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Debt (Details) |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 13, 2019 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Feb. 24, 2020 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Oct. 11, 2018 USD ($)
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  |  |  | $ 561,000 |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt |  |  | $ 3,363,552,000 | 3,624,770,000 |  |  |  |
Less: current portion |  |  |  | 561,000 |  |  |  |
Less: deferred financing costs |  |  | 30,332,000 | 38,325,000 |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities, Total |  |  | 3,333,220,000 | 3,585,884,000 |  |  |  |
Additional aggregate principal amount |  |  |  | 800,000,000 | $ 411,200,000 |  |  |
Repayment of long-term debt |  |  | 455,360,000 | 878,278,000 | 381,814,000 |  |  |
Gain (Loss) on debt repurchase |  |  | 11,468,000 | (5,268,000) | (16,013,000) |  |  |
Deferred finance costs |  |  | $ 30,332,000 | 38,325,000 |  |  |  |
Payment of debt principal |  |  |  |  | 162,500,000 |  |  |
Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of debt instrument (as a percent) |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price of principal amount of debt instrument including accrued and unpaid interest (as a percent) |  |  | 101.00% |  |  |  |  |
5.00% senior notes due September 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  | $ 282,046,000 | 614,748,000 |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.00% |  |  | 5.00% |  |
4.625% senior notes due September 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  | $ 634,588,000 | 668,347,000 |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 4.625% |  |  |  | 4.625% |
Repurchase amount |  |  | $ 379,700,000 |  |  |  | $ 5,000,000.0 |
Amount of debt tendered |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 379,700,000 |
5.50% senior notes due January 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  | $ 501,003,000 | 586,000,000 |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.50% |  |  | 5.50% | 5.50% |
Repurchase amount |  |  | $ 407,700,000 |  |  | $ 9,000,000.0 | $ 407,700,000 |
Senior notes due 2020,2021 and 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase amount |  |  |  |  |  |  | 952,900,000 |
Unamortized premium |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,700,000 |
Senior Guaranteed Notes Due 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 600,000,000.0 |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.25% |
Senior Guaranteed Notes Due 2028 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 400,000,000.0 |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.50% |
5.10% senior notes due September 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  | $ 336,810,000 | 342,923,000 |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.10% |  |  | 5.10% | 5.10% |
Repurchase amount |  |  | $ 165,500,000 |  |  | $ 4,200,000 | $ 165,500,000 |
0.75% senior exchangeable notes due January 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: deferred financing costs |  | $ 9,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  | 472,603,000 | 450,689,000 |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount of senior notes |  | $ 575,000,000.0 | $ 575,000,000.0 | 575,000,000.0 |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  | 0.75% | 0.75% |  |  |  |  |
Debt exchangeable notes |  | $ 411,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity component |  | 163,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred finance costs |  | 9,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity issuance costs |  | $ 3,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rate of common shares |  | 39.75 |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal amount of notes |  | $ 1,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange price per common share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  | $ 25.16 |  |  |  |  |  |
Premium over share price (as a percent) |  |  | 75.00% |  |  |  |  |
Share price of shares purchased (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  | 17.97 |  |  |  |  |  |
0.75% senior exchangeable notes due January 2024 | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange price per common share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  | $ 31.45 |  |  |  |  |  |
5.75% senior notes due February 2025 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  | $ 781,502,000 | 791,502,000 |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  | 5.75% |  |  |  |  |
5.50% senior notes due 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase amount |  |  | $ 21,200,000 |  |  |  |  |
5.00% senior notes due 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  | 5.00% |  |
Repurchase amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,000,000.0 |  |
2012 Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revolving credit facility |  |  | 355,000,000 | 170,000,000 |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  |  | $ 1,000,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  | $ 666,250,000
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent) |  |  | 3.71% |  |  |  |  |
Debt to capital ratio |  |  | 0.59 |  |  |  |  |
2012 Revolving Credit Facility | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt to capital ratio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.60
2018 Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes due (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.50%
Revolving credit facility |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,013,600,000.0000
Debt incurred under general indebtedness basket | $ 100,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reduction allowed to the general lien and general indebtedness baskets | 50,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remaining availability under credit facility | $ 150,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt to EBITDA ratio | 5.5 |  | 5.5 |  |  |  |  |
2018 Revolving Credit Facility | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets to debt ratio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.50
2018 Revolving Credit Facility | US Lenders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitment amount | $ 981,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 Revolving Credit Facility | Canadian Lender [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitment amount | $ 32,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 Revolving Credit Facility | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 981,600,000
2018 Revolving Credit Facility | Nabors Canada |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 32,000,000
Senior Notes. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal amount redeemed |  |  | $ 468,300,000 | 873,000,000.0 | 367,900,000 |  |  |
Repayment of long-term debt |  |  | $ 461,100,000 | $ 906,500,000 | 381,700,000 |  |  |
Gain (Loss) on debt repurchase |  |  |  |  | $ (16,000,000.0) |  |  |

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