Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations	Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Basic Energy Services, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Basic” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. Certain information relating to the Company's organization and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in accordance with GAAP and financial statement requirements promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The notes to the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) should be read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. In the opinion of management, all adjustments which are of a normal recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation have been made in the accompanying unaudited financial statements. Nature of Operations The Company provides a wide range of wellsite services to oil and natural gas drilling and producing companies, including Well Servicing, Water Logistics and Completion & Remedial Services. These services are primarily provided by the Company's fleet of equipment. The Company’s operations are concentrated in major United States onshore oil and natural gas producing regions located in Texas, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Colorado. The Company's scope of operations was expanded effective beginning March 9, 2020, with the acquisition of C&J Well Services, Inc. See Note 2. Acquisition, for further discussion. Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company's subsidiaries, for which the Company holds a majority voting interest. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Other Reclassifications Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation. A majority of the reclassifications were related to discontinued operations. These reclassifications do not impact net income (loss) and do not reflect a material change to the information previously presented in our consolidated financial statements. See Note 3. Discontinued Operations for further discussion on amounts included in loss from discontinued operations. Estimates, Risks and Uncertainties Preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management uses historical and other pertinent information to determine these estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Areas where critical accounting estimates are made by management include impairments of long-lived assets, certain financial instruments, acquisition purchase price allocation, litigation, and self-insured risk reserves. For further discussion of impairments of long-lived assets, see Note 13. Impairments. Inventories For rental and fishing tools, inventories consisting mainly of grapples and controls are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value. Other inventories, consisting mainly of manufacturing raw materials, rig components, repair parts, drilling and completion materials and gravel, are held for use in the operations of the Company and are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost being determined on the first-in, first-out method. In addition to comparing the carrying amount of inventory to its market value, the Company also makes a comparison between volume of inventory and demand for the ultimate production into which inventory will be converted and increases reserves for excess and obsolete inventory. For further discussion on impairments of inventory see Note 13. Impairments. Assets Held for Sale Assets are classified as held for sale when, among other factors, they are identified and marketed for sale in their present condition, management is committed to their disposal, and the sale of the asset is probable within one year. For the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the company classified to assets held for sale $4.2 million of certain rig construction assets, associated with our Taylor manufacturing facility, the majority of which are expected to be sold in the third quarter of 2020. Also included in assets classified as held for sale were certain property, plant and equipment assets of our pressure pumping operations and contract drilling operations that were classified as discontinued operations beginning in late 2019. For further discussion on the pressure pumping and contract drilling assets, see Note 3. Discontinued Operations. COVID-19 and Commodity Price Collapse Impact on Company Liquidity; Going Concern Beginning in March 2020, as a result of multiple significant factors impacting supply and demand in the global oil and natural gas markets, including a global outbreak of coronavirus (“COVID-19”), and actions by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) and other foreign countries, including Russia, the posted price for West Texas Intermediate oil declined sharply. Oil demand has significantly deteriorated through the first six months of 2020, in part, as a result of outbreak of COVID-19 and corresponding preventative measures taken to mitigate the spread of the virus. This decline in demand coincided with the announcement of price reductions and possible production increases by members OPEC and other oil exporting nations. Although OPEC and other oil exporting nations ultimately agreed to cut production, and commodity prices have improved during early third quarter of 2020, the downward pressure on commodity prices has remained and could continue in the foreseeable future. Oil and natural gas commodity prices are expected to continue to be volatile. Despite improvements in early third quarter of 2020, the collapse in the demand for oil caused by this unprecedented global health and economic crisis, coupled with oil oversupply, has had a material adverse impact on the demand for our services and the prices we can charge for our services. The decline in our customers’ demand for our services has also had a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows during the first half of 2020. Demand for our products and services will continue to decline if our customers further revise their capital budgets downward and adjust their operations in response to lower oil prices. We cannot predict the duration or effects of these current conditions, but if the price of oil further declines or remains at current levels for a lengthy period, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and prospects will continue to be materially and adversely affected. The impact of these conditions on our estimates of future operating cash flows resulted in additional impairments of long-lived and intangible assets as of March 31, 2020. For further discussion of impairments of long-lived assets, see Note 13. Impairments. Based on our current operating and commodity price forecasts and capital structure, we believe that if certain financial ratios or cash dominion covenants were to come into effect under our debt instruments, we will have difficulty complying with certain of such obligations. Certain covenants, such as consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio and cash dominion provisions in the revolving credit facility (the "ABL Facility") spring into effect under certain triggers defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, as amended, for so long as such applicable trigger period is in effect. Additionally, certain triggers in the ABL Facility increase certain financial and borrowing base reporting requirements for so long as such applicable trigger period is in effect. Failure to comply, for example, with a “springing” consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio requirement under the ABL Facility would result in an event of default under the ABL Facility, which would result in a cross-default under the Senior Notes. If an event of default were to occur, our lenders could, in addition to other remedies such as charging default interest, accelerate the maturity of the outstanding indebtedness, making it immediately due and payable, and we may not have sufficient liquidity to repay those amounts. We had the $9.4 million minimum availability under the ABL Facility as of June 30, 2020. To maintain compliance with certain of the minimum availability covenant requirements as of June 30, 2020, in early July 2020 we repaid the $2.6 million amount of borrowings that was previously outstanding, and advanced $2.3 million of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent. During the remainder of July 2020, and as of August 7, 2020, we are currently subject to increased financial and borrowing base information reporting and have made additional advances totaling $10.7 million of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent as needed to maintain compliance with the minimum availability covenant requirements. Management has taken several steps to generate additional liquidity, including through reducing operating and administrative costs through employee headcount reductions, closing operating locations, employee furloughs and other cost reduction measures, and the suspension of growth capital expenditures in our continuing business operations with the goal of preserving margins and improving working capital. Management may implement further similar cost and capital expenditure reductions, as necessary. Due to the uncertainty of future oil and natural gas prices and the effects the outbreak of COVID-19 will have on our future results of operations, operating cash flows and financial condition, there is substantial doubt as to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Additional steps management would implement to alleviate this substantial doubt would include additional sales of non-strategic assets, obtaining waivers of debt covenant requirements from our lenders, restructuring or refinancing our debt agreements, or obtaining equity financing. There can be no assurances that, if required, the Company would be able to successfully sell assets, obtain waivers, restructure its indebtedness, or complete any strategic transactions in the current environment. Management has prepared these consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplates that assets will be realized and liabilities will be discharged in the normal course of business as they become due. These consolidated financial statements do not reflect the adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported revenues and expenses and balance sheet classifications that would be necessary if the Company was unable to realize its assets and settle its liabilities as a going concern in the normal course of operations. Such adjustments could be material and adverse to the financial results of the Company.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Basic Energy Services, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Basic” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. Certain information relating to the Company's organization and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in accordance with GAAP and financial statement requirements promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The notes to the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) should be read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. In the opinion of management, all adjustments which are of a normal recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation have been made in the accompanying unaudited financial statements.

The Company provides a wide range of wellsite services to oil and natural gas drilling and producing companies, including Well Servicing, Water Logistics and Completion & Remedial Services. These services are primarily provided by the Company's fleet of equipment. The Company’s operations are concentrated in major United States onshore oil and natural gas producing regions located in Texas, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Colorado. The Company's scope of operations was expanded effective beginning March 9, 2020, with the acquisition of C&J Well Services, Inc. See Note 2. Acquisition, for further discussion.

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation. A majority of the reclassifications were related to discontinued operations. These reclassifications do not impact net income (loss) and do not reflect a material change to the information previously presented in our consolidated financial statements. See Note 3. Discontinued Operations for further discussion on amounts included in loss from discontinued operations.

Preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management uses historical and other pertinent information to determine these estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Areas where critical accounting estimates are made by management include impairments of long-lived assets, certain financial instruments, acquisition purchase price allocation, litigation, and self-insured risk reserves. For further discussion of impairments of long-lived assets, see Note 13. Impairments.

For rental and fishing tools, inventories consisting mainly of grapples and controls are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value. Other inventories, consisting mainly of manufacturing raw materials, rig components, repair parts, drilling and completion materials and gravel, are held for use in the operations of the Company and are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost being determined on the first-in, first-out method.

Assets are classified as held for sale when, among other factors, they are identified and marketed for sale in their present condition, management is committed to their disposal, and the sale of the asset is probable within one year. For the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the company classified to assets held for sale $4.2 million of certain rig construction assets, associated with our Taylor manufacturing facility, the majority of which are expected to be sold in the third quarter of 2020. Also included in assets classified as held for sale were certain property, plant and equipment assets of our pressure pumping operations and contract drilling operations that were classified as discontinued operations beginning in late 2019. For further discussion on the pressure pumping and contract drilling assets, see Note 3. Discontinued Operations.

Beginning in March 2020, as a result of multiple significant factors impacting supply and demand in the global oil and natural gas markets, including a global outbreak of coronavirus (“COVID-19”), and actions by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) and other foreign countries, including Russia, the posted price for West Texas Intermediate oil declined sharply. Oil demand has significantly deteriorated through the first six months of 2020, in part, as a result of outbreak of COVID-19 and corresponding preventative measures taken to mitigate the spread of the virus. This decline in demand coincided with the announcement of price reductions and possible production increases by members OPEC and other oil exporting nations. Although OPEC and other oil exporting nations ultimately agreed to cut production, and commodity prices have improved during early third quarter of 2020, the downward pressure on commodity prices has remained and could continue in the foreseeable future.

Oil and natural gas commodity prices are expected to continue to be volatile. Despite improvements in early third quarter of 2020, the collapse in the demand for oil caused by this unprecedented global health and economic crisis, coupled with oil oversupply, has had a material adverse impact on the demand for our services and the prices we can charge for our services.

The decline in our customers’ demand for our services has also had a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows during the first half of 2020. Demand for our products and services will continue to decline if our customers further revise their capital budgets downward and adjust their operations in response to lower oil prices. We cannot predict the duration or effects of these current conditions, but if the price of oil further declines or remains at current levels for a lengthy period, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and prospects will continue to be materially and adversely affected. The impact of these conditions on our estimates of future operating cash flows resulted in additional impairments of long-lived and intangible assets as of March 31, 2020. For further discussion of impairments of long-lived assets, see Note 13. Impairments.

Based on our current operating and commodity price forecasts and capital structure, we believe that if certain financial ratios or cash dominion covenants were to come into effect under our debt instruments, we will have difficulty complying with certain of such obligations. Certain covenants, such as consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio and cash dominion provisions in the revolving credit facility (the "ABL Facility") spring into effect under certain triggers defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, as amended, for so long as such applicable trigger period is in effect. Additionally, certain triggers in the ABL Facility increase certain financial and borrowing base reporting requirements for so long as such applicable trigger period is in effect. Failure to comply, for example, with a “springing” consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio requirement under the ABL Facility would result in an event of default under the ABL Facility, which would result in a cross-default under the Senior Notes. If an event of default were to occur, our lenders could, in addition to other remedies such as charging default interest, accelerate the maturity of the outstanding indebtedness, making it immediately due and payable, and we may not have sufficient liquidity to repay those amounts.

We had the $9.4 million minimum availability under the ABL Facility as of June 30, 2020. To maintain compliance with certain of the minimum availability covenant requirements as of June 30, 2020, in early July 2020 we repaid the $2.6 million amount of borrowings that was previously outstanding, and advanced $2.3 million of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent. During the remainder of July 2020, and as of August 7, 2020, we are currently subject to increased financial and borrowing base information reporting and have made additional advances totaling $10.7 million of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent as needed to maintain compliance with the minimum availability covenant requirements.

Management has taken several steps to generate additional liquidity, including through reducing operating and administrative costs through employee headcount reductions, closing operating locations, employee furloughs and other cost reduction measures, and the suspension of growth capital expenditures in our continuing business operations with the goal of preserving margins and improving working capital. Management may implement further similar cost and capital expenditure reductions, as necessary.

Due to the uncertainty of future oil and natural gas prices and the effects the outbreak of COVID-19 will have on our future results of operations, operating cash flows and financial condition, there is substantial doubt as to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Additional steps management would implement to alleviate this substantial doubt would include additional sales of non-strategic assets, obtaining waivers of debt covenant requirements from our lenders, restructuring or refinancing our debt agreements, or obtaining equity financing. There can be no assurances that, if required, the Company would be able to successfully sell assets, obtain waivers, restructure its indebtedness, or complete any strategic transactions in the current environment.

Management has prepared these consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplates that assets will be realized and liabilities will be discharged in the normal course of business as they become due. These consolidated financial statements do not reflect the adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported revenues and expenses and balance sheet classifications that would be necessary if the Company was unable to realize its assets and settle its liabilities as a going concern in the normal course of operations. Such adjustments could be material and adverse to the financial results of the Company.