Industry Segments Additional Details (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Number of Reportable Segments			3
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets	1,538	121,134	$ 1,538	121,134	$ 121,134
Revenue, Net	260,072	179,931	459,453	339,340
General and administrative expense	33,617	29,460	64,420	56,211
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion	28,979	25,784	55,420	52,308
Interest expense, net	18,379	14,328	33,352	28,095
Warrants fair value adjustment			201	(11,521)
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(3,808)	(775)	(6,584)	(1,236)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(12,132)	(7,966)	(33,189)	(12,211)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	(9,686)	(4,649)	(29,619)	(8,813)
Completion Fluids & Products Division [Member]
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
Revenues	1	0	(1)	1
Revenue, Net	76,556	73,995	129,660	130,223
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				36,088
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	9,981	16,616	12,430
Corporate Overhead [Member]
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
General and administrative expense	11,871	12,051	24,469	21,606
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion	164	118	315	209
Interest expense, net	4,877	4,240	8,884	8,014
Warrants fair value adjustment	2,195	(5,545)	201	(11,521)
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(220)	(305)	(370)	(733)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(19,327)	(11,169)	(34,239)	(19,041)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	(19,327)	(11,169)	(34,239)
Water & Flowback Services [Member]
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
Revenues	53	462	275	1,018
Revenue, Net	83,646	31,086	144,721	69,265
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				(5,186)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	8,311	(3,920)	14,859
Compression Division [Member]
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
Revenues	0	0	0
Revenue, Net	99,924	75,312	185,346	140,871
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				(20,513)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	(8,655)	(6,180)	(22,673)
Interdivision Eliminations [Member]
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
Revenues	(54)	(462)
Revenue, Net	(54)	(462)	(274)	(1,019)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				(161)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	$ 4	$ 4	4
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Industry Segments Details [Line Items]
Revenues			$ (274)	$ (1,019)