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Related Party Transactions and Net Parent Company Investment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Changes in NOV Net Investment |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Net contribution from (distributions to) NOV per the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Non-cash adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5 | )
Net transfer of assets and liabilities from NOV |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8 | )
Adjustment to income tax from spin-off |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | — |
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to NOV net investment prior to the Spin-off |  |  | — |  |  |  | (58 | )
Net contributions from (distributions to) NOV per the consolidated statements of cash flows |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 67 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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