Impairments and Other Charges	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract]
Impairments and Other Charges	17. IMPAIRMENTS AND OTHER CHARGES In 2020, COVID-19 global pandemic resulted in government mandated shut-downs, cross-border travel restrictions, home sheltering and social distancing efforts to contain the virus and mitigate the incidence of infection. The COVID-19 mitigation efforts globally resulted in a sharp decline in the consumption of crude-oil and refined petroleum products, which in turn led to a significant decrease in spot and forward commodity prices. These events have resulted in substantial declines in the valuation of companies operating in the oil and gas services industry, including Core Laboratories. As a result, we determined that it was more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting units was less than their carrying value, which triggered an updated impairment assessment by the Company as of March 31, 2020. We performed an impairment test in accordance with ASC Topic 360 Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets and ASC Topic 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other as updated by ASU 2017-04 Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment on our indefinite-lived and long-lived assets related to asset groups, and our reporting units. We have two reporting units that are the same as our two reportable segments, with goodwill balances aggregating $213.4 million as of March 31, 2020. We performed a detailed quantitative impairment assessment of our reporting units. We determined that the fair value of one of the reporting units, our Production Enhancement segment representing approximately $114.0 million of the goodwill, was less than the carrying value. As a result, we concluded that the goodwill associated with our Production Enhancement segment was fully impaired, resulting in a $114.0 million goodwill impairment charge in March 2020. We determined that the Reservoir Description reporting unit’s fair value is above the carrying value, which represented the remaining balance of $99.4 million of goodwill. For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no triggering events during the year, and based on our annual assessment, we determined there was no further impairment for any of our reporting units or asset groups, and no impairment has been recorded in 2021. In 2020, we identified a triggering event for one of the asset groups under the Production Enhancement reporting unit. The estimated fair value, based on applying the income approach model, of one of the asset groups was determined to be below its carrying value. As of March 31, 2020, we recorded a charge of $8.2 million to impair the intangible assets relating to the business acquisition of Guardian Technology in 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no triggering events during the year and, based on our annual assessment, we determined there was no further impairment for any of our reporting units or asset groups

Impairments and Other Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

17. IMPAIRMENTS AND OTHER CHARGES

In 2020, COVID-19 global pandemic resulted in government mandated shut-downs, cross-border travel restrictions, home sheltering and social distancing efforts to contain the virus and mitigate the incidence of infection. The COVID-19 mitigation efforts globally resulted in a sharp decline in the consumption of crude-oil and refined petroleum products, which in turn led to a significant decrease in spot and forward commodity prices. These events have resulted in substantial declines in the valuation of companies operating in the oil and gas services industry, including Core Laboratories. As a result, we determined that it was more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting units was less than their carrying value, which triggered an updated impairment assessment by the Company as of March 31, 2020. We performed an impairment test in accordance with ASC Topic 360 Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets and ASC Topic 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other as updated by

ASU 2017-04 Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment on our indefinite-lived and long-lived assets related to asset groups, and our reporting units.

We have two reporting units that are the same as our two reportable segments, with goodwill balances aggregating $213.4 million as of March 31, 2020. We performed a detailed quantitative impairment assessment of our reporting units. We determined that the fair value of one of the reporting units, our Production Enhancement segment representing approximately $114.0 million of the goodwill, was less than the carrying value. As a result, we concluded that the goodwill associated with our Production Enhancement segment was fully impaired, resulting in a $114.0 million goodwill impairment charge in March 2020. We determined that the Reservoir Description reporting unit’s fair value is above the carrying value, which represented the remaining balance of $99.4 million of goodwill.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no triggering events during the year, and based on our annual assessment, we determined there was no further impairment for any of our reporting units or asset groups, and no impairment has been recorded in 2021.

In 2020, we identified a triggering event for one of the asset groups under the Production Enhancement reporting unit. The estimated fair value, based on applying the income approach model, of one of the asset groups was determined to be below its carrying value. As of March 31, 2020, we recorded a charge of $8.2 million to impair the intangible assets relating to the business acquisition of Guardian Technology in 2018.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no triggering events during the year and, based on our annual assessment, we determined there was no further impairment for any of our reporting units or asset groups