Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Details)	Sep. 30, 2013 country
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of countries Flotek actively markets products and services, over 20 countries	20

The number of countries in which the entity operates as of balance sheet date.

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