Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				$ 18,968,000
Cost of revenues	$ 54,000		$ 55,000	11,502,000
General and administrative expense	8,000	$ 5,000	22,000	2,795,000
Interest expense, net				4,336,000
Other (income) expense, net	28,000	121,000	28,000	15,000
Pretax income (loss) from discontinued operations	(34,000)	(126,000)	(49,000)	320,000
Pretax gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations				120,574,000
Total pretax loss from discontinued operations				120,894,000
Income tax provision				30,000
Total loss from discontinued operations	(34,000)	(126,000)	(49,000)	120,864,000
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	(333,000)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to TETRA stockholders	(34,000)	(126,000)	(49,000)	120,531,000
Trade payables	1,272,000		1,272,000		$ 1,157,000
Accrued liabilities and other	95,000		95,000		228,000
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	1,367,000		1,367,000		1,385,000
Compression Division
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				18,968,000
Cost of revenues				11,474,000
General and administrative expense		0		2,795,000
Interest expense, net				4,336,000
Other (income) expense, net		121,000		15,000
Pretax income (loss) from discontinued operations		(121,000)		348,000
Offshore Services
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				0
Cost of revenues	54,000		55,000	28,000
General and administrative expense	8,000	5,000	22,000	0
Interest expense, net				0
Other (income) expense, net	0	0	0	0
Pretax income (loss) from discontinued operations	(62,000)	$ (5,000)	(77,000)	$ (28,000)
Trade payables	1,272,000		1,272,000		1,157,000
Accrued liabilities and other	0		0		0
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	1,272,000		1,272,000		1,157,000
Maritech
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cost of revenues	0		0
General and administrative expense	0		0
Other (income) expense, net	28,000		28,000
Pretax income (loss) from discontinued operations	28,000		28,000
Trade payables	0		0		0
Accrued liabilities and other	95,000		95,000		228,000
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	$ 95,000		$ 95,000		$ 228,000