Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				$ 18,968,000
Cost of revenues		$ (174,000)	$ 54,000	11,328,000
General and administrative expense	$ 510,000	6,000	533,000	2,802,000
Interest expense, net				4,336,000
Other (income) expense, net		150,000	28,000	164,000
Pretax loss from discontinued operations	(510,000)	18,000	(559,000)	338,000
Pretax gain on disposal of discontinued operations	829,000		829,000	120,574,000
Total pretax income from discontinued operations	319,000		270,000	120,912,000
Income tax provision				30,000
Total income (loss) from discontinued operations	319,000	18,000	270,000	120,882,000
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	(333,000)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to TETRA stockholders	319,000	18,000	270,000	120,549,000
Trade payables	319,000		319,000		$ 1,157,000
Accrued liabilities and other	600,000		600,000		228,000
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	919,000		919,000		1,385,000
Compression Division
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				18,968,000
Cost of revenues		0		11,474,000
General and administrative expense		0		2,796,000
Interest expense, net				4,336,000
Other (income) expense, net		150,000		164,000
Pretax loss from discontinued operations		(150,000)		198,000
Offshore Services
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue				0
Cost of revenues		(174,000)	54,000	(146,000)
General and administrative expense		6,000	533,000	6,000
Interest expense, net				0
Other (income) expense, net		0	0	0
Pretax loss from discontinued operations		$ 168,000	(587,000)	$ 140,000
Trade payables	319,000		319,000		1,157,000
Accrued liabilities and other	505,000		505,000		0
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	824,000		824,000		1,157,000
Maritech
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cost of revenues			0
General and administrative expense			0
Other (income) expense, net			28,000
Pretax loss from discontinued operations			28,000
Trade payables	0		0		0
Accrued liabilities and other	95,000		95,000		228,000
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	$ 95,000		$ 95,000		$ 228,000