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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) director $ / shares shares | Jul. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) item $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) | Jul. 18, 2023 USD ($) | Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies for which the Company is a co-sponsor | item |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Restricted cash held in trust | $ 315,488 |  | $ 315,488 | $ 284,841 |  |
SPAC deconsolidation adjustment included in Other, net |  |  | 7,200 |  |  |
SPAC's effects on changes in non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | 678,604 |  |  |
Balance, end of period | $ 739,075 |  | $ 739,075 | 678,604 |  |
Earnout Milestone One |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants eligible to be received | $ / shares | $ 12.50 |  | $ 12.50 |  |  |
Earnout Milestone Two |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants eligible to be received | $ / shares | $ 15.00 |  | $ 15.00 |  |  |
Vast |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity method investment, ownership percentage | 15.00% |  | 15.00% |  |  |
Number of warrants | shares | 7.4 |  | 7.4 |  |  |
Number of shares which may be purchased by each right | shares | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |
Exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 11.50 |  | $ 11.50 |  |  |
Warrants eligible to be received | shares | 2,400,000 |  | 2,400,000 |  |  |
Number of Nabors Industries representatives on Vast board | director | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Vast | Earnout Milestone Three |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants eligible to be received | $ / shares | $ 17.50 |  | $ 17.50 |  |  |
NETC II | IPO |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Units issued | shares |  | 30,500,000 |  |  |  |
Price per unit | $ / shares |  | $ 10.00 |  |  |  |
Proceeds from units issued |  | $ 305,000 |  |  |  |
NETC II | Private Placement |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of warrants issued | shares |  | 9,540,000 |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of warrants |  | $ 9,500 |  |  |  |
Value of unsecured promissory notes issued |  | $ 3,100 |  |  |  |
NETC |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted cash held in trust |  |  |  |  |  | $ 281,500
SPAC's effects on changes in non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | $ 284,841 | 281,520 |  |
Net earnings |  |  | 5,540 | 3,321 |  |
Nabors deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders |  |  | 3,055 |  |  |
Noncontrolling interest deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders |  |  | 1,774 |  |  |
Redemptions and distributions of Trust Account |  |  | (295,210) |  |  |
Balance, end of period | $ 0 |  | 0 | 284,841 |  |
NETC II |  |  |  |  |  |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted cash held in trust | 315,500 |  | 315,500 |  | $ 308,100 |
SPAC's effects on changes in non-controlling interest subject to possible redemption |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Initial public offering |  |  | 294,474 |  |  |
Net earnings |  |  | 7,438 |  |  |
Nabors deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders |  |  | 5,583 |  |  |
Noncontrolling interest deemed dividends to SPAC public shareholders |  |  | 7,993 |  |  |
Balance, end of period | $ 315,488 |  | $ 315,488 | $ 0 |  |

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