Impairments and Other Charges Impairments and Other Charges (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract]

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IMPAIRMENTS AND OTHER CHARGES

Impairments of Long-Lived Assets

During the fourth quarter of 2019, we recorded an impairment of $91.6 million in our Completion Fluids & Products Division related to our El Dorado, Arkansas calcium chloride production plant facility assets. The impairment charge is primarily the result of a reduction in the cost of raw materials for certain of our other chemical production plants, following the execution of a long-term raw material supply agreement during the fourth quarter of 2019. As a result, we expect to reduce our dependence on calcium chloride produced at the El Dorado facility, which uses a different production process, involving mechanical evaporation. In addition, demand for calcium chloride from the El Dorado plant is expected to be reduced due to general market conditions in the oil and gas industry. Using the reduced expected future net cash flows on an undiscounted basis, we determined that the carrying value of the El Dorado facility was not recoverable. Fair value of the El Dorado facility was determined using a fair value in-exchange assumption, and the difference between the carrying value of the El Dorado facility asset group and its indicated fair value was recorded as an impairment. Also during the fourth quarter of 2019, we recorded an impairment of $0.3 million related to certain equipment assets in our Water & Flowback Services Division.

During the third quarter of 2019, we recorded a charge of $0.8 million for the carrying value of a certain compressor package that was written off due to being destroyed by fire. Also impacting our Compression Division, during the second quarter of 2019, we recorded impairments of $2.3 million on certain units of our low-horsepower compression fleet, reflecting our decision to dispose of these units upon management's determination that refurbishing this equipment was not economic given limited current and forecasted demand for such equipment. A recoverability analysis was performed on the remaining low-horsepower fleet and we concluded that the remaining fleet was recoverable from estimated future cash flows.

During the third quarter of 2018, as a result of decreased expected future cash flows from a specific customer contract, we recorded a long-lived asset impairment of $2.9 million on an identified intangible asset within the Water & Flowback Services segment.

During the fourth quarter of 2017, consolidated long-lived asset impairments of approximately $14.9 million were recorded primarily due to the impairment of a certain identified intangible asset resulting from decreased expected future operating cash flows from a Water & Flowback Services segment customer.