Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	$ 6,636,000		$ 112,945,000		$ 112,945,000	$ 293,866,000	$ 293,866,000
Goodwill adjustments, net					(106,309,000)			$ (180,921,000)
Goodwill		$ 6,636,000			6,636,000		112,945,000	293,866,000
Goodwill impairment		0		$ 0	106,205,000	0
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt		788,222,000			788,222,000		853,228,000
CCLP units sold in private placement	4,370,000
New accounting pronouncement, impact of adoption		16,400,000			16,400,000		20,200,000
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		175,660,000		316,319,000	344,989,000	567,411,000
Cost of revenue		74,582,000		$ 102,307,000	149,764,000	$ 205,391,000
Inventories Detail [Table]
Finished goods		63,696,000			63,696,000		54,587,000
Raw materials		3,118,000			3,118,000		1,731,000
Parts and supplies		37,830,000			37,830,000		37,379,000
Work in progress		19,671,000			19,671,000		23,312,000
Inventories		$ 124,315,000			$ 124,315,000		117,009,000
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding [Table]
Number of weighted average common shares outstanding		81,842,000		79,165,000	80,631,000	79,037,000
Assumed exercise of stock options		0		750,000	0	469,000
Average diluted shares outstanding		81,842,000		79,915,000	80,631,000	79,506,000
Antidilutive shares excluded from diluted shares outstanding				3,618,107		3,494,752
Foreign currency exchange gains and losses		$ 400,000		$ (700,000)	$ 700,000	$ (1,400,000)
Effective tax rate					0.00%
CSI Compressco Senior Notes [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Fair value of Senior Notes		287,900,000			$ 287,900,000		259,900,000
Carrying value of Senior Notes		350,000,000			350,000,000		350,000,000
TETRA Senior Notes [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Fair value of Senior Notes		117,700,000			117,700,000		229,800,000
Carrying value of Senior Notes		125,000,000			125,000,000		275,000,000
Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
New accounting pronouncement, impact of adoption		5,800,000			5,800,000		6,700,000
Senior Notes [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
New accounting pronouncement, impact of adoption		10,600,000			10,600,000		13,500,000
Fluids Division [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	$ 6,636,000		6,636,000		6,636,000	6,636,000	6,636,000
Goodwill adjustments, net					0			0
Goodwill		6,636,000			6,636,000		6,636,000	6,636,000
Goodwill, accumulated impairment losses		23,800,000			23,800,000
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		60,833,000		122,974,000	119,946,000	222,263,000
Production Testing Division [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0		13,907,000		13,907,000	53,682,000	53,682,000
Goodwill adjustments, net					(13,907,000)			(39,775,000)
Goodwill		0			0		13,907,000	53,682,000
Goodwill, accumulated impairment losses		111,800,000			111,800,000
Impairment of identified intangible assets			2,800,000
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		13,384,000		34,842,000	33,255,000	71,943,000
Compression Division [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0		92,402,000		92,402,000	233,548,000	233,548,000
Goodwill adjustments, net					(92,402,000)			(141,146,000)
Goodwill		0			0		92,402,000	233,548,000
Goodwill, accumulated impairment losses		231,800,000			231,800,000
Impairment of identified intangible assets			7,900,000
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		76,091,000		126,455,000	157,786,000	229,344,000
Offshore Services [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0		0		0	0	0
Goodwill adjustments, net					0			0
Goodwill		0			0		0	0
Goodwill, accumulated impairment losses		27,200,000			27,200,000
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		26,119,000		35,731,000	36,365,000	47,514,000
Maritech [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	$ 0		$ 0		0	0	0
Goodwill adjustments, net					0			0
Goodwill		0			0		0	$ 0
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		248,000		394,000	337,000	1,900,000
Service Agreement [Member]
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenues		11,865,000		42,475,000	25,966	91,998
Cost of revenue		10,620,000		$ 17,914,000	22,866	$ 42,436
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset for foreign currency derivative contracts		271,000			271,000		23,000
Liability for foreign currency derivative contracts		(745,000)			(745,000)		(385,000)
Acquisition contingent consideration liability							0
Total		(474,000)			(474,000)		(362,000)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset for foreign currency derivative contracts		0			0		0
Liability for foreign currency derivative contracts		0			0		0
Acquisition contingent consideration liability							0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset for foreign currency derivative contracts		271,000			271,000		23,000
Liability for foreign currency derivative contracts		(745,000)			(745,000)		(385,000)
Acquisition contingent consideration liability							0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset for foreign currency derivative contracts		0			0		0
Liability for foreign currency derivative contracts		0			0		0
Acquisition contingent consideration liability							0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other		0			0
Year-to-date impairment losses					117,132,000
Total		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Production Testing Division [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Production Testing Division [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Production Testing Division [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Production Testing Division [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Compression Division [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Compression Division [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Compression Division [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Compression Division [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill		0			0
Intangible assets		0			0
TETRA [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt		219,050,000			219,050,000		286,620,000
TETRA [Member] | Tender Offer Notes [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Repayments of Notes Payable		100,000,000
TETRA [Member] | Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Repayments of Notes Payable		30,000,000
Long-term debt		0			0		$ 48,635,000
Maturity date							Apr. 01, 2019
TETRA [Member] | Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt		101,604,000			$ 101,604,000		$ 21,572,000
Maturity date					Sep. 30, 2019		Sep. 30, 2019
CSI Compressco [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt		569,172,000			$ 569,172,000		$ 566,658,000
CSI Compressco [Member] | CSI Compressco Senior Notes [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 338,001,000			$ 338,001,000		$ 337,103,000
Senior Note interest rate		7.25%			7.25%		7.25%
Maturity date					Aug. 15, 2022		Aug. 15, 2022
CSI Compressco [Member] | Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 231,171,000			$ 231,171,000		$ 229,555,000
Maturity date					Aug. 04, 2019		Aug. 04, 2019