Business Combinations - Schedule of Fair Value of Consideration Transferred (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Sep. 01, 2023	Aug. 14, 2023	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares common stock outstanding (in shares)			403,807,871	411,195,302
Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares of our common stock issued (in shares)		34,900,000
Plus net cash consideration		$ 375,740
Common stock price (in usd per share)		$ 14.94
Common stock equity consideration		$ 521,406
Total consideration transferred		897,146
Net cash consideration		$ 370,000
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares common stock outstanding (in shares)	228,846,000
Common stock consideration, shares issued (in shares)	0.752
Shares of our common stock issued (in shares)	172,092,000
Common stock price (in usd per share)	$ 14.91
Common stock equity consideration	$ 2,565,895
Acceleration of RSU awards	1,997
Fair value of replacement equity awards	70,416
NexTier long-term debt repaid by Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.	161,000
Total consideration transferred	$ 2,799,308