Long-Term Debt and Other Borrowings (Details) (USD $)			6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member] Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2006-A [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2006-A [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2008-B [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2008-B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2010-A [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2010-A [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2010-B [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2010-B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2013 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2013 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 European bank credit facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 European bank credit facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Other long-term debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other long-term debt [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressor Systems, Inc. [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners' prior bank credit facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Compressco Partners' prior bank credit facility [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners' prior bank credit facility [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]
Long-term debt [Line Items]
Effective date of acquisition			Aug. 04, 2014
Senior Note interest rate									5.90%	5.90%	6.56%	6.56%	5.09%	5.09%	5.67%	5.67%	4.00%	4.00%									7.25%
Maturity date						Oct. 29, 2015			Apr. 30, 2016		Apr. 30, 2015		Dec. 15, 2017		Dec. 15, 2020		Apr. 29, 2020				Aug. 04, 2019													Oct. 15, 2017
Total debt	$ 417,052,000	$ 387,816,000				$ 74,201,000	$ 52,768,000		$ 90,000,000	$ 90,000,000	$ 90,000,000	$ 90,000,000	$ 65,000,000	$ 65,000,000	$ 25,000,000	$ 25,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 0	$ 0				$ 0	$ 89,000									$ 37,851,000	$ 29,959,000
Less current portion	(90,000,000)	(89,000)
Long-term debt, net	327,052,000	387,727,000
Current amount outstanding																																				38,100,000
Compressco credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																							400,000,000
Line of credit facility, sublimit applicable to letters of credit																						20,000,000
Line of credit facility, sublimit applicable to swingline loans																						60,000,000
Date of acquisition			Jul. 20, 2014
Number of common units purchased by TETRA				1,391,113
Amount borrowed under credit facility								40,000,000															210,000,000
General Partners' capital contribution					7,300,000
General Partner percentage interest				2.00%
Compressco Senior Notes face value																													350,000,000
Proceeds from sale of Compressco Senior Notes																												337,800,000
Compressco Senior Notes, date of purchase agreement																										Jul. 29, 2014
Compressco Senior Notes issuance date																										Aug. 04, 2014
Compressco Senior Notes, redemption description																										In addition, any time or from time to time before August 15, 2017, Compressco Partners may redeem all or a part of the Compressco Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Compressco Senior Notes redeemed, plus an applicable "make whole" prepayment premium and interest up to the redemption date.Prior to August 15, 2017, Compressco Partners may, on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Compressco Senior Notes with an amount of cash not greater than the amount of the net cash proceeds from one or more equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.250% of the principal amount of the Compressco Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, to the date of redemption, subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, as long as (a) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Compressco Senior Notes originally issued on the issue date (excluding notes held by Compressco Partners and its subsidiaries) remains outstanding after each such redemption; and (b) the redemption occurs within 180 days after the date of the closing of the equity offering.
Purchase price			825,000,000
Compressco Senior Note redemption price																														105.438%	103.625%	101.813%	100.00%
Compressco Senior Note early redemption price																										107.25%
Deferred financing costs																																				$ 800,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate description																					Borrowings under the New Partnership Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at Compressco Partners' option, either (a) LIBOR (adjusted to reflect any required bank reserves) for an interest period equal to one, two, three, or six months (as selected by Compressco Partners), plus a leverage-based margin or (b) a base rate plus a leverage-based margin; such base rate shall be determined by reference to the highest of (1) the prime rate of interest per annum announced from time to time by Bank of America, N.A. (2) the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50% per annum and (3) LIBOR (adjusted to reflect any required bank reserves) for a one month interest period on such day plus 1.00% per annum. Initially, from the closing date until the delivery of the financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter after closing, LIBOR based loans will have an applicable margin of 2.75% per annum, and base rate loans will have an applicable margin of 1.75% per annum; thereafter, the applicable margin will range between 1.75% and 2.50% per annum for LIBOR based loans and 0.75% and 1.50% per annum for base rate loans based on Compressco Partners' consolidated total leverage ratio when financial statements are delivered. In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the New Partnership Credit Agreement, Compressco Partners is required to pay a commitment fee in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder initially at the rate of 0.50% per annum until the delivery of the financial statements for the first full quarter after the closing date and thereafter at the applicable rate ranging from 0.375% to 0.50% per annum, paid quarterly in arrears based on Compressco Partners' consolidated total leverage ratio. Compressco Partners is also required to pay a customary letter of credit fee equal to the applicable margin on revolving credit LIBOR loans, fronting fees and other fees, agreed to with the administrative agent and lenders.
Line of credit facility, covenant terms description																					The New Partnership Credit Agreement requires Compressco Partners to maintain (i) a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio (ratio of consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to consolidated interest charges) of 3.0 to 1.0, (ii) a maximum consolidated total leverage ratio (ratio of consolidated total indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA) of 5.5 to 1.0 (with step downs to 5.0 to 1.0), and (iii) a maximum consolidated secured leverage ratio (consolidated secured indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA) of 4.0 to 1.0, in each case, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, calculated on a trailing four quarters basis. In addition, the New Partnership Credit Agreement includes customary negative covenants that, among other things, limit Compressco Partners' ability to incur additional debt, incur, or permit certain liens to exist, or make certain loans, investments, acquisitions, or other restricted payments. The New Partnership Credit Agreement provides that Compressco Partners can make distributions to holders of its common and subordinated units, but only if there is no default or event of default under the facility.