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Organization and Nature of Operations	12 Months Ended
Organization and Nature of Operations	Dec. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Nature of Operations	Organization and Nature of Operations Nature of Business Forbes Energy Services Ltd., or FES Ltd., is an independent oilfield services contractor that provides well site services to oil and natural gas drilling and producing companies to help develop and enhance the production of oil and natural gas. These services include fluid hauling, fluid disposal, well maintenance, completion services, workovers and recompletions, plugging and abandonment, and tubing testing. The Company's operations are concentrated in the major onshore oil and natural gas producing regions of Texas, with an additional location in Pennsylvania. The Company offers a broad range of services, which extends from initial drilling, through production, to eventual abandonment of oil and natural gas wells. As used in these consolidated financial statements, the “Company”, “we” and “our” mean FES Ltd. and its subsidiaries, except as otherwise indicated.