Discontinued Operations - Reconciliation of Pretax Loss to After-Tax Loss from Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interest	$ (333)	$ 47,898	$ 13,538
Income from discontinued operations attributable to TETRA stockholders	120,407	(72,089)	(29,580)
Discontinued Operations
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Revenue	18,968	338,246	476,692
Cost of revenues	11,329	211,923	319,845
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		80,533	76,715
Impairments and other charges		20,841
General and administrative expense	2,587	38,368	45,899
Interest expense, net	4,336	52,771	51,974
Other expense, net	416	2,688	(323)
Pretax income from discontinued operations	300		(18,727)
Pretax income on disposal of discontinued operations	120,137		(7,500)
Total pretax income from discontinued operations	120,437	(68,878)	(26,227)
Income tax provision	30	3,211	3,353
Income from discontinued operations	120,407	(72,089)	(29,580)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interest	(333)	47,898	13,538
Income from discontinued operations attributable to TETRA stockholders	120,074	(24,191)	(16,042)
Discontinued Operations | Series A Preferred Stock
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
CSI Compressco Series A Preferred Units fair value adjustment (income) expense			1,309
Compression | Discontinued Operations
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Revenue	18,968	338,246	476,692
Cost of revenues	11,471	212,253	320,037
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		80,533	76,663
Impairments and other charges		20,841
General and administrative expense	2,766	37,895	43,281
Interest expense, net	4,336	52,771	51,974
Other expense, net	164	2,688	(558)
Pretax income from discontinued operations	231		(16,014)
Total pretax income from discontinued operations		(68,735)
Compression | Discontinued Operations | Series A Preferred Stock
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
CSI Compressco Series A Preferred Units fair value adjustment (income) expense			1,309
Offshore Services | Discontinued Operations
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Revenue	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	(142)	(330)	(192)
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		0	52
Impairments and other charges		0
General and administrative expense	(179)	473	2,618
Interest expense, net	0	0	0
Other expense, net	252	0	117
Pretax income from discontinued operations	$ 69		(2,595)
Total pretax income from discontinued operations		$ (143)
Offshore Services | Discontinued Operations | Series A Preferred Stock
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
CSI Compressco Series A Preferred Units fair value adjustment (income) expense			0
Maritech | Discontinued Operations
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Revenue			0
Cost of revenues			0
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion			0
General and administrative expense			0
Interest expense, net			0
Other expense, net			118
Pretax income from discontinued operations			(118)
Maritech | Discontinued Operations | Series A Preferred Stock
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
CSI Compressco Series A Preferred Units fair value adjustment (income) expense			$ 0