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Schedule of Assets - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) (Details) - EBP 001
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
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EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Plan Name NOV Inc. 401(k) Plan
Entity Tax Identification Number 76-0475815
EBP, Plan Number 001
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Total $ 1,850,213,334
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: BlackRock BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] BlackRock [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 8,567,523
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Dimensional Funds DFA Global Real Estate Securities  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Dimensional Funds [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanRealEstateMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 3,790,933
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Dimensional Funds DFA International Value  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Dimensional Funds [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanRealEstateMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 47,680,282
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Fidelity FIAM International Capital Appreciation Class B CIT  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Fidelity [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 53,575
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Fidelity Fidelity International Bond Index Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Fidelity [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 3,029,735
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Frost Funds Frost Total Return Bond Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Frost Funds [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 54,417,791
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Geode Capital Management GEODE Capital Management - Spartan Mid Cap  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Geode Capital Management [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 82,115,130
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Geode Capital Management GEODE Capital Management - Spartan Small Cap  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Geode Capital Management [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 6,436,272
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Geode Capital Management GEODE Capital Management - Spartan Total Intl  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Geode Capital Management [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 17,908,339
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2010 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 6,100,666
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2015 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 2,477,276
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2020 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 28,602,573
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2025 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 36,294,437
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2030 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 147,220,776
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2035 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 86,372,765
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2040 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 169,455,728
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2045 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 91,103,692
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2050 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 156,716,757
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2055 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 72,528,752
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2060 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 33,228,801
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2065 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 15,017,348
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Great Gray Trust Company Great Gray CIT 2070 Target Date Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Great Gray Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Common Collective Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 332,678
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: JP Morgan JPMCB Large Cap Growth  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] JP Morgan [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 183,171,154
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: JP Morgan Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] JP Morgan [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 18,138,222
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 801,550 shares of common stock  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] National Oilwell Varco Inc [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 12,528,240
EBP, Investment, Number of Shares | shares 801,550
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Notes Receivable from Participants Various maturities and interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.50%  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Notes Receivable From Participants [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap:SeniorNotesMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, after Deemed Distribution $ 34,688,598
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: SEI Trust Company Galliard Intermediate Core Fund A  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] SEI Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap:FixedIncomeFundsMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 48,706,237
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: SEI Trust Company Galliard Intermediate Core Fund L  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] SEI Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap:FixedIncomeFundsMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 48,214,841
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: SEI Trust Company Galliard Short Core Fund F  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] SEI Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] us-gaap:FixedIncomeFundsMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 59,263,889
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: SEI Trust Company Short Term Investment Fund II  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] SEI Trust Company [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 3,745,940
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: State Street State Street U.S. Bond Index Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] State Street [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 4,935,918
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Van Kampen Funds Invesco Growth & Income Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Van Kampen Funds [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 59,313,502
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Vanguard [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 10,401,856
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Vanguard Institutional Index Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Vanguard [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 211,252,526
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Vanguard [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Mutual Fund [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 46,243,032
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Various Self-directed brokerage accounts  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Various [Member]
EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] EBP, Self-Directed Brokerage Account [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value $ 40,157,550
Minimum [Member] | Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Notes Receivable from Participants Various maturities and interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.50%  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Interest Rate 3.25%
Maximum [Member] | Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Notes Receivable from Participants Various maturities and interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.50%  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Interest Rate 9.50%