Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Equity (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Total USD ($)	Common Stock USD ($)	Treasury Stock USD ($)	Additional Paid-in Capital USD ($)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) USD ($)	Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) USD ($)	Noncontrolling Interests USD ($)	EOGA [Member] USD ($)	EOGA [Member] Common Stock	EOGA [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital USD ($)	SiteLark [Member] USD ($)	SiteLark [Member] Common Stock	SiteLark [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital USD ($)
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 249,752	$ 6	$ (15,176)	$ 266,122	$ (359)	$ (841)	$ 0
Beginning balance, treasury shares at Dec. 31, 2013	5,394,178		5,394,000
Beginning balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2013		58,266,000
Increase (Decrease) in Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	37,330					37,330
Other comprehensive income	(38)				(38)
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan	763			763
Common stock issued in payment of stock purchase plan, shares			(27,000)
Common stock issued in payment of accrued liability	600			600
Common stock issued in payment of accrued liability, shares		27,000
Stock warrants exercised	1,545			1,545
Stock warrants exercised, shares		1,277,000
Stock options exercised	1,644			1,644
Stock options exercised, shares		302,000
Stock surrendered for exercise of stock options	(1,183)		(1,183)
Stock surrendered for exercise of stock options, shares			46,000
Restricted stock granted	0			0
Restricted stock granted, shares		516,000
Restricted stock forfeited, shares			55,000
Treasury stock acquired related to tax withholding for share-based awards	(6,060)		(6,060)
Treasury stock acquired related to tax withholding for share-based awards, shares			232,000
Excess tax benefit related to share-based awards	3,425			3,425
Stock compensation expense	7,429			7,429
Investment in Flotek Gulf, LLC and Flotek Gulf Research, LLC	351						351
Stock issued in acquisition	2,043							1,894		1,894	149		149
Stock issued in acquisition, shares									94,000			5,000
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2014	$ 297,601	$ 6	$ (22,419)	$ 283,571	$ (397)	$ 36,489	$ 351
Ending balance, treasury shares at Sep. 30, 2014	5,699,845		5,700,000
Ending balance, shares at Sep. 30, 2014		60,487,000