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Long-Term Debt and Other Borrowings (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt and Other Borrowings (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 01, 2015
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 859,785,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt	$ 844,961,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Total debt	396,700,000		395,074,000
Less current portion	(90,000,000)		(90,074,000)
Long-term debt, net	306,700,000		305,000,000
CSI Compressco [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Total debt	553,085,000	539,961,000
Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Maturity date	Sep. 30, 2019
Total debt	91,700,000		90,000,000
Senior Notes Series 2006-A [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Senior Note interest rate	5.90%	5.90%
Maturity date	Apr. 30, 2016
Total debt	90,000,000		90,000,000
Senior Notes Series 2008-B [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Senior Note interest rate	6.56%	6.56%
Maturity date	Apr. 30, 2015
Total debt	90,000,000		90,000,000
Senior Notes Series 2010-A [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Senior Note interest rate	5.09%	5.09%
Maturity date	Dec. 15, 2017
Total debt	65,000,000		65,000,000
Senior Notes Series 2010-B [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Senior Note interest rate	5.67%	5.67%
Maturity date	Dec. 15, 2020
Total debt	25,000,000		25,000,000
Senior Notes Series 2013 [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Senior Note interest rate	4.00%	4.00%
Maturity date	Apr. 29, 2020
Total debt	35,000,000		35,000,000
Secured Notes [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Date of Secured Note Purchase Agreement	Mar. 18, 2015
Maturity date	Apr. 01, 2017
Total debt				50,000,000
CSI Compressco bank credit facility [Member] \| CSI Compressco [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Maturity date	Aug. 04, 2019
Total debt	208,000,000	195,000,000
Other long-term debt [Member] \| TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Total debt	0		74,000
CSI Compressco Senior Notes [Member] \| CSI Compressco [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Senior Note interest rate	7.25%	7.25%
Maturity date	Aug. 15, 2022
Total debt	$ 345,085,000	$ 344,961,000