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Component: (Network and Table)
Network
159 - Disclosure - Inventories, net - Inventories (Detail)
(http://www.NATIONALOILWELLVARCO.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureInventoriesNetInventories)
Table(Implied)
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001021860 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
 
 
Raw materials and supplies
961,000,000  
1,069,000,000  
Work in process
561,000,000  
632,000,000  
Finished goods and purchased products
1,803,000,000  
2,977,000,000  
Total
3,325,000,000  
 
4,678,000,000