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Stock-based Compensation Plans - Discounted Stock Purchase Plan Assumptions and Resulting Weighted Average Fair Value (Detail) (DSPP, USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
DSPP
     
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Dividend yield 1.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
1.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
1.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
Expected volatility 19.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
24.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
41.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
Risk free interest rate 0.10%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
0.10%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
0.20%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
Weighted average fair value per share $ 12.67us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
$ 9.91us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember
$ 12.71us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= slb_DiscountedStockPurchasePlanMember