The number of long-lived assets that the entity determined to retire and either sell or re-utilize key components.

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The capacity of long-lived assets that the entity determined to retire and either sell or re-utilize key components, expressed in horsepower.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Long-Lived Asset Impairment (Details) hp in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) compressor_unit hp	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) compressor_unit hp	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) compressor_unit hp
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used
Long-lived asset impairment	$ 25,842	$ 7,097	$ 8,632	$ 3,092	$ 9,804	$ 6,660	$ 6,953	$ 4,710	$ 44,663	$ 28,127	$ 29,142
Idle compressor units
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used
Idle compressor units retired from the active fleet (compressors) \| compressor_unit									975	310	325
Horsepower of idle compressor units retired from the active fleet (horsepower) \| hp									170	115	100
Long-lived asset impairment									$ 44,663	$ 28,127	$ 26,287