Organization and Background of Business (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 17, 2017 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares
Contract term		7 years
Proceeds from issuance of stock, net of offering costs			$ 111,075
Cash bonus to certain employees and consultants	$ 3,100
Distributions paid to unit and option holders	$ 25,800		$ 25,818
Solaris LLC
Ownership interest			25.90%
Class A Common Stock
Common stock issued			$ 101
Shares issued (in shares) | shares	10,100,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	12.00
Share price net of underwriting discounts and commissions (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 11.28
Proceeds from stock issuance	$ 113,900
Offering costs	2,800
Proceeds from issuance of stock, net of offering costs	$ 111,100
Class B Common Stock
Shares issued (in shares) | shares	32,365,823
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Solaris LLC
Shares issued (in shares) | shares	32,365,823		0	0
Solaris LLC | Class A Common Stock
Multiple of net offering price | item	2,288,800
Solaris LLC | Class B Common Stock
Share issued for each membership unit (in shares) | shares	1
Revolving Facility
Repayment of credit facility	$ 5,500