Acquisitions and Discontinued Operations - Schedule of Fair Value of Consideration Transferred (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					12 Months Ended
		Sep. 01, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 14, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 01, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 shares
Acquisitions And Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of shares common stock outstanding | shares					411,195,302	213,567,131
Pioneer Energy Services Corp [Member]
Acquisitions And Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Shares of our common stock issued | shares				26,274,000
Common stock price | $ / shares				$ 9.44
Common stock equity consideration				$ 248,025
Plus net cash consideration				30,007
Total consideration transferred				$ 278,032
Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P. [Member]
Acquisitions And Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Shares of our common stock issued | shares			34,900,000
Common stock price | $ / shares			$ 14.94
Common stock equity consideration			$ 521,406
Plus net cash consideration	[1]		375,740
Total consideration transferred			$ 897,146		$ 897,146
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. [Member]
Acquisitions And Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of shares common stock outstanding | shares		228,846,000
Multiplied by the exchange ratio		0.752
Shares of our common stock issued | shares		172,092,000
Common stock price | $ / shares		$ 14.91
Common stock equity consideration		$ 2,565,895
Acceleration of RSU awards		1,997
Fair value of replacement equity awards	[2]	70,416
NexTier long-term debt repaid by Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.		161,000
Total consideration transferred		$ 2,799,308			$ 2,799,308

[1] Net cash consideration included $370 million cash consideration as adjusted for customary purchase price adjustments set forth in the Ulterra merger agreement relating to cash, net working capital, indebtedness and transaction expenses of Ulterra as of the closing. The adjustment is subject to a post-closing target net working capital adjustment in accordance with the Ulterra merger agreement.

[2] In connection with the merger, each of the share-based awards held by legacy NexTier employees were replaced with our share-based awards on the merger date. The fair value of the replacement awards has been allocated between each employee’s pre-combination and post-combination services. Amounts allocated to pre-combination services have been included as consideration transferred as part of the merger. See Note 12 for replacement awards details.