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Represents number of operating segments through geographic regions.

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Amount of reduction in deprecation expense for the period.

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Accumulated adjustment, net of tax, that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into the reporting currency from the functional currency of the reporting entity, net of reclassification of realized foreign currency translation gains or losses.

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Amount of decrease in additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from a tax deficiency associated with a share-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The estimated or actual value of the asset at the end of its useful life or when it is no longer serviceable (cannot be used for its original purpose).

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Stated as a percentage, the estimated or actual value of the asset at the end of its useful life or when it is no longer serviceable (cannot be used for its original purpose) divided by its [historical] capitalized cost.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) segments geographic_regions $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segments	2
AOCI, foreign currency translation adjustment	$ (53,200,000)	$ (63,200,000)
Adjustments to APIC, income tax deficiency from share-based compensation	$ 500,000	1,558,000	$ 412,000
Fluids systems [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of operating geographic regions \| geographic_regions	4
Composite mats (rental fleet) [Member] \| Mats and integrated services [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	7 years
Residual value	$ 0
Residual value (percentage)	20.00%
Reduction In depreciation expense		$ 6,100,000
Increase (decrease), change in accounting estimate (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ (0.05)
Minimum [Member] \| Composite mats (rental fleet) [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Composite mats (rental fleet) [Member] \| Mats and integrated services [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	10 years
Maximum [Member] \| Composite mats (rental fleet) [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	12 years
Maximum [Member] \| Composite mats (rental fleet) [Member] \| Mats and integrated services [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	12 years