Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Revenues:
Revenue	$ 388,272	$ 377,715	$ 561,241
Cost of revenues:
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion	33,502	38,214	47,563
Impairments and other charges	581	556	92,037
Total cost of revenues	329,035	310,172	549,434
Gross profit	59,237	67,543	11,807
General and administrative expense	75,049	76,697	96,466
Goodwill impairment	0	0	25,784
Interest expense, net	16,377	18,926	21,256
Gain on sales of assets	1,040	2,878	1,665
Other (income) expense, net	(16,428)	(116)	(1,925)
Loss before taxes and discontinued operations	(14,721)	(25,086)	(128,109)
Provision for income taxes	2,084	1,758	2,811
Loss from continuing operations	(16,805)	(26,844)	(130,920)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes	120,407	(72,089)	(29,580)
Net income (loss)	103,602	(98,933)	(160,500)
Less: (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest(1)	(269)	47,790	13,087
Net income (loss) attributable to TETRA stockholders	$ 103,333	$ (51,143)	$ (147,413)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share attributable to TETRA stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations, basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.22)	$ (1.04)
Loss from continuing operations, diluted (in dollars per share)	(0.13)	(0.22)	(1.04)
Loss from discontinued operations, basic (in dollars per share)	0.95	(0.19)	(0.13)
Loss from discontinued operations, diluted (in dollars per share)	0.95	(0.19)	(0.13)
Net loss per common share, basic (in dollars per share)	0.82	(0.41)	(1.17)
Net loss per common share, diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.82	$ (0.41)	$ (1.17)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	126,602	125,838	125,600
Diluted (in shares)	126,602	125,838	125,600
Services
Revenues:
Revenue	$ 173,043	$ 144,994	$ 301,688
Cost of revenues:
Cost of Goods and Services Sold	146,672	120,775	233,191
Product
Revenues:
Revenue	215,229	232,721	259,553
Cost of revenues:
Cost of Goods and Services Sold	$ 148,280	$ 150,627	$ 176,643