Long-Term Debt and Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2017 USD ($) Subsidiary $ / shares shares	May 31, 2016 USD ($) BoardofDirector	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 10, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 47,957			$ 42,404
Repayments of long-term debt			3,250	$ 23,000
Long-term debt, current						13,000
Interest cost			2,233	980
Property, Plant and Equipment
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest cost capitalized			0	$ 80
Unsecured Promissory Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturity date		Apr. 01, 2019
Debt instrument, interest rate		7.00%
Proceeds from issuance of notes		$ 25,000
Debt instrument, payable number | BoardofDirector		2
New Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 52,651
New Credit Agreement | Unsecured Promissory Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, payment-in-kind interest rate	8.00%
Debt instrument, payment terms			Interest payments at 8.00% until the lenders under the New Credit Agreement receive two consecutive semi-annual cash interest payments.
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment			Semi-annual
Wilks | New Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 65,000
Debt instrument, maturity date			Dec. 31, 2022
Debt instrument, interest rate	9.00%
Number of operating subsidiaries | Subsidiary	2
Period for payment of Interest on loan in kind	2 years
Debt instrument, payment-in-kind interest rate	11.00%
Notice of intent, period required to provide to exercise available option for interest payment	30 days
Unamortized debt issuance costs			$ 862
Warrants exercise price per share | $ / shares	$ 14.91
Warrants expiration date	Dec. 31, 2022
Percentage of number of shares of common stock currently outstanding	1.00%
Percentage of common stock outstanding owned					9.60%
Proceeds received from issuance of term loan	$ 52,651
Percentage of common stock outstanding would hold upon exercise of warrant to purchase additional shares	11.50%
Fair value of long-term debt	$ 48,780
Fair value of warrant	$ 3,871
Wilks | New Credit Agreement | Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Warrant entitles to purchase shares of the common stock | shares	523,022,000
Wilks | New Credit Agreement | Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Number of shares of common stock purchased on prior exercise of warrant | shares	271,414,000
Wilks | New Credit Agreement | Warrant
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unamortized original issue discount			3,832
Wells Fargo | New Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt	$ 52,651
Wells Fargo | Amended Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt						55,901
Debt issuance costs			455			497
Long-term debt, current						13,000
Long-term debt, long term						$ 42,901
Line of credit, weighted average interest rate						6.447%
Term Loan Closing to Pay off Wells Fargo | Wilks | New Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt	52,651
Additional Term Loan | Wilks | New Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 12,349
Standby Letters of Credit | Wells Fargo | Amended Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 10,730			$ 11,980