Long-Term Debt and Other Borrowings (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 TETRA [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners [Member]	Aug. 11, 2014 Compressco Partners [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Bank revolving line of credit facility [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2006-A [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2006-A [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2008-B [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2008-B [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2010-A [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2010-A [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2010-B [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2010-B [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior Notes Series 2013 [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series 2013 [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 European bank credit facility [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 European bank credit facility [Member] TETRA [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Compressco Partners' bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other long-term debt [Member] TETRA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other long-term debt [Member] TETRA [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners Senior Notes [Member] Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressco Partners' prior bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Aug. 04, 2014 Compressco Partners' prior bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Compressco Partners' prior bank credit facility [Member] Compressco Partners [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%	7.25%
Maturity date											Sep. 30, 2019		Apr. 30, 2016		Apr. 30, 2015		Dec. 15, 2017		Dec. 15, 2020		Apr. 29, 2020						Aug. 04, 2019	Aug. 04, 2019						Aug. 15, 2022							Oct. 15, 2017
Total debt	$ 849,881,000		$ 387,727,000	$ 430,288,000		$ 357,857,000	$ 509,881,000			$ 29,959,000	$ 125,000,000	$ 52,768,000	$ 90,000,000	$ 90,000,000			$ 65,000,000		$ 25,000,000	$ 25,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 0	$ 0		$ 165,000,000		$ 165,000,000		$ 0	$ 288,000	$ 89,000	$ 344,881,000	$ 344,881,000		$ 0					$ 0		$ 29,959,000
Less current portion				(90,288,000)		(89,000)
Long-term debt, net	849,881,000		387,727,000	340,000,000		357,768,000
Current amount outstanding																																										38,100,000
Maximum borrowing capacity											225,000,000																		400,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity prior to amendment											278,000,000
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
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%
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
Purchase price							825,000,000
Compressco Senior Notes, redemption period start date																																		Aug. 15, 2017
Compressco Senior Note redemption price																																					105.438%	103.625%	101.813%	100.00%
Compressco Senior Note early redemption price																																		107.25%
Deferred financing costs											100,000																						8,400,000	8,400,000								800,000
Unamortized discount																																	5,100,000	5,100,000	5,200,000
Payments of financing costs and discounts	(9,869,000)	0																								7,300,000							100,000
Common units subject to underwriters' option								2,292,000
Public offering price per common unit									$ 23.50
Gross proceeds from exercise of underwriters' option							53,900,000.0
Net proceeds from exercise of underwriters' option							$ 51,700,000.0
Total number of new units issued	17,572,000
TETRA's ownership interest in Compressco Partners prior to offering	82.00%
TETRA's ownership interest in Compressco Partners	44.00%