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| Summarized financial information                                                    | by segment for the years ended December 31:  2015 2014 2013SegmentsRevenue Profit (Loss) Before Tax Revenue Profit (Loss) Before Tax Revenue Profit (Loss) Before TaxNorth America$6,009 $(687) $12,078 $1,466 $10,878 $968Latin America1,799 134 2,236 290 2,307 66Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian3,278 157 4,417 621 4,041 591Middle East/Asia Pacific3,441 204 4,456 675 3,859 457Industrial Services1,215 97 1,364 119 1,279 135Total Operations15,742 (95) 24,551 3,171 22,364 2,217Corporate— (321) — (250) — (268)Interest expense, net— (217) — (232) — (234)Impairment and restructuring charges— (1,993) — — — —Litigation settlements— 13 — (62) — —Total$15,742 $(2,613) $24,551 $2,627 $22,364 $1,715                                                                                                                                              |
| Total assets by operating segments                                                  | The following table presents total assets by segment at December 31: 2015 2014 2013SegmentsAssets Assets AssetsNorth America$6,599 $9,782 $9,672Latin America2,323 2,508 2,709Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian3,077 4,106 4,098Middle East/Asia Pacific3,441 4,029 3,705Industrial Services1,106 1,260 980Shared assets5,613 5,423 5,110Total Operations22,159 27,108 26,274Corporate1,921 1,719 1,660Total$24,080 $28,827 $27,934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Capital expenditures and depreciation and amortization by segment                   | The following table presents capital expenditures and depreciation and amortization by segment for the years ended December 31: 2015 2014 2013SegmentsCapitalExpenditures DepreciationandAmortization CapitalExpenditures DepreciationandAmortization CapitalExpenditures DepreciationandAmortizationNorth America$228 $714 $465 $842 $718 $814Latin America103 213 171 220 198 235Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian175 378 373 351 429 302Middle East/Asia Pacific247 344 385 321 365 268Industrial Services21 87 46 70 53 58Shared assets188 — 342 — 262 —Total Operations962 1,736 1,782 1,804 2,025 1,677Corporate3 6 9 10 60 21Total$965 $1,742 $1,791 $1,814 $2,085 $1,698                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Net PP&E, by Geographical Areas | The following tables present geographic consolidated revenue based on the location to where the product is shipped or the services are performed for the years ended December 31, and net property, plant and equipment by its geographic location at December 31.  Amounts for Industrial Services have been included in the applicable geographic locations. 2015 2014 2013 Revenue Revenue RevenueU.S.$5,800 $11,499 $10,133Canada and other839 1,336 1,446North America6,639 12,835 11,579Latin America (1)1,847 2,300 2,368Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian3,555 4,705 4,359Middle East/Asia Pacific3,701 4,711 4,058Total$15,742 $24,551 $22,364 2015 2014 2013 Net Property, Plant and Equipment Net Property, Plant and Equipment Net Property, Plant and EquipmentU.S.$2,989 $4,417 $4,582Canada and other260 482 571North America3,249 4,899 5,153Latin America (1)716 890 887Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian1,400 1,805 1,761Middle East/Asia Pacific1,328 1,469 1,275Total$6,693 $9,063 $9,076(1) Latin America includes Mexico, and Central and South America. |
| Consolidated revenue by product line                                                | The following table presents consolidated revenue for each category of similar products and services for the years ended December 31:  2015 2014 2013Completion and Production$8,831 $14,572 $13,323Drilling and Evaluation5,696 8,615 7,762Industrial Services1,215 1,364 1,279Total$15,742 $24,551 $22,364                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

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Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total assets from reportable segments to the entity's consolidated assets.
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Tabular disclosure of entity-wide revenues from external customers for each product or service or each group of similar products or services if the information is not provided as part of the reportable operating segment information.
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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material.  An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.
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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.
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