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Debt (Details 3) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 12, 2013 | Jan. 01, 2009 | Jul. 22, 2008 | Aug. 31, 2012 | Apr. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Feb. 29, 2008 | Sep. 30, 2010
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of notes | $ 698,753,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of debt | 994,181,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | 276,258,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of notes | 698,434,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of debt | 994,112,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember | 224,997,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due Two Zero One Six and Senior Notes due Two Zero Two Three | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 700,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneSixAndSeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoThreeMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |
Redemption price of principal amount of debt instrument including accrued and unpaid interest (as a percent) |  |  | 101.00%nbr_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPriceAsPercentageOfPrincipalAmountAccruedAndUnpaidInterest / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneSixAndSeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoThreeMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due September 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 2.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneSixMember |  |  |  |  |  | 2.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneSixMember |  |
Senior Notes Due September 2016 | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneSixMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |
Senior Notes Due September 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoThreeMember |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoThreeMember |  |  |  |  |  | 5.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoThreeMember |  |
Senior Notes Due January 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  | 339,600,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  | 1,125,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) | 9.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  | 9.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  | 9.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |
Principal amount redeemed | 785,400,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  | 785,400,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of debt instrument (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of principal amount of debt instrument including accrued and unpaid interest (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 101.00%nbr_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPriceAsPercentageOfPrincipalAmountAccruedAndUnpaidInterest / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of debt |  |  |  | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Premium and related fees paid in the redemption |  |  |  | 211,900,000 nbr_DebtRedemptionPremiumAndFees / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due January 2019 | Affiliated Entity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal amount redeemed |  |  |  | 14,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneNineMember / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due February 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 6.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due February 2018 | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  | 975,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  | 575,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 6.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of notes |  |  |  |  |  | 400,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of debt instrument (as a percent) |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of principal amount of debt instrument including accrued and unpaid interest (as a percent) |  |  | 101.00%nbr_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPriceAsPercentageOfPrincipalAmountAccruedAndUnpaidInterest / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneEightMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due September 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 700,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoZeroMember
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoZeroMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due September 2020 | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoZeroMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of principal amount of debt instrument including accrued and unpaid interest (as a percent) |  |  | 101.00%nbr_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPriceAsPercentageOfPrincipalAmountAccruedAndUnpaidInterest / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoZeroMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due September 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 4.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroTwoOneMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due August 2012 | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  | 275,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneTwoMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneTwoMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of debt |  |  |  |  |  |  | 282,400,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneTwoMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |
Payment of debt, portion financed through line of credit borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  | 270,000,000 nbr_RepaymentOfLongTermDebtPortionFinancedByLineOfCreditBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneTwoMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |
Payment of debt accrued interest |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,400,000 us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = nbr_SeniorNotesDueTwoZeroOneTwoMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average interest rate on revolving credit facilities (as a percent) |  |  | 1.47%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remaining availability under credit facility |  |  | 516,900,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Option to increase in aggregate principal amount of commitments |  |  | 1,500,000,000 nbr_AdditionalLineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remaining period to maturity |  |  | 1 year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial Paper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average interest rate on revolving credit facilities (as a percent) |  |  | 0.369%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial Paper | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes | 329,800,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  | 533,100,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,500,000,000 nbr_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember |  |  |
Commercial Paper | Nabors Delaware (Issuer/Guarantor) | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, maturity term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 397 days |  |  |

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