JP3 Acquisition - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) provision $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition
Contingent consideration	$ 2,500,000			$ 2,500,000
Impairment of goodwill	11,706,000		$ 0	11,706,000	$ 0
Impairment of fixed assets	0			30,178,000	$ 0
Estimated fair value	1,900,000			1,900,000
Increase of fair value	700,000
JP3 Measurement, LLC
Business Acquisition
Ownership (in percentage)		100.00%
Aggregate value of consideration paid		$ 36,600,000
Payments to acquire business		$ 25,000,000.0
Shares issued to acquire business (in shares) | shares		11.5
Fair value of shares used as consideration		$ 8,500,000
Excess working capital assumed		1,900,000
Contingent consideration		$ 1,200,000
Number of earn-out provisions (provisions) | provision		2
Additional earn-out based on appreciation of Flotek’s share price		$ 5,000,000.0
First earn out provision threshold (usd per share) | $ / shares		$ 2
Second earn out provision threshold (usd per share) | $ / shares		$ 3
Measurement period adjustment	2,300,000			$ 2,276,000
Operating Expense
Business Acquisition
Business acquisition costs		$ 500,000
Operating Income
Business Acquisition
Business acquisition costs	3,200,000
Data Analytics
Business Acquisition
Impairment of goodwill	11,700,000
Impairment of fixed assets	$ 12,500,000