | 447 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24 | 13 |  |  |  |
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets in discontinued operations, tax effect |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |

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