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	Oct. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares
Class B Unit \| Processing Solutions
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Weighted average unit price after modification (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.27
Grant date fair value of units \| $			$ 0.3
Unit Activity
Outstanding at beginning of period (in units)			700,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
Granted (in units)			300,000
Forfeited (in units)				(300,000)
Outstanding at end of period (units)			1,000,000	700,000	1,000,000
Class C and D Units \| Well Services
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Voting rights \| item			0
Vesting percentage of certain awards			33.00%
Vesting period for certain awards			3 years
Compensation expense \| $			$ 1.1	$ 0.4	$ 0.0
Grant date fair value of units at the date of modification \| $	$ 2.5
Grants to specific employees, value \| $			1.6
Unrecognized compensation cost \| $			$ 1.3
Unrecognized compensation cost, period for recognition			2 years
Assumptions used in the valuation and resulting grant date fair value
Period	5 years	5 years	5 years		5 years
Volatility (as a percent)	40.00%		40.00%
Volatility, minimum (as a percent)		35.00%			35.00%
Volatility, maximum (as a percent)		60.00%			60.00%
Risk Free Rate (as a percent)	1.20%		1.20%
Risk Free Rate, minimum (as a percent)		1.00%			1.00%
Risk Free Rate, maximum (as a percent)		1.60%			1.60%
Class B and C Units \| Processing Solutions
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Voting rights \| item			0
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Compensation expense \| $			$ 0.1	$ 0.1	$ 0.1
Vesting period			3 years
Vesting percentage upon occurrence of certain events			25.00%
Unrecognized compensation cost \| $			$ 0.1
Assumptions used in the valuation and resulting grant date fair value
Period			2 years 9 months 18 days
Volatility (as a percent)			28.10%
Risk Free Rate (as a percent)			0.90%
Class C Unit \| Well Services
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Weighted average unit price after modification (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 3.76
Class C Unit \| Processing Solutions
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Weighted average unit price after modification (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 39.70
Grant date fair value of units \| $			$ 0.1
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Outstanding at beginning of period (in units)			2,000	2,000
Granted (in units)
Forfeited (in units)
Outstanding at end of period (units)			2,000	2,000	2,000
Class C Unit, Equity-based Compensation Awards \| Well Services
Unit Activity
Outstanding at beginning of period (in units)			500,000	2,000,000	1,000,000
Granted (in units)			300,000	500,000	1,000,000
Forfeited (in units)			(200,000)
Outstanding at end of period (units)			600,000	500,000	2,000,000
Class C Unit Equity-based Liability Awards \| Well Services
Unit Activity
Outstanding at beginning of period (in units)			200,000	700,000	300,000
Granted (in units)				200,000	400,000
Outstanding at end of period (units)			200,000	200,000	700,000
Class D Unit \| Well Services
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Weighted average unit price after modification (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.38
Class D Unit Equity-based Compensation Awards \| Well Services
Unit Activity
Outstanding at beginning of period (in units)			400,000	300,000	200,000
Granted (in units)			300,000	400,000	100,000
Forfeited (in units)			(300,000)
Outstanding at end of period (units)			400,000	400,000	300,000
Class D Unit Equity-based Liability Awards \| Well Services
Unit Activity
Outstanding at beginning of period (in units)			200,000	100,000
Granted (in units)				200,000	100,000
Outstanding at end of period (units)			200,000	200,000	100,000
Ranger Holdings \| Well Services
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Ownership percentage of segment			100.00%
Torrent Holdings \| Processing Solutions
Equity Based Compensation and Profit Interest Awards
Ownership percentage of segment			100.00%